PR - Wheat Kings

WHEATIES START HORRIBLE, LOOK TO LATVIAN

Mired in the franchises worst start to a season ever, the Kings pulled off a significant deal Sunday, sending Mike Modano, Stephen Weiss, Kristian Huselius, and Kevin Montgomery to the Ignite in return for Jakubs Redlihs.

"Addition by substraction, perhaps a little desperation," Coach-GM Tyler Young commented, "but we also got something we needed. Jakubs is great defensively, can rack-up a lot of minutes and can pass the puck. Our D was doing ok, but with three rookies on the line it was a little suspect."

The deal allows the Kings to also move some players around: Brad Larsen, Dan Bertran and Rostislav Olesz were all asigned to the pro; T.J. Young was assigned to the farm.

In his second game for the Kings, Redlihs piloted the Kings to only their second victory, in a 4-2 win over the Resevoir Dogs. Redlihs however was injured in the 3rd period and will likely miss a few games.

"That's just more salt on the wound, isn't it?" the GM fumed, "As soon as things start to look up, then things go wrong. I've never seen anything like it, so many injuries early on, bad goals, stupid bone-head plays. I don't know what's up, but things will change or else players will."


WHAT'S WRONG IN NET?

Prior to the season predilecting pundits pointed to the Kings' goaltending as the team's strength, but 10 games in the netminders are the primary reason the Kings are mopping the TFHL basement floor. Jimmy Howard has been down right suspect and Roberto Luongo might as well be made of air.

"They'll need to get themselves sorted out," Mr. Young said, "I don't think there's really any possibility of making a deal there."


WHAT'S WRONG WITH BERNIE?

Steve Bernier, one of the team's core players and their leading scorer (.ppg) for the past two years, has been a decided disaster this season. With 5 points in 10 games and most notably a -13, Bernier has found himself on the 4th line, with a good chance of being benched.

"He's a plague right now, wherever he goes, that line is minus," commented Mr. Young, "He has to shape up. It might be unimagineable, but if something doesn't improve soon he will be dealt. I think I might actually start feeling around now, to see what's out there for him."