Brown, Gaborik on Kings' culture, structure

Time after time, whether it's listening to GM Dean Lombardi, coach Darryl Sutter or virtually any of the players, you hear exactly what the Los Angeles Kings are all about.

Further examples from The Globe and Mail Monday:

Dustin Brown, on playing up and down in the lineup, especially since the arrival of Marian Gaborik: “You just come and go with it. At the end of the day, our team is not about worrying about where you’re playing or who you’re playing with. That’s kinda the culture we have here at a team – and it’s great to have that. It balances lines out. If I’m on the third line, then I can take advantage of being on the third line and playing against generally five/six defenceman and using my size and my skill to take advantage of that.”

Gaborik, on playing for the Kings: “It still takes some time to get used to the system, but this team was established as a winning team over the last couple of years and they won a Cup. There’s a lot of structure to that. Everybody’s on the same page. Everybody knows what they’re doing. Everybody’s trusting each other out there. I like it.”

Gaborik, on wanting to win: “Definitely, I want to win bad,” said Gaborik. “I landed at one of the contenders, which I’m very excited about. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out with Columbus, but that’s the way it is sometimes. I got dealt here. I was very excited by that. This is a good team, so … we’ve got to make sure we have a good push to end the regular season and get ready for playoffs.”

Source: Eric Duhatschek, Globe and Mail

Also in that Duhatschek piece: How Colorado, Columbus and Calgary have coaches who are in sync with their team, but Edmonton may not; Roberto Luongo, looking at the big picture in Florida with new ownership and how teams may regret not having pushed harder for Mike Cammalleri at the trade deadline.