It's almost the end of July... what are we doing here? Summer usually means spending time down by the pool, sipping suicide Slurpees while catching the latest and greatest summer blockbuster down at the local multiplex. Long days, short nights and farmer tans.

Granted, it's been a long time, but Jesse and I decided to grace the airwaves OUTDOORS to touch on the whole Ilya Kovalchuk situation. After all, the Kings ALMOST signed a key piece to leap ahead in the Western Conference a few lightyears. Instead, the team's efforts were rebuffed by a player who decided to sign the largest deal in NHL history. Too bad the deal was denied by the league.

Yeah, good times. So, to help make sense of the whole situation, we turn to a consummate professional, L.A. Times columnist Helene (Not Helen) Elliott. Helene breaks it down from the front lines, and talks about a wide variety of subjects, from the Kings newest acquisition, Alexei Ponikarovski, to how reporting has been forever altered by Twitter. It's an interesting discussion and we tahnk Helene for taking time out of her vacation to talk with us.

It's the Hockeywood Insider: slathered with enough SPF 500 we could walk on the face of the Sun and not get burned.

Played: 1857 | Download | Duration: 00:48:28