Kings, Without an E Ticket, Get an F From the Readers

In the never-ending competition for the entertainment dollar in Southern California, the Kings need to take a page not only from their history, but from other attractions.

Why do you think Disneyland, Knott’s and Universal add major new attractions costing as much as the GNP of some countries? Your last major attraction was the Great One, and that was a long time ago.

In other words, you need a new ride.

MICHAEL GRAY

Placentia

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So the Kings fired Larry Robinson. But did they get the real culprit?

The Kings are desperate for scoring. So what do they do?

They trade a fourth-line player for another fourth-line player (Sean Pronger). At the trading deadline, they trade their fifth-leading scorer (Yanic Perreault) for a minor league player, and trade their second-leading scoring defenseman (Steve Duchesne) for a 37-year-old defenseman.

Robinson did the best he could with the players he had. The fact is, the Kings’ second line is made up of players who belong in the IHL. Scotty Bowman couldn’t squeeze more wins out of this bunch if he had Toe Blake sitting on his shoulders.

SALID ARJOMAND

Los Angeles

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Dave Taylor talks about a lacked work ethic of the players as part of the reason for Larry Robinson’s firing. He should look at his lacked work ethic at not getting players who come to play every night.

JOE MASSAIO

Rancho Cucamonga