King Fan Has Read This Script Before

I’ve suffered with the Kings, or they have caused me to suffer, since 1967. I’ve seen them make trade after trade, giving up draft choices or young talent one after another.

Suddenly, there comes this expansion team called the New York Islanders whose general manager says that he is going to build his team around young talent and draft choices with patience.

A few years later, they obtained the services of one of the most popular Kings ever, Butch Goring, on their way to four Stanley Cups.

Now, in their 23rd year, the Kings again have traded away their draft choices and young talent, and the Islanders are again building like they did then, with a lot of patience.

Guess who’s going to win the Stanley Cup again long before the Kings are? You guessed it.

PAUL SMIT, Glendale