Call it the Jeff Halpern pick. Kings GM Dean Lombardi has been known to wheel and deal his draft picks – trading up, trading down and often bundling them with an ‘asset’ when trading for another team’s player. At the 2009 NHL Draft, Lombardi did a two-for-one deal, sending the Kings fourth and fifth round […]
trade
Kovy "No thank you LA"
Sometimes no means yes. With one giant tweet from the New Jersey Devils earlier this morning “the decision” was known…Ilya Kovalchuk was NOT coming to Los Angeles. After weeks of speculation, posturing and contentious negotiations, things were over. Kovy was staying in New Jersey. He wasn’t worried that Snookie and the Situation packed up and left […]
Tuesday’s 10 Tidbits on… the free agents
It’s been five days since the Free Agent Frenzy began in the NHL. Yet, here in LA, the only fireworks we’ve seen this July have been up in the sky. As of this writing, the Kings have not added a player via free agency or trade. In fact, they lost a player when Sean O’Donnell signed with […]