Roland McKeown Archives - LA Kings Insider

Reports: Sekera to L.A. for a first round pick, McKeown

Jon RosenFebruary 25, 20150 Comments

More details will become available as the afternoon progresses, but the Kings made some pre-trade deadline waves today: Sekera to LA— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) February 25, 2015 Elliotte Friedman of Hockey Night in Canada and Aaron Ward of TSN.com were the first to report the tr... Full Story

Kempe, Zykov impress at WJC summer exhibitions

Jon RosenAugust 5, 201438 Comments

Prospects and ScoutingTournamentsVideo5 min read

The annual summer evaluation camps for the World Junior Championships are underway, and in an exhibition between Sweden and a split squad United States team in Lake Placid on Monday, 2014 Kings first round draft pick Adrian Kempe (wearing #17) contributed a one-goal, two-point performance in a 6-2 T... Full Story

Development Camp: “No surprises” for McKeown

Jon RosenJuly 9, 2014159 Comments

KingsVisionProspects and ScoutingVideo3 min read

Projected as a mid-to-late first round pick during his draft year, Roland McKeown was available in the middle of the second round when the Kings traded Linden Vey to the Vancouver Canucks for the 50th overall pick and selected the balanced, toolsy defenseman. McKeown has donned a Kings practice j... Full Story

Recapping the Kings’ draft with Michael Futa

Jon RosenJune 28, 2014524 Comments

Prospects and Scouting11 min read

For the first time since 2009, the Los Angeles Kings selected 10 players at the NHL Draft. But whereas the Kings were coming off a 14th place season in the Western Conference and were in the advanced stages of a rebuilding process in 2009, they entered the 2014 draft as Stanley Cup champions for ... Full Story

Kings trade Linden Vey, select Roland McKeown

Jon RosenJune 28, 2014168 Comments

Prospects and ScoutingTrades4 min read

The Los Angeles Kings traded center Linden Vey to the Vancouver Canucks for the 50th overall pick in the NHL Draft and selected OHL-Kingston defenseman Roland McKeown. There's a good write-up on McKeown, courtesy of Mike G. Morreale of NHL.com. Via Morreale: Central Scouting's David Gregory l... Full Story