In most NHL cities, July 1st is equivalent to Christmas morning. Fans across North America get to wake up and hear all about the players headed to their town, ready to put on the sweater of their local team, and bringing hope for the next season.
In Los Angeles, it’s a bit of a waiting game […]
July 2019 – LA Kings Lineup Projection, Salary Cap Situation
July 1, 2019 By
LA Kings Predictions for 2019 NHL Draft Weekend
June 18, 2019 By
When it comes to predicting NHL Draft order, you often hear about teams taking the Best Player Available (BPA), largely because outside the top few picks, most kids being selected aren’t going to make an immediate impact in the NHL. Thus, it comes down to organizational preference, hoping their player pays off three to five […]
2019 NHL Draft Preview: Victor Söderström, Swedish Defenseman
June 17, 2019 By
With this profile, we are bringing a conclusion to our series of 2019 NHL Draft Previews. As noted from the very beginning, they did not publish in any sort of ranked order, they were merely served up over a several week period to familiarize readers with some of the key names — and a few […]
2019 NHL Draft Preview: Philip Broberg, Swedish Defenseman
June 13, 2019 By
After spending much of the past month publishing various Draft preview articles, we’re down to the final two.
We began by looking at some of the names under consideration for the LA Kings selection at No. 5 – Bowen Byrum, Trevor Zegras, and Dylan Cozens; just to name a few. More recently, we’ve been profiling some […]
2019 NHL Draft Preview: Cam York, USA Defenseman
June 10, 2019 By
That light at the end of the tunnel is getting ever so bright, as we draw closer and closer to the big event. In advance of next week’s NHL Draft, the Kings scouting staff is said to have completed nearly 100 different profiles, interviews, and reports on a full plethora players. For example, they spoke […]
Preview: 2020 AHL All Star Game Jerseys and Logo
June 8, 2019 By
With the NHL Draft just a few weeks away – and the Kings holding three of the first 33 selections – much of the talk in these parts has centered around the big club. Meanwhile there is a myriad of activity circling the team’s top minor league affiliate in Ontario; including plans to hire a […]
2019 NHL Draft Preview: Spencer Knight, USA Goaltender
June 7, 2019 By
With the LA Kings organization going through a necessary transition after paying the price of two Stanley Cups, there is an obvious need to refill the cupboard in all positions — after trying to maintain the team’s playoff contender status for so many years.
Enter the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
We’ve taken quite a bit of time […]
2019 NHL Draft Preview: John Farinacci, High School Forward
June 6, 2019 By
Though true that NHL clubs use the league’s annual Draft to handpick their next batch of essentially high school-aged players, it isn’t very often they are called to the stage representing their actual high school – but more often junior leagues in Canada or Europe. In fact, you’d have to go back to 2005 for […]
2019 NHL Draft Preview – Moritz Seider, German Defenseman
June 3, 2019 By
Throughout the early part of our 2019 NHL Draft Preview series we’ve focused more heavily on players likely to be selected among the first 10 names called in Vancouver later this month. Now, with most of the bigger names already covered, we turn our attention to some key prospects hoping to find an NHL home […]
Kings 2019 Dev Camp Preview: Five Questions with Sean Durzi
For the second article in our 2019 Development Camp Preview series we turn to a player who is fairly new to the Kings organization.
After previously being drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs, defenseman Sean Durzi was traded to Los Angeles in a package of assets for Jake Muzzin. As if that isn’t enough for a […]