Kings

Despite a fourth straight trip to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Los Angeles Kings have decided it’s time for a change in the front office. On Monday, the Kings and Vice President/General Manager Rob Blake mutually agreed to part ways. This move ends Blake’s 12-year tenure in the organization, during which time he served multiple roles. Despite this move, Blake’s impact on the … [Read more...] about Los Angeles Kings and Rob Blake Part Ways

EL SEGUNDO –– The Kings held their exit interviews but there were more questions than answers from a club that parted ways with its general manager on Monday morning after bowing out of a playoff series it led 2-0 before holding third-period leads in Games 3 and 4. Vanishing acts in those two games, a desiccated effort in Game 5 and some too-little-too-late surges in Game 6 … [Read more...] about Kings still hurting and second-guessing after series loss to Edmonton

Rob Blake has agreed to step down as general manager of the Kings following the team's fourth consecutive first-round playoff series loss to the Oilers. … [Read more...] about Kings general manager Rob Blake steps down in wake of latest playoff ouster

Rob Blake will not return to his position as general manager of the Kings next season, as he and the Kings have mutually agreed to part ways. Blake, 55, was a Hall of Fame defenseman for the Kings, later becoming their assistant GM after the departure of Ron Hextall in 2013 and then ascending to the GM role after two-time Stanley Cup champion Dean Lombardi was dismissed in … [Read more...] about Kings part ways with GM Rob Blake after 8 seasons

It appeared as though it was finally the LA Kings’ year. After losing to the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the playoffs in each of the past three… … [Read more...] about Kings’ Coach Jim Hiller Single-Handedly Blowing Series Versus the Oilers