Tomorrow morning, when the free-agent signing period begins, we start to learn the answers. So here's a final question, and perhaps the biggest one: where will Brad Richards end up? Not surprisingly, given that he's the top attraction on the free-agent forward market, Richards will not lack for suit... Read More

We're one day away from the start of the signing period for unrestricted free agents, a day during which NHL general managers will lavish millions of dollars on players. On the eve of the free-agency period, it's interesting to note that two of the players who signed the biggest long-term contracts ... Read More

The never-ending Mulletgate story took another turn this morning when it was revealed -- first by TSN -- that forward Colin Fraser, acquired by the Kings in the trade that sent Ryan Smyth to Edmonton, apparently has an injury that might cause him to miss the first two months of the season. The trade... Read More

Kings assistant coach John Stevens talked to Scott Laughlin, on the SiriusXM show ``Power Play,'' about the trade for Mike Richards. Stevens certainly knows Richards well. He coached Richards on the 2004-05 Philadelphia Phantoms team that won the AHL championship, then spent the next three-plus seas... Read More

We're less than 48 hours away from the start of the signing period for unrestricted free agents, so it's certainly worth taking a look at which players will be available. Here's one subjective list, including players, their salary-cap hits from last season and their statistics from last season. This... Read More

Remember the name Rob Bordson in a couple years, when he's the answer to a Nick Nickson trivia question on Kings Talk… As expected -- and noted in this post from Thursday -- the Kings did not tender a qualifying offer to Bordson, who was acquired from Philadelphia in the Mike Richards trade. You're ... Read More

First, for those who might have been out enjoying the Southern California weather over the weekend, you can catch up on what the Kings did at the NHL draft by reading by LAKings.com story, available by clicking here. Second, in case it wasn't clear before, they really, really like Ryan Smyth in E... Read More

Ryan Smyth has a conference call going on now to talk about his move back to Edmonton. Smyth made an opening statement, in which he offered thanks to the Kings organization -- specifically Tim Leiweke, Philip Anschutz, Dean Lombardi and Ron Hextall -- and thanked Lombardi for ``accepting my wish to ... Read More

Today's interview with Dean Lombardi started with this gem: ``Making the Ryan Smyth deal was probably harder than making the Gretzky deal.'' A joke but, in reality, probably not that far off-base. Here's what Lombardi said today about (finally) completing the Smyth trade, about the potential of keep... Read More

Based on a conversation with Dean Lombardi -- full quotes to follow soon -- here's some of the rundown of what happened with the Kings in the last couple days and what could happen in the next few days… -- Without naming names -- because, technically, it could be considered tampering if Lombardi ... Read More

The Kings have finally completed a trade with the Edmonton Oilers. They will sent Ryan Smyth to Edmonton in exchange for forward Colin Fraser and a seventh-round pick in 2012. Fraser is a essentially a depth forward, a 26-year-old center who totaled three goals and two assists in 67 games last se... Read More

Looking back at the Mike Richards trade for a moment, Brayden Schenn shared his thoughts about the deal -- and his move to the Flyers -- with the Philadelphia media. Incidentally, Schenn happened to be participating in Jarret Stoll's charity gulf tournament in Saskatchewan at the time. It seems as t... Read More

Dean Lombardi's full post-draft chat with reporters is posted here below. Again, to be clear, without saying so, Lombardi is referencing the Kings' willingness to take back Gilbert Brule from Edmonton, knowing full well that they don't intend to keep Brule and need to use that salary-cap space to re... Read More