Henrik Lundqvist and the NY Rangers weathered the Kings to send the series back to LA. The series is at 3-1 now, and game five will kick off at 8 PM EST Friday night.

A couple links, with more added when Feedly comes back online, since I haven't got another RSS reader set up yet:

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Then, read Siegel's latest, in which an actual GM of a real hockey team says:

"I wouldn't say it's a priority that we're going to go for the most skilled player," Nonis explained, "but I think the players that are going to be available in the top eight by and large are skill players so because of that fact there's a good chance that's what you end up with."

Who knows? Maybe all eight players will be good enough that they can save Nonis from himself.

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