In her book,
On Death and Dying, published in 1969,
Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross introduced the model commonly known as the “Five Stages of Grief” to explain how people deal with loss. As a life-long
Los Angeles Kings fan, I am used to loss. Granted, loss related to a hockey team is trivial in a time where soldiers are overseas being blown up, oil is spilling into the Gulf of Mexico and
Jon Bon Jovi has torn his calf muscle while on stage, etc. However, I could not help but notice the fact that I, and my fellow Kings fans, reacted exactly as Dr. Kübler-Ross described when we found out that left wing
Ilya Kovalchuk had re-signed with the
New Jersey Devils and not our beloved Kings. With apologies to those who are actual experiencing real loss, here is how it went...
