Martinez, Richardson file for arbitration

Kings restricted free agents Alec Martinez and Brad Richardson have filed for arbitration, according to the league. The players can continue to negotiate and sign new contracts, independent of their arbitration status, before the hearings take place. They are scheduled to be held in Toronto from July 20-Aug. 4. According to the league, 23 players chose to file for arbitration. Teams can also take players to arbitration, and must file by tomorrow afternoon.

As noted earlier, among the Kings’ restricted free agents, only Martinez, Richardson and Trevor Lewis were eligible to file for arbitration. Andrew Campbell, Marc-Andre Cliche, Rich Clune, Drew Doughty, Corey Elkins, Johan Fransson, Bud Holloway, David Meckler, Oscar Moller, Patrick Mullen and Jeff Zatkoff are not eligible.

Rules for Blog Commenting

No profanity, slurs or other offensive language. Replacing letters with symbols does not turn expletives into non-expletives.
Personal attacks against other blog commenters, and/or blatant attempts to antagonize other comments, are not tolerated. Respectful disagreement is encouraged. Posts that continually express the same singular opinion will be deleted.
Comments that incite political, religious or similar debates will be deleted.
Please do not discuss, or post links to websites that illegally stream NHL games.
Posting under multiple user names is not allowed. Do not type in all caps. All violations are subject to comment deletion and/or banning of commenters, per the discretion of the blog administrator.

Repeated violations of the blog rules will result in site bans, commensurate with the nature and number of offenses.

Please flag any comments that violate the site rules for moderation. For immediate problems regarding problematic posts, please email zdooley@lakings.com.