From the GM, Dylan Barrons--

Well here I am at the end of my second advance at the helm of the Los Angeles Kings. So far under my leadership we're a solid 9-1-0, for a total of 12-5-0. The team's leaders have really pulled through. Jeff Carter has 12 goals in 17 games on the season, while we also bolster 7 players with at least 10 points already, and nobody in the negative in the plus/minus category.

This advance we had 5 games.

LA 4 @ Phoenix 2 - This game saw our boys come out flying. We scored 2 early goals on Coyotes back up Thomas Greiss before running into penalty trouble and losing Jeff Carter for the game. Unfortunately for the Coyotes, we also injured (not seriously) a few of their better players. In the end the teams traded second half goals and the score was in the favour of LA. But with the physicality of the game, this rivalry is just starting.

San Jose 1 @ LA 4 - Another important rivalry game, this game was actually the first I played of the 5. It saw the debuts of the 6 new members of the lineup and all of them except Johnny Oduya get a point. Quick was in net and had a fairly sold game, which is good considering his slow start this year.

Nashville 1 @ LA 4 - This was another pretty easy game for us. The Predators are obviously lacking some forward depth, but the big factor in the game was the Power Play. We finally got it rolling a little in the umbrella, which is likely what we'll be changing to permanently soon. Rinne fought off a lot of shots, but we were too overwhelming for the Preds.

Buffalo 3 @ LA 2 - When Buffalo came to town, we knew we'd be in a dogfight. Unfortunately we took it a little too far. After scoring the first goal, we got into penalty troubles and Thomas Vanek scored two goals to lead the Sabres to victory. Mike Richards scored late to make it interesting but we couldn't get any pressure for the final push.

Vancouver 1 @ LA 4 - Another 4-1 win against my most hated team. Also saw Hamhuis return to his former team for the first time. Once again our top guys pulled through and led the team to victory. The cpu didn't put up much fight this time around.

Los Angeles Kings Stats - 2013-14
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Jeff Carter	17	12	3	15	7	2	19
Marian Gaborik	13	9	5	14	13	2	2
Anze Kopitar	17	5	8	13	6	0	6
Max Pacioretty	12	6	6	12	8	1	17
Tyler Toffoli	17	3	8	11	0	0	2
Dustin Brown	17	0	10	10	3	0	15
Drew Doughty	17	2	8	10	3	1	4
Mike Richards	17	5	4	9	4	1	7
Jake Muzzin	17	1	7	8	8	0	13
Dan Hamhuis	18	1	5	6	7	0	21
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Jonathan Quick	15	10	5	0	2.32			.903	0
Martin Jones	2	2	0	0	1.53			.923	0

Well, the new additions have been strong, Quick's play is improving and things are starting to roll for the Kings. Until next time - GM Barrons.