Martin St. Louis is making a mad dash for the finish line in a futile attempt to salvage the season.  “How dare you say that about the great Quebec native!”  No, how dare you VTB.  Granted a point per game is nothing to scoff at, but Marty has averaged 90 points since 2006 and was (more than likely) drafted in the Top 10 because of it.  And like I’ve been saying for about 2 months now the Power Play Points (just 11 right now) have almost vanished.  At this same time last season lil’ Marty had 31.  Not that I’m overstating this (because he’ll turn 37 in June) but this is clearly the beginning of the end for the little engine that did…

Evgeni Malkin – C/LW (Pit):  Never one to be outdone, Geno nailed a Trick himself Saturday night in Pittsburgh.  He also nailed 1/3rd of a trick yesterday against Colombus.  Man I sure hope he uses protection….

So why does it feel like I just used Jeff Carter as the headline in one of my posts?  Oh, because I did.  In fact here is a snippet of what I said just 2 days ago:  “Despite that enormous contract, other teams will trade for him too (I am of the opinion that Carter, not Nash will be the one headed out of Colombus).  And if you own Carter that is good news.   Literally anywhere would be a better situation for this much maligned scorer.”  I guess I should have ended that last sentence with “except LA”, cuz that is where talented offensive players go to die.  Is there a chance he and Kopitard go together like butter and bacon?  Sure there is, but that doesn’t change the fact it would have been 420 times better if he had gone to some 25 other teams.

120:00:5 Minutes and Counting since the LA Kings scored their last home Goal.  What’s the :5 you ask?  Well that 1/2 a second is how much time was left when Doughty notched the game winner (allegedly) way back on February 1 against Colombus.  That win aside, they’ve now lost back-to-back 1-0 games at home.  There is really nothing more demoralizing to a fanbase than that.  “Hey, I thought this was a fantasy blog!” (Yells the angry Kings fan).  Okay okay, BUTT, it does affect alot of fantasy teams too:  Will Jack Johnson ever score again?  Will Anze Kopitar ever have another scoring ‘streak’?  Will Dustin Brown ever go back to……..  ummm…..  back to…….  whatever the hell Dustin Brown was.  Right now the only Queen I would care to own are Quick (happily) and Kopitar (begrudgingly).  Now lets move on to some happier happenings before I completely reveal my anti-Kings bias…

Steven Stamkos – C (TB):  Have I mentioned that I ranked Stamkos #1 overall in the preseason?  “Yes but you also had his teammate St.

The Los Angeles Kings once again displayed their complete and utter disaster of an offense last night and it’s time to start calling out someone other than Mike Richards.  Enter Anze Kopitar.  Now granted, compared to most the rest of these bums Anze is having an MVP type season.  But that’s not my point.  My point is that Kopitar gets treated in fantasy circles like an elite Center and I’m here to say NO MORE!  If the Kings don’t bring in a legit scorer before the deadline, Kopitard may not even break 70 Points.  And that’s just special…

Claude Giroux – C/RW (Phi):  Just when Claude the Bod was showing signs of weakness (13 Points last 18 games) he goes and has himself a 5 Assist night.  I have a feeling this year was the last time in a long time he gets drafted outside the 1st Round.