June 2018 - LA Kings Insider

Core locked up with Doughty’s eight-year, $88-million extension

Jon RosenJune 29, 20180 Comments

Drew Doughty has agreed to sign on for an additional eight seasons past this upcoming season, the Kings announced Friday. The extension, per a source, will come with an $11-million average annual value and extend through the 2006-27 season, when he will turn 37. July 1, 2018 represents the date Doug... Full Story

Drew Doughty agrees to terms on eight-year extension

Zach DooleyJune 29, 20180 Comments

Contracts and FinancesRoster Moves2 min read

The Los Angeles Kings announced today that they have agreed to terms with defenseman Drew Doughty on an eight-year extension, beginning with the 2019-20 season. THE OFFICIAL RELEASE: LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Kings and defenseman Drew Doughty have agreed to terms on an eight-year contract,... Full Story

Growing up Brodzinski: Jonny’s brother, Easton, continuing in the family legacy

Jessi McDonaldJune 29, 20180 Comments

Prospects and Scouting6 min read

Black and white jerseys whiz by as players take the ice for a warm-up skate on the first day of Kings Development Camp. For most of the young skaters, this is their first time making a mark on Kings’ soil, but amongst the names on the backs of their jerseys, one familiar name stands out. Number 67 s... Full Story

Two For Ontario? Thoughts from Strand & Morrison from Development Camp

Zach DooleyJune 29, 20180 Comments

Ontario ReignProspects and Scouting4 min read

Defenseman Austin Strand and forward Brad Morrison are two players that could make the jump to the professional ranks during the 2018-19 season. Both players signed with the Los Angeles organization as free agents and both players are coming off of strong 2017-18 campaigns in the juniors ranks. Den... Full Story

Mikey Eyssimont ready for first full professional season

Zach DooleyJune 28, 20180 Comments

Ontario ReignProspects and Scouting5 min read

Eye-opening. That was how Los Angeles Kings prospect Mikey Eyssmiont described his professional debut a season ago with the Ontario Reign. After he completed his junior season at St. Cloud State, Eyssimont made the jump to the professional ranks and skated in three games with Ontario at the end ... Full Story

Day 3: Clague developments (+ audio); Anderson; speed and skill fundamentals

Jon RosenJune 28, 20180 Comments

AudioProspects and Scouting9 min read

--Kale Clague is officially a TSC veteran. He’s attending his third development camp, adding to his training camp experience and the CAA Hockey camps hosted by his agency in El Segundo before he was drafted in the second round in 2016. The Kings had only four picks that year, and none higher than... Full Story

Q&A with Reign Head Coach Mike Stothers – 2018 Development Camp

Zach DooleyJune 28, 20180 Comments

Ontario ReignProspects and Scouting3 min read

Mike Stothers on approaching a camp where only a couple of players may be with the Reign this season but many may be Reign players down the road There’s a couple of guys that are going to be in Ontario and playing for us. We’re excited about the opportunity for them and we saw a little bit of t... Full Story

Video: Post-scrimmage interviews with Thomas, Eyssimont

Jon RosenJune 27, 20180 Comments

Prospects and ScoutingVideo0 min read

More on these two players and continued impressions throughout rookie camp - as well as several interesting stories related to coaching, developing speed and individual player profiles - but before we get there, here are post-scrimmage interviews with Akil Thomas and Mikey Eyssimont: -Lea... Full Story

Development camp day 2: Notes, morning session pics, video

Jon RosenJune 27, 20180 Comments

PhotographyProspects and ScoutingVideo4 min read

Several additional notes that I didn't include yesterday: -One of the more interesting development camp debuts belonged to Johan Sodergran, the first of Los Angeles' two sixth round picks last Saturday. The 18-year-old spent the majority of his ice time with Linkoping's U-20 SuperElit junior team... Full Story

Development Camp Day 1 Notebook

Zach DooleyJune 26, 20180 Comments

Prospects and Scouting6 min read

Day 1 of Los Angeles Kings Development Camp is in the books. The 2018 NHL Entry Draft saw the Kings select seven prospects and six of those players were on the ice today in El Segundo as a part of a roster of 34 players. For the first time since 2009 and 2010, the Kings made first round picks in bac... Full Story

Dev Camp: Vilardi, Anderson-Dolan, Kupari, Thomas audio/video/quotes/notes

Jon RosenJune 26, 20180 Comments

AudioProspects and ScoutingVideo9 min read

Gabriel Vilardi has taken the Toyota Sports Center ice in one-on-one instruction and with smaller groups, but Tuesday's 8:15 a.m. session represented the first time he skated in an official LA Kings camp. He's staying in Los Angeles for most of the summer in preparation for training camp, where he'l... Full Story

Development camp roster, schedule, invites, notes

Jon RosenJune 26, 20180 Comments

Prospects and ScoutingSchedules6 min read

Behold, the development camp roster: -click to enlarge Behold, times and groups: Tuesday, June 26 - Thursday, June 28: Forwards: 8:15 a.m. Defensemen: 9:30 a.m. Goalies: 10:45 a.m. All three groups: 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 29: All three groups: 9:15 Keep in mind that these date... Full Story

Kings qualify LaDue, Lintuniemi, MacDermid, but not Rieder, Subban, Auger

Jon RosenJune 25, 20180 Comments

Contracts and FinancesOntario ReignProspects and Scouting3 min read

The LA Kings submitted qualifying offers to Paul LaDue, Alex Lintuniemi and Kurtis MacDermid, but not Jordan Subban, Justin Auger, or as reported earlier today, Tobias Rieder. Teams had a 2:00 p.m. PT deadline to submit qualifying offers to restricted free agents. By qualifying a player, a team i... Full Story