July 2017 - LA Kings Insider

12 Kings games to be broadcast nationally

LA Kings InsiderJuly 31, 20170 Comments

The Los Angeles Kings will appear on NBCSN 12 times in the 2017-18 season, the Kings and NHL announced in coordination with NBC on Monday. Thursday, October 5: KINGS vs Philadelphia, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 18: KINGS vs Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 7: KINGS at Anaheim, 7:00 p.m. ... Full Story

Video: LAKI joins NHL Network

LA Kings InsiderJuly 31, 20170 Comments

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A very good Monday morning to you, Insiders. Before getting to the Kings national television schedule, here's my season preview hit from the NHL Network from late last week. We spent a good amount of time talking Paul LaDue, Kevin Gravel, Derek Forbort and the young defenders that should vie for min... Full Story

Single game tickets on sale August 7; promotional schedule released

LA Kings InsiderJuly 28, 20170 Comments

SchedulesTicketing5 min read

The slow crawl of the hockey off-season continues has reached a new pole: the Kings released their promotional schedule on Friday while announcing that single game tickets will go on sale to the general public on Monday, August 7. The nuts and bolts, via LAKings.com: All promotional dates are sub... Full Story

Watch: FOX Sports West’s LA Kings Off-Season Special

LA Kings InsiderJuly 28, 20170 Comments

FOX Sports WestRadio and TelevisionVideo0 min read

More stick taps to Jack Wilson, Patrick O'Neal and Sean O'Donnell and the fine folks at FOX Sports West for putting together this year's LA Kings Off-Season Special, which premiered Wednesday night and is available in its entirety here. Using footage from the NHL Draft and conversations from develop... Full Story

Player evaluation: Doughty

LA Kings InsiderJuly 26, 20170 Comments

Uncategorized11 min read

Juan Ocampo/NHLIDREW DOUGHTY This season: 82 games, 12 goals, 32 assists, 44 points, 46 penalty minutes, +8 rating, +0.9% CF%Rel, 27:09 time on ice The good: He’s Drew Doughty. He sees the ice like Neo sees The Matrix. Sadly, the most recent Kings season was basically The Matrix Revolutions, a ... Full Story

Familiar name Bell replaces Hajt in Reign assistant role

LA Kings InsiderJuly 25, 20170 Comments

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David Bell has been named the new assistant coach for the Ontario Reign, the team announced on Tuesday. Bell replaces Chris Hajt, who recently was hired by the Buffalo Sabres in a different assistant role. Hajt was with the organization the previous three seasons. The Wiarton, Ontario, native ... Full Story

Player evaluation: Dowd

LA Kings InsiderJuly 25, 20170 Comments

Advanced StatsPollsVideo11 min read

Juan Ocampo/NHLINIC DOWD This season: 70 games, 6 goals, 16 assists, 22 points, 25 penalty minutes, -15 rating, +2.8 CF%Rel, 12:27 time on ice The good: It doesn’t sound “good,” per se, but a major context of Nic Dowd’s 2016-17 season was that he was unlucky. And not just unlucky, but historica... Full Story

Bob Miller wins Governors Award; FSW off-season special; Jim Paek, more

LA Kings InsiderJuly 24, 20170 Comments

AlumniAwardsRadio and Television3 min read

L.A. AREA EMMYS. Bob Miller was presented with the Governors Award during the L.A. Area Emmys Saturday night. The full ceremony is embedded below; for the beginning of Luc Robitaille's introduction, jump to 1:09:40 on the YouTube player. It's followed by a nice tribute video put together by Jack Wil... Full Story

Intriguing Kings prospect can score, score, score

LA Kings InsiderJuly 21, 20170 Comments

Prospects and ScoutingVideo9 min read

There are high expectations for 20-year-old players in major junior hockey. Teams are only allowed three, which considerably whittles down a pool of players selected for a transitional season sandwiched between the late teenage years and the more clearly defined hockey-as-a-profession leap that the ... Full Story

Player evaluation: Kopitar

LA Kings InsiderJuly 20, 20170 Comments

Advanced StatsPollsVideo14 min read

Juan Ocampo/NHLIANZE KOPITAR This season: 76 games, 12 goals, 40 assists, 52 points, 28 penalty minutes, -10 rating, -1.1% CF%Rel, 20:46 time on ice The good: In a confusing quagmire of a season that should endure as the most challenging of his professional career, Anze Kopitar was unable to pr... Full Story

Odds and Ends: Olympics, prospect tournaments, Simpsons

LA Kings InsiderJuly 19, 20170 Comments

New linksNHL NewsOlympicsTournaments9 min read

In a report published Wednesday by the CBC, NHL teams learned this week that AHL players on two-way NHL contracts will be allowed to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Via Tim Wharnsby: In a memo sent to the 31 NHL teams this week, the league outlined AHL players can be loaned to national ... Full Story

Individual NHL China Games tickets on sale Wednesday night

LA Kings InsiderJuly 18, 20170 Comments

Uncategorized0 min read

Tickets for the 2017 NHL China Games, in which the Kings and Canucks will meet for preseason games in Shanghai and Beijing on September 21 and 23, will go on sale Wednesday, July 19 at 8:00 p.m. PT (which is 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 20 at 11 a.m. in China), the NHL announced Tuesday. Tickets can... Full Story

Player evaluation: Andreoff

LA Kings InsiderJuly 18, 20170 Comments

PollsVideo8 min read

Elsa/Getty ImagesANDY ANDREOFF This season: 36 games, 0 goals, 2 assists, 2 points, 70 penalty minutes, -2 rating, -1.8% CF%Rel, 10:56 time on ice The good: He wasn’t able to build off a 2015-16 season that showed promise, but Andy Andreoff deserved better than a goalless season. The versatile ... Full Story