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CONFESSIONS OF A LA KINGS HALF SEASON TICKET HOLDER... NOW 10 SEASONS WITHOUT A STANLEY CUP. T-SHIRTS: EMAIL: THEROYALHALF AT GMAIL

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@theroyalhalf
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9 years
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@theroyalhalf
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it was an honor to watch Jeff Carter the last 9 years it was also super great to watch him play hockey and win the Stanley Cup twice for the LA Kings
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@theroyalhalf
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8 years
If only there were some sort of evidence that Duncan Keith likes to swing his stick at the faces of opponents
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@theroyalhalf
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7 years
It remains to be seen if the @LAKings have more offense this season but they 100% have more lasers
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@theroyalhalf
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9 months
Quinton Byfield is all of us watching Trevor Moore
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@theroyalhalf
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Hockey Writers: Nate MacKinnon is the only clear cut Hart candidate from the Western Conference Anze Kopitar: Hold my Pepto Bismol
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@theroyalhalf
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love you, person who paid money for a jersey with the 1995 Quebec Nordiques rebrand that was never used because the team moved to Denver and then wore it to a Avalanche-Kings game in 2023
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@theroyalhalf
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it’s really amazing just how unlikeable the edmonton oilers are able to make themselves on a national level
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@theroyalhalf
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8 years
In the ultimate act of defiance, Team USA decided to stand for the national anthem but then sit for the rest of this game.
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@theroyalhalf
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2 years
I both love and hate the LA Kings for making me believe. But that’s why I keep watching each season
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@theroyalhalf
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7 years
If I wanted to see a Connor start fast and then slowly disappear, I would just watch the 2017 Edmonton Oilers playoff highlights.
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@theroyalhalf
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7 months
nothing sums up connor mcdavid’s 9 seasons in the NHL more than winning the individual competition and then losing the team one
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
AHAHAHAHHAA PEOPLE IN TORONTO REALLY THOUGHT DREW DOUGHTY WANTED TO PLAY IN CANADA AHAHAHAHAHAHA
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
Before we all get too caught up in this, let’s take a moment to pause and reflect that the Vegas Golden Knights or the Washington Capitals will win the Stanley Cup before the San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues or Vancouver Canucks.
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@theroyalhalf
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2 years
THE LA KINGS ARE FUN TO WATCH AGAIN!!
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@theroyalhalf
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10 months
just unreal that we’ve been able to witness all of anze kopitar’s career
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@theroyalhalf
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2 years
“McDavid and Draisaitl Unable to Keep Up with Moore, Stecher, and Grundstrom” is the headline I’ve been waiting my whole life for
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@theroyalhalf
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7 years
CAPITALS FANS: “Ha, with Crosby injured, the Penguins are surely doomed.” MALKIN: “Hold my Smirnoff Ice.“
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@theroyalhalf
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2 years
By choosing to announce his retirement hours before playing the Vancouver Canucks and thus assuring 2012 Round 1 highlights will be played on a loop over the next 24 hours, Dustin Brown will take his place in history as the ultimate LA Kings troll
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@theroyalhalf
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5 years
Fans, be sure to stay in your seats at the conclusion of tonight’s game, as the LA Kings players will be launching former Head Coach Willie Desjardins into the sun via t-shirt cannon
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@theroyalhalf
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10 years
Like Father, Like Son http://t.co/Eru2jbNIUJ
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@theroyalhalf
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2 months
EXHALE, LA KINGS FANS
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@theroyalhalf
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3 years
best of luck to @JeffCarter_77 and @Megan_Carter_ . thank you for everything you did for LA Kings fans on and off the ice. now go win a cup in Pittsburgh to really piss off Flyers fans
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@theroyalhalf
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7 months
the la kings are just one columbus blue jackets trade away from activating their tried and true stanley cup winning game plan
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@theroyalhalf
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2 years
I’ve barely been emotionally prepared for the LA Kings to be back in the playoffs let alone an overtime game
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@theroyalhalf
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1 year
PUT IT IN MY VEINS
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The aftermath.
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@theroyalhalf
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7 years
China is cool and all but if the LA Kings wanted to play in front of people who don’t know anything about hockey, then just go to San Jose.
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@theroyalhalf
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2 years
THE LA KINGS ARE BACK TO BEING FUN TO WATCH!!! (EXCEPT WHEN THEY LOSE 7-0)
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
The trade for Ryan Reaves will be the undoing of the Las Vegas Golden Knights.
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@theroyalhalf
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7 years
I know this phrase gets thrown around a lot but when it comes to having chill, @LAKings literally has none.
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
RIP, That 70s Line™ (2014-2018)
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@theroyalhalf
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3 years
I am legit crushing hard on this LA Kings team
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@theroyalhalf
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5 years
miss you already, kyle
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
it remains true that Chicago and LA are the only teams that can beat the eastern conference smh
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@theroyalhalf
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8 years
Trust me, Logan Couture knows all about how a player can cheat and get away with it.
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@theroyalhalf
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2 years
KEMPE I LOVE YOUUUUUUU
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
The Pittsburgh Penguins scored more goals tonight than the LA Kings have in their past six games. Someone who is good at the hockey please help. My NHL team is dying.
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@theroyalhalf
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10 years
It’s pretty awesome that all the people who have become LA Kings fans in the last few years finally get to experience what it’s really like
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
If Lebron James signs with the @Lakers , all I want is a shot-for-shot recreation of these photographs with @AnzeKopitar .
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@theroyalhalf
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1 year
"Gabe Vilardi's Back!" is a phrase that had a much different meaning 3 years ago
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
The @LAKings flash “What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas” on the Jumbotron and I don’t hate it at all
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER, THE VEGAS ICE HOCKEY TEAM HAS LOST A PLAYOFF GAME
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@theroyalhalf
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5 years
Birth. Death. Taxes. The @SanJoseSharks Failing To Meet Expectations And Dissapointing Their Fans In The Process.
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@theroyalhalf
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4 years
there is nothing more “That’s So Kings™” than evaporating the team at the trade deadline and then they play their best hockey of the season
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@theroyalhalf
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@theroyalhalf
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well, at least Rob Blake has never accidentally traded his own goalie to a division rival before
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@theroyalhalf
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5 years
miss you even more already, Hank
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@theroyalhalf
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3 years
they always said that Connor McDavid was going to have a career just like Wayne Gretzky’s but they didn’t realize it would be the LA Kings portion
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@theroyalhalf
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1 year
a las vegas-florida stanley cup final is a deleted scene from back to the future 2
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@theroyalhalf
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3 years
The LA Kings might be the only team in NHL history to get better after losing a player to an expansion draft
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@theroyalhalf
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4 months
as toxic as my relationship with the la kings is, god damn i love it when they make the playoffs
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@theroyalhalf
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1 year
the camera cutting to Darryl Sutter after every LA Kings goal is wrecking me emotionally and comedically
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
*Tanner Pearson skates on Sidney Crosby’s line* *Scores 40 goals*
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@theroyalhalf
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9 months
all you east coast hockey writers will stay up late to watch the Oilers possibly lose to the Sharks but none of you will watch Anze Kopitar be the best defensive center for the last 10 years
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@theroyalhalf
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My daughter was born in 2015, so each Christmas we gather around the tree and I tell her the story of how the @LAKings were once the best team in the NHL. I need her to believe in it like she believes in Santa Claus.
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
At this point, just make Dustin Brown a Player-Coach
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@theroyalhalf
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I LOVE THIS FUCKING TEAM IM SORRY FOR EVERYTHING I SAID IN GAME 1
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@theroyalhalf
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9 years
The Stanley Cup travels between LA and Chicago so often these days, people are going to start thinking it’s an unemployed improv actor.
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@theroyalhalf
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5 years
Classy move by the entire LA Kings roster to honour Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown by playing like it’s 2006-07 all over again.
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
if i understand this meme correctly, the @SanJoseSharks are saying that they are at their worst when playing hockey but at their best when doing an off-season photo shoot? sounds about right, tbh
@SanJoseSharks
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if you then you don't don't love deserve me at my me at my
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@theroyalhalf
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10 years
Dany Heatley refused to go to Edmonton but has no issue going to Norfolk, Virginia.
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@theroyalhalf
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7 years
I’m glad that Connor McDavid finally gets a glimpse of what it was like to play for the Edmonton Oilers before he got there.
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@theroyalhalf
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9 months
“That’s NHL Hockey, Baby!” should be the rallying cry for the 2023-24 LA Kings season
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ALL THE KINGS MEN | LA KINGS PODCAST
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The highlight of the night was Nick Nickson exclaiming "That's NHL hockey baby!" I should have made it the play of the game on Kings Talk. #GoKingsGo
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@theroyalhalf
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hey @MapleLeafs don’t trade for a bunch of @LAKings players and then act surprised that they can’t score on a backup goalie
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5 years
SMOTHER ME TO DEATH WITH NOSTALGIA AND I WILL GIVE YOU ALL MY MONEY
@lakingsinsider
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5 years
#LAKings reintroduce their heritage 90’s era jersey, #adizero style! They’ll be worn twice this year. More to come shortly. Several quick shots, courtesy of the team:
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@theroyalhalf
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10 years
This photo, forever. http://t.co/oXeRfOQXjo
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@theroyalhalf
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1 year
can we just appreciate that last shift from Quinton Byfield while we wait
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@theroyalhalf
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5 years
For @LAKings fans, it’s been a total honor to watch Jeff Carter these last 7 years. Also, it’s been great to see him play ice hockey and win the Stanley Cup twice.
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@theroyalhalf
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5 years
Jay Bouwmeester has won the Stanley Cup before Joe Thornton.
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
this is the only 4/20 that i care about
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@theroyalhalf
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2 years
unreal to think the LA Kings only had to give up Jake Muzzin to get Carl Grundstrom and Sean Durzi
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@theroyalhalf
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4 years
ugh, la kings hockey is back, baby
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
a glow puck but instead of tracking a hockey puck it tracks the evaporation of connor mcdavid’s soul the longer he plays in edmonton
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The goals were good and all in real time, but they're GREAT with the FoxTrax 🏒☄️ @JimFox19 | #GKG
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@theroyalhalf
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I know it’s always cheaper to shoot movies in Canada, but filming A Quiet Place 3 at Rogers Place right now is a bold filmmaking move
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6 years
LA KINGS FANS: “Well it can’t get much worse than being the 31st team and losing 1-0 to the Calgary Flames.” JACK CAMPBELL: “Hold my Gatorade.”
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@theroyalhalf
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7 years
Dustin Brown’s great at tip-ins this season because he’s been practicing deflecting criticism over the last 4 years.
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@theroyalhalf
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7 years
Honestly, with the way Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown, and Marian Gaborik are playing this season without Darryl Sutter, it might be time for Mike Richards to consider a comeback.
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@theroyalhalf
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2 years
so proud that even the young fans of the @EdmontonOilers understand that Troy Stecher is #1 in our hearts now
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
I love Dion Phaneuf because he’s the only LA Kings player on the bench to clap after each fan wins a jersey off the player’s back.
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@theroyalhalf
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2 months
it is now
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2016 LA Kings fans: “We can’t win with Dustin Brown in the lineup!” 2018 LA Kings fans: “We can’t win without Dustin Brown in the lineup!”
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@theroyalhalf
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3 years
cancel culture has gone too far
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@theroyalhalf
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1 year
Anze Kopitar out here playing like Rob Blake threatened to trade him
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@theroyalhalf
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2 years
everyone is trying to decide if this is a goal or not but people should instead be talking about how Carl Grundstrom just pushed Darnell Nurse off like he was a fly
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i never thought I’d see the LA Kings win the Stanley Cup twice in my lifetime but even more I never thought I’d ever see a 40 goal scorer for the LA Kings
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9 years
I’m not saying he doesn’t want to play in Edmonton but Connor McDavid just hired Eric Lindros’ dad as his agent.
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
I didn’t think I would get so emotional but this news of the Sedin brothers retiring has hit me pretty hard.
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
I’m not saying this World Series game is going long, but the LA Kings may win a game before it ends.
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@theroyalhalf
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10 years
TRH GAMEDAY: A sneak peek at the jerseys the LA Kings will be wearing tonight vs the Sharks. http://t.co/ZZ8xGg0XJC http://t.co/hbFVxXziUX
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2 years
DOWNTOWN LA IN THE STREETS, THOUSAND OAKS IN THE SHEETS
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1 year
it’s pretty wild that Connor McDavid had 2 goals and you can still say with a straight face that the LA Kings were able to contain him tonight
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
This 4th of July, it’s more important than ever that Americans take a moment to pause and reflect on the fact that a Canadian NHL team has not won the Stanley Cup since 1993.
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@theroyalhalf
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7 years
Amazing what Torrey Mitchell has done for this team. The @LAKings are 3-0-1 since trading for him.
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@theroyalhalf
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5 years
I’d be excited to see Tanner Pearson and Tyler Toffoli reunite in Canada but I need to know how “That 70s Line” converts into metric
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@theroyalhalf
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2 years
Brilliant move by Todd McLellan inserting Adrian Kempe into the LA Kings lineup for Game 5
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@theroyalhalf
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5 years
man, this reboot craze is getting out of control @SanJoseSharks
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@theroyalhalf
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1 year
it's really Alex Iafallo that I feel the most sad for. I can't remember a LA Kings player that has more embraced living that beach life than he
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@theroyalhalf
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2 years
Man, I haven’t seen a killer move like that from a guy nicknamed Juice in like 28 years
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4-5 Kempe(2)-Unassisted: #LAKings #GoKingsGo #GKG
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@theroyalhalf
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6 years
Happy Anniversary to the day when the majority of the world learned that there was a professional hockey team in Los Angeles, California.
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