When Marian Gaborik first met up with the Los Angeles Kings in Winnipeg after a trade three months ago, center Mike Richards immediately took him out to breakfast. When the Kings returned home from that trip, Jeff Carter insisted Gaborik should move into his house instead of a hotel. The Kings swiftly welcomed the itinerant Slovak goal-scorer into their tight-knit team, and Gaborik has rewarded them with a spectacular playoff performance all the way to the Stanley Cup finals - where he's running into several more players he knows quite well. ''It's great to be in the finals for the first time, but to play the Rangers makes it even more special,'' Gaborik said.
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