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With Pair of Sunday Waiver Moves, Kings Roster Finalized

October 10, 2021 By John Hoven


It’s all over. After a training camp filled with excitement (Tkachev), sadness (Byfield), and a swerve (Kaliyev), the LA Kings month-long process of piecing their opening night roster together has reached a natural conclusion. It didn’t come without a few curveballs, though.

Final rosters aren’t due to the league office until Monday afternoon. However, to make that happen, teams needed to essentially make their final cuts on Sunday because any players requiring waivers need 24 hours to go through that process (it’s from 11am PST to 11am PST, which is two hours later than past seasons).

In advance of Monday’s deadline, the Kings have placed forward Austin Wagner and defenseman Austin Strand on waivers. Should they clear, the expectation is they will be assigned to AHL Ontario.

The move also means prospect Arthur Kaliyev appears to have done enough to stay up with the big club. He’s been a consistent producer throughout the preseason.

LA KINGS 2021-22 OPENING NIGHT ROSTER

Arvidsson – Kopitar – Brown
Kempe – Danault – Iafallo
Tkachev – Vilardi – Andersson
Moore – Lizotte – Kaliyev
Grundstrom
Lemieux

Anderson – Doughty
Bjornfot – Roy
Edler – Walker
Wolanin

Petersen
Quick

Andreas Athanasiou and Olli Maatta will start the season on injured reserve, a process that requires them to miss at least seven days. The original hope was that Maatta would play in the team’s final preseason game. Now, he’ll have the opportunity to rest a little longer and once he is ready to go it’s expected Christian Wolanin will go through the waiver process to make room for him.

Up front, GM Rob Blake and coach Todd McLellan will have to figure out what to do when Athanasiou is fully healed. The easy move would be to send Kaliyev to Ontario, as he is exempt from waivers. If they continue to like his play, the other likely options would be to put Blake Lizotte or Carl Grundstrom on waivers.

What does all of this mean for AHL Ontario? We’ll take a look at that in a follow-up article soon. In the meantime, see below for a pretty-darn-close look at the Reign situation.

RELATED CONTENT:

Kings Of The Podcast: Ep. Q32 with Arthur Kaliyev

Early Look: Ontario Reign Opening Night Lineup 2021-22

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John Hoven is a former member of the Professional Hockey Writers Association and co-hosts Kings of the Podcast. He's also the founder and editor of MayorsManor.com, which has been named Best Sports Blog in Los Angeles and Hockey Blog of the Year. Click "ABOUT OUR TEAM" below for a full bio.

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  1. Ray Grace says

    October 10, 2021 at 11:19 am

    I haven’t seen an update on Anderson, does this mean he came through ok and is ready to go for Thursday?

  2. Douglas Sun says

    October 10, 2021 at 3:19 pm

    Wolanin looked pretty good in Thursday’s game. Knowing that the Kings liked what they saw from him late last season, I’d actually be inclined to keep him and risk Maata on waivers. I mean, essentially, Maata was acquired to be a human shield in the expansion draft, so in that sense, losing him to a waiver claim wouldn’t really be a waste of an asset.

  3. William Walker says

    October 10, 2021 at 8:23 pm

    I would rather see Moore centering Kaliyev and Lemieux than Lizotte.

    • Mark Crosby says

      October 12, 2021 at 12:19 am

      Agree. Time to move on from the Lizard. Placeholder until some of our young studs were ready.

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