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All you needed for visual proof of the complete and total transformation of the Los Angeles Kings in the past 30 days was to watch the final two minutes of their Game 4 sweep of the St. Louis Blues on Sunday afternoon.
A month ago, Dustin Penner was just another name to flog in the mostly dreary springtime history of the Kings franchise. But there was "Pancake Penner", working like a mule in the end-zone of the Blues, keeping a loose puck tied up in his skates, using his wide body to protect the precious rubber from the desperate sticks of Blues players still hopeful of getting that tying goal in a 2-1 game.
Kings fans roared with approval, waving little white flags in the air that for the first time in nearly 20 years did not signify surrender this time of...
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