Earlier today Kings’ Vice President and Assistant GM Ron Hextall was on Hockey Night in Canada radio, a show hosted by Elliotte Friedman and former goaltender Kelly Hrudey. They touched upon a myriad of topics in their 15-minute conversation, including Drew Doughty, Keaton Ellerby, Dustin Penner, Jonathan Quick and more. For those who missed the show, [...]
Hextall on MayorsManor rankings – talks Kings’ number one prospect
February 1, 2013 By
The LA Kings’ 2013 midseason prospect rankings went up yesterday and earlier today we posted feedback from VP and Assistant GM Ron Hextall regarding two of the defensemen on the list.
Now, he rejoins us to talk about the top-rated prospect overall, forward Tyler Toffoli.
We’ll begin with a general overview of the 20-year old’s first season as a [...]
Ron Hextall on MayorsManor rankings – talks Kings’ defensive prospects
February 1, 2013 By
Yesterday we posted the 2013 midseason prospect rankings for the LA Kings organization.
Now, Kings’ VP and Assistant GM Ron Hextall joins us to share some thoughts about two of the defensive players reviewed. One of his key responsibilities is to oversee the Manchester Monarchs roster and he makes regular visits to the East Coast to keep close [...]
Rich Clune says goodbye to the Kings, hello again to Los Angeles
January 31, 2013 By
It’s understandable why much of the chatter following the Kings losing two players on waivers a few weeks ago centered around defenseman Thomas Hickey - after all, he was a former number one draft pick. However, they also lost forward Rich Clune that day.
And tonight, he returns to LA with the Nashville Predators.
Originally taken by the Dallas Stars [...]
Top 10 LA Kings prospects – 2013 mid-season rankings (5th – 1st)
January 31, 2013 By
Last hour we began the process of looking at the MayorsManor rankings of the Kings’ Top 10 prospects with an in-depth review of players six through 10 (linked here). Now we close the loop by returning to countdown the top five.
As noted in the original article, the final slotting of players was determined solely by [...]
Bernier opens up about trade request and playing in Germany
October 15, 2012 By
With Anze Kopitar already playing in Sweden and Alec Martinez recently joining TPS Turku in Finland, goalie Jonathan Bernier became the third member of the LA Kings to head overseas when he agreed to a deal with Heilbronner Falken of Germany’s tier II league last week.
“I tried to go to Switzerland first, but there are [...]
Monarchs post-game notes and more exclusive photos from camp
October 6, 2012 By
On the MayorsManor show this past Thursday, Manchester Monarchs coach Mark Morris said he was looking for the trio of Kings players in camp with the Monarchs – Andrei Loktionov, Jordan Nolan and Slava Voynov – to show the younger players what it takes to win.
After last night’s 2-0 win in their first pre-season game, [...]
Monarchs Camp: Day 3 photos – including Voynov working out
October 3, 2012 By
Monarchs training camp is now in full swing, with a myriad of LA Kings prospects preparing for their first pre-season game this Friday night. As mentioned the other day, these are the line combinations being used for the forwards:
Nikolay Prokhorkin – Andrei Loktionov – Jordan Nolan
Linden Vey – Stefan Legein – Tyler Toffoli
Andy Andreoff – Robbie [...]
Fill In The Blank: Game 15 – feedback after Kings 3-1 win vs Flames
It’s time for more input from the readers.
Wednesday night saw the Kings pick up their second 3-1 win in a row - on back-to-back nights in Alberta no less – probably leaving Darryl Sutter to rethink his whole ‘It’s a 3-2 league’ mantra. Or not.
Jeff Carter continued to show why he’s been the Kings’ best forward [...]