Stanley Cup Champion Kings Face Irrelevancy in Los Angeles: Does LA Have Real Hockey Fans?

Yes, they have passionate fans of a franchise that has been around for 40+ years.

I CAN'T STOP *CONGRATULATING "THE LOS ANGELES KINGS" *(STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS,....-"It sounds so Sweeet!"-

L.A. hockey fan are a lot better than basketball fans, they don't riot and destroy privet property.

Hollywood period

If God wanted us to play hockey in LA, he would have given LA freezing temperatures during the winter so kids could train on real ice. :-)

Look, I live in So Cal. And I am a hockey fan, just not a Kings fan. My loyalty goes with our other local team who won the cup 5 years ago. But I digress....

I love living here, and it goes without saying that the entertainment options are limitless. Including sports. BUT, the one thing that I'll say, is that it's a very shallow place. There are some good, diehard fans, but most "fans" go away when the local teams don't play well. And the only reason that most anyone payed attention to the Kings, was because the Lakers (and Clippers, but no one really cares about them either) were knocked out of the playoffs. Until L.A. basketball was packed up for the season, nobody was talking about the Kings. Even the news coverage was virtually nonexistent. In fact, local newscasts repeatedly posted the logo for the Sacramento Kings (NBA team) by mistake, and longtime faces on the local news were repeatedly, and embarassingly getting the players names wrong. I know, sometimes European & Russian names can be hard to pronounce, and that would be forgivable if that were the case, but that wasn't it.... Instead, I'm talking about referring to the goaltender as "Johnathon 'Swift'". It's actually "Quick", for anyone who didn't know.

Yay! I'm glad the Kings won the Stanley Cup for the first time ever.

I think since it was the first time they won the big one,they will have many more fans,and can compete with the Lakers basketball team in popularity.When they changed the coach and hired Darryl Sutter it changed the whole team.He made a team that was terrible before he arrived half way through the season,into the best in the league very quickly.

Hockey, shmocky.

Yes. There are at least seven hockey fans in LA.

LA has never really cared about the Kings. They care for their teams in this order:

Lakers
Dodgers
Clippers
Angels
Kings

Congratulations to the L.A. Kings....especially Simon Gagne....a player who has been long in the league and I believe this is his first Stanley Cup.....also a few guys from Michigan on the roster.....

And the 2nd American-born team captain (after Derrian Hatcher from Dallas Stars)

Yes, another big thumbs up for our development programs here....Hatcher is from the Detroit area...wish I still had all those scoresheets from years ago....I may have coached a team that played against him when he was younger (and his brother)...Modano, too....Pat LaFontaine came form this area also....Tim Thomas came out of our local program, as did Ken Morrow and Shawn Cronin, Rolston for the Bruins, too.....

Don't listen L.A. That's just your opposition trying to get in your head.

GO GO