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Kovalchuk: Notes, bullet points, links

LA Kings InsiderJune 23, 20180 Comments

Finally, it’s time to get back to Ilya Kovalchuk after a busy day in Dallas. Several notes. --By now you’ve probably read and heard about the impetus behind bringing Kovalchuk on board. Offense! The Kings, though improved in the regular season, need it. We all saw the playoff series. Power play! ... Full Story

Video: Luc Robitaille talks Kovalchuk, more with the NHL Network

LA Kings InsiderJune 23, 20180 Comments

Contracts and FinancesVideo0 min read

Luc Robitaille joined Jackie Redmond and E.J. Hradek of the NHL Network from the NHL Draft in Dallas Saturday morning to discuss the team's agreement with Ilya Kovalchuk. Comparing the deal to Patrick Marleau's contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, he answered questions about the term of the contra... Full Story

Kings agree to terms with Kovalchuk on a three-year contract

LA Kings InsiderJune 23, 20180 Comments

Contracts and Finances3 min read

The LA Kings have agreed to terms with Ilya Kovalchuk on a three-year contract. The signing of the contract can not officially be announced until July 1, but a team source confirmed Elliotte Friedman's report that the average annual value of the contract is $6.25-million. Kovalchuk, 35, totaled 3... Full Story

Salary cap ceiling rises $4.5M to $79.5M; floor at $58.8M; Kovalchuk note

LA Kings InsiderJune 21, 20180 Comments

Contracts and FinancesNHL News1 min read

News, via the NHLPA: The NHLPA and NHL have announced the Team Payroll Range for the 2018-19 league year. Upper Limit will be $79.5 M, Lower Limit will be $58.8 M: https://t.co/OxyYBBveNy pic.twitter.com/yFYw21u2XB— NHLPA (@NHLPA) June 21, 2018 What this means for the Kings was covered... Full Story

2018-19 cap ceiling: Between $79.5-million, $80-million; how are the Kings affected?

LA Kings InsiderJune 20, 20180 Comments

Contracts and FinancesNHL News4 min read

Some 10 floors below LAKI HQ at the Wynn Encore in Las Vegas, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman emerged from a hotel ballroom to inform an assembled group of reporters that the NHL's salary cap ceiling is expected to rise to between $79.5-million and $80-million for 2018-19. Last season's salary cap cei... Full Story

Bullet points: Rieder, Tavares, Voynov, European-based prospects, more

LA Kings InsiderJune 19, 20180 Comments

Contracts and FinancesHockey OperationsMedia AvailabilityNHL NewsProspects and Scouting9 min read

Several additional bullet points and quotes from today’s conference call with Rob Blake: --As noted last month, no decision on whether the Kings extend a qualifying offer to Toby Rieder has been made. You should expect a decision between the end of the draft on Saturday and when qualifying offers... Full Story

Blake shares an update on framework for Doughty talks

LA Kings InsiderJune 19, 20180 Comments

Contracts and FinancesMedia Availability1 min read

It's a busy time of the off-season for NHL teams, players and general managers, but Rob Blake took nearly 30 minutes to speak with a collection of reporters on a conference call earlier today. A myriad of subjects were discussed and will be shared on LAKI, but before then, here's your Drew Doughty u... Full Story

Fantenberg re-ups for one year, $650K

LA Kings InsiderMay 17, 20180 Comments

Contracts and Finances2 min read

Minas Panagiotakis/Getty ImagesThe LA Kings and Oscar Fantenberg came to an agreement on a one-year contract for a league-minimum $650,000, giving the team a versatile left-shot defenseman who spent the majority of the year with the parent club and filled an important role in the first round series... Full Story

Kings financials and salary chart: 2018 off-season

LA Kings InsiderMay 3, 20180 Comments

Contracts and FinancesHockey OperationsVideo5 min read

Insiders. A happy Thursday to you. I get asked around this time of the year about the team’s financials and find it helpful in advance of late-June and early July player movement to provide a chart – not as beautiful as CapFriendly’s, of course – of the team’s salary and contract commitments. Rich a... Full Story

Doughty clearly the Kings’ “number one priority” this off-season

LA Kings InsiderApril 20, 20180 Comments

Contracts and Finances5 min read

Joe Sargent/NHLIThe LA Kings can get in Drew Doughty’s ear and whisper their desires that he remain a King, but that essentially has already been inferred. Isn’t the greatest defenseman in franchise history’s importance to the team already crystal clear? “I don’t think we need to tell Drew that we ... Full Story

Mikey Eyssimont signs ELC; Sheldon Rempal visits Kings

LA Kings InsiderMarch 29, 20180 Comments

AudioProspects and ScoutingVideo4 min read

The LA Kings inked 2016 fifth round draft pick Mikey Eyssimont to a two-year, entry level contract, the team announced Thursday. The 21-year-old is expected to report to Ontario, where he would compete for the rest of the season on an ATO. His two-year entry-level contract will begin in 2018-19,... Full Story

March 2 practice notes: Lewis talks; the subtleties of playing with pace

LA Kings InsiderMarch 2, 20180 Comments

CommunityContracts and FinancesInjuries9 min read

Insiders. A happy Friday to you. A reminder that tomorrow’s game is a 1:00 p.m. start (FOX Sports West / FOX Sports GO / FUBO TV / KABC 790 / I Heart Radio) as the Chicago Blackhawks will make their lone Staples Center visit in 2017-18. HISTORY (not real history) is on the line, as the Kings haven’t... Full Story

Vilardi signs three-year entry-level contract

LA Kings InsiderMarch 1, 20180 Comments

Contracts and FinancesProspects and Scouting4 min read

Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesThe Los Angeles Kings announced Thursday that they’ve signed forward Gabriel Vilardi to a three-year entry-level contract. Selected with the 11th overall pick at the 2017 NHL Draft, Vilardi has been on an absolute tear for the Kingston Frontenacs, totaling 14 goals and 4... Full Story