Jewelcast: Jftc In Your Ears

Injuries and illness are a natural part of being human and nothing epitomizes that more than sports, particularly at the professional level. Rivaling 2018 for their oddest rash of injuries, though, the Los Angeles Kings are limping into the home stretch of their season more than a little banged up and bruised. All six of their defensemen who started on the opening roster have now been placed either on Injured Reserved or Long-Term Injured Reserve. The first domino to fall was Sean Walker, when he suffered season-ending ACL and MCL tears in his knee in a collision with St. Louis' David Perron back in October. Drew Doughty also missed an extended period of time after he bruised his knee during a Dallas Stars game. In Doughty's first game back, Alex Edler broke his ankle a minute into the Minnesota Wild game. Stepping up in their stead has been the team's younger defensemen Matt Roy, Mikey Anderson, and Tobias Bjornfot along with occasional Ontario Reign call up Christian Wolanin. Olli Maatta, who was expected t