9 NHL Teams That Missed in Free Agency
Last week, we looked at which teams fared best in free agency. Today, we’ll look at some teams who took the wrong approach or maybe didn’t improve their rosters as…
Category Archives: Los Angeles Kings
NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs, Panthers, Bruins, Kings
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, two Toronto Maple Leafs make the top of one columnist’s list for available UFAs in 2025, suggesting that it’s unlikely either signs with the team…
Revisiting the Maple Leafs’ Jake Muzzin Trade
It’s been more than five years since the Toronto Maple Leafs acquired Jake Muzzin from the Los Angeles Kings, in a trade on Jan. 28, 2019, that had fans ecstatic.…
Kings Sign Quinton Byfield to 5-Year Extension
The LA Kings have signed Quinton Byfield to a five-year extension worth an average annual value of $6.25 million. The 21-year-old restricted free agent had his breakout year in 2023-24,…
4 NHL General Managers on the Hot Seat This Season
All successful NHL teams are built through a general manager’s (GM) vision. A blueprint has to be made and executed through trades, signings, drafting, and elsewhere. There is no definitive…
NHL’s 5 Most Overrated General Managers
It’s impossible to build a Stanley Cup champion without a great general manager (GM) to lead the front office. They are the architects, the ones with a plan and a…
Remembering the Los Angeles Kings’ Triple Crown Line
Growing up in the 1970s as a hockey fan in Los Angeles, I was intimately familiar with three things very few Angelenos had even a remote grasp upon: 1) Los…
Wayne Gretzky Trade Tree: Edmonton to Los Angeles
Trade Trees are attractive because they show how things develop over time. There’s a saying in hockey that if “Wayne Gretzky can be traded, anyone can,” and it’s true. When…
Kings Early Free Agent Signings Do Not Improve Roster
After a somewhat eventful draft weekend that saw the Los Angeles Kings bring in Tanner Jeannot, general manager Rob Blake wasted no time once free agency began, signing multiple players…
Kings Address Scoring & Physicality Need With Tanner Jeannot Trade
The Los Angeles Kings acquired Tanner Jeannot from the Tampa Bay Lightning for the 118th overall pick in the 2024 Draft and a 2025 second-round pick. Tampa Bay’s return for…