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 […]
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Where Things Stand with Kings Opening Night Roster; Plans Changing
An old saying about ‘The best laid plans…’ is all that comes to mind today. Just 48 hours ago, we were close to having it all figured out. We had all but secured the intel needed to complete the puzzle that is the LA Kings 2021 opening night roster. We had even some of the […]
Preseason: Kings Projected Lineup vs. Ducks at Honda Center, Plus Athanasiou Update
For their final two preseason games of 2021, the Kings and Ducks will square off in a home-and-home series that starts tonight in Anaheim, followed by a rematch on Saturday in LA. As noted in an article earlier this morning, Quinton Byfield’s injury status coming out of last night has caused GM Rob Blake to […]
What Saturday’s Roster Moves Mean for LA’s Opening Night Lineup
Over the past few hours, the Kings have made a bunch of roster moves, trimming their main training camp group down to just under 30 players. What the moves mean and don’t mean is where the fun comes in. And while all of this has been going on, we were busy connecting with our various […]
Extended Look at LA Kings Options For Their Bottom Six Forwards
Immediately following GM Rob Blake’s acquisition of forward Viktor Arvidsson on July 1, the questions began — ‘Where does he fit into the lineup?’ We dug into that topic with an article here, providing several hypothetical scenarios and detailed context surrounding each idea. This led to another round of questions from some Kings fans – […]