If you read a scouting report on a young player that included comments like – high character individual, tough in the corners, strong physical presence, can play wing or forward – you’d probably be thinking, ‘Sounds just like the type of player Dean Lombardi would draft.’
If you then found out the kid was Russian, you [...]
Kings sign another top prospect to ELC – wait, did they?
September 14, 2012 By
Andy Andreoff on Kings prospects Schumacher, Toffoli and Vey
July 19, 2012 By
If you’re looking at a list of the Kings top forward prospects and trying to guess which ones may be playing in LA in a few years, the names Andy Andreoff, Michael Schumacher, Tyler Toffoli and Linden Vey are most definitely going to be part of the discussion.
Yet, each brings something different to the table. [...]
LA Kings 2012 Draft notes – day two (rounds 2-7)
June 23, 2012 By
After sitting our rounds two and three – the picks had previously been traded away in deals for Mike Richards and Dustin Penner – here are some official notes provided by the team. We’ll have additional articles and factoids to share early next week…
ROUND FOUR (121st overall), froward Nikolay Prokhorkin – He’ll turn 19 on [...]
VIDEO: LA Kings select Tanner Pearson in first round 2012 draft
June 22, 2012 By
As posted on twitter, here are a few quick notes on Pearson – he played 60 games for Barrie (OHL) this season, posting 91 points (37-54=91), 37 penalty minutes and a plus-21 rating. The 6-foot, 198-pound left wing is originally from Kitchener and he won a bronze medal with Team Canada at the 2012 World [...]
Kings prospect JF Berube reflects on his first pro season
April 4, 2012 By
“I never wanted to blame any of my challenges this year on my injury,” said Kings goaltending prospect JF Berube when we chatted recently about his first year of professional hockey.
Originally selected by LA in the fourth round of the 2009 NHL Draft, Berube had hip surgery immediately following the end of his junior season last spring in Montreal [...]
The Hockey News gives LA Kings prospect pool a C+
March 17, 2012 By
This year’s edition of Future Watch, a special publication put out annually by the folks at The Hockey News, brings a mixed bag of information regarding the LA Kings prospect pool. First off, they gave the team an overall grade of C+, which is quite a drop off from the A- rating of last year.
However, [...]
10 Tidbits on Jeff Carter – Welcome to the LA Kings
February 27, 2012 By
Jeff Carter, LA debut (photo: M. Zampelli)
The trade winds aren’t the only weather related activity surrounding the LA Kings these days, as there was a flood of information on Jeff Carter to dig up and get to the bottom of this weekend. Here are 10 Tidbits on LA’s new forward, using a hodgepodge of notes [...]
Darryl Sutter on why the Kings didn’t call up Kozun
February 15, 2012 By
Kozun in training camp (photo: Ikiri)
Nearly every player who’s been in a game with him or against him has nothing but positive things to share when asked about Kings prospect Brandon Kozun. And much of that has been documented here on MayorsManor since he was taken by LA in the sixth round of the [...]
VIDEO: Get to know Jordan Nolan – video highights from Manchester
February 13, 2012 By
It isn’t very often when a 22-year old rookie is the best player on the ice during his first two NHL games. Yet, Jordan Nolan might be able to lay claim to such a statement after his performances in New York and Dallas over the weekend.
A seventh round draft pick by the Kings back [...]
Michael Schumacher looking to buck the odds with the LA Kings
In the seventh round of the 2011 NHL Draft the Kings selected 17-year old Michael Schumacher out of a junior league in Sweden. When you’re taken that late and from another continent, the reality is most people don’t know who are you.
Yet, only a few weeks later when he arrived in Los Angeles for the [...]