June 2015 - Page 2 of 9 - LA Kings Insider

Introducing: Chaz Reddekopp

LA Kings InsiderJune 27, 20150 Comments

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Seventh Round, 187th overall: Chaz Reddekopp Position: Defense Shoots: Left DOB: 1/1/97 Height: 6’3 Weight: 219 Twitter: @C_Redds Hometown: Abbotsford, BC NHL Central Scouting final ranking: 199 (North American skaters) NHL Central Scouting midterm ranking: 82 (North American skaters) St... Full Story

Introducing: Matt Schmalz

LA Kings InsiderJune 27, 20150 Comments

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Fifth Round, 134th overall: Matt Schmalz Position: Forward Shoots: Right DOB: 3/21/96 Height: 6'6 Weight: 209 Hometown: Dunnville, ON NHL Central Scouting final ranking: 167 (North American skaters) NHL Central Scouting midterm ranking: N/A (North American skaters) Stats (OHL - Sudbury): ... Full Story

Introducing: Austin Wagner

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Fourth Round, 99th overall: Austin Wagner Position: Forward Shoots: Left DOB: 6/23/97 Height: 6'1 Weight: 178 Hometown: Calgary, AB NHL Central Scouting final ranking: 35 (North American skaters) NHL Central Scouting midterm ranking: 43 (North American skaters) Stats (WHL - Regina): 61 GP... Full Story

Introducing: Alexander Dergachyov

LA Kings InsiderJune 27, 20150 Comments

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Third Round, 74th overall: Alexander Dergachyov Position: Forward Shoots: Left DOB: 9/27/96 Height: 6'4 Weight: 200 NHL Central Scouting final ranking: 17 (European skaters) NHL Central Scouting midterm ranking: 14 (European skaters) Stats (Rus. JR - SKA St. Petersburg-2): 43 GP, 5 G, 8 A,... Full Story

Introducing: Erik Cernak

LA Kings InsiderJune 27, 20150 Comments

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Second Round, 43rd overall: Erik Cernak Position: D Shoots: Right DOB: 5/28/97 Height: 6'4 Weight: 207 NHL Central Scouting final ranking: 16 (European skaters) NHL Central Scouting midterm ranking: 24 (European skaters) Stats (SVK - Kosice): 43 GP, 5 G, 8 A, 13 Pts, 16 PIM, +7 ... Full Story

Lombardi on the trade, Gaborik to right wing and Toffoli

LA Kings InsiderJune 26, 20150 Comments

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On how the deal came together: I inquired about it at the end of the year, and obviously Boston was going through a transition, so I made an inquiry about him. But it was going nowhere, and I think part of it too, was Boston’s had a lot of changes going on. Then I kind of revisited it again, and it... Full Story

Lucic emotional in leaving Boston, but excited to join L.A.

LA Kings InsiderJune 26, 20150 Comments

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On receiving the trade call from the Bruins: It was definitely an emotional call. I could sense it in voice that it was an emotional call for him, and even for me, I was hearing and reading everything on Twitter, and then when I saw he was the first one to call me and give me the news about it, ob... Full Story

Videos, conference calls: Lucic, Lombardi, Blake, Laird

LA Kings InsiderJune 26, 20150 Comments

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Courtesy of KingsVision, here are the conference calls with Milan Lucic and Dean Lombardi as well as Daryl Evans interviews with Lombardi, Rob Blake, and Senior Pro Scout Rob Laird: ... Full Story

Lombardi, on trade’s impact; Blake on how it came together

LA Kings InsiderJune 26, 20150 Comments

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I recently spoke with Kings President / General Manager Dean Lombardi and Assistant General Manager Rob Blake about how the trade for Milan Lucic came together, and learned that this trade could very well signal the end of the Kings' pursuit of impending free agents. Dean Lombardi, on how the tra... Full Story

Jones, Miller, 13th for Lucic; Bruins retain some cap hit

LA Kings InsiderJune 26, 20150 Comments

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The trade is official; I've received the confirmation from hockey operations. Milan Lucic has joined the Kings in exchange for Martin Jones, defensive prospect Colin Miller and the 13th overall pick tonight. Though Lucic, 27, has a $6.0 million cap hit, the Bruins will absorb $2.75M of it. Wi... Full Story

Trade: Lucic to L.A.

LA Kings InsiderJune 26, 20150 Comments

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There was this report from Elliotte Friedman earlier today: This morning, mentioned LA interested in Lucic but couldn't make it work. Understand LA/BOS revisiting it this afternoon. We'll see.— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 26, 2015 And, as the afternoon hours ticked aw... Full Story

Get caught up on the draft with Mark Yannetti

LA Kings InsiderJune 26, 20150 Comments

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To continue to get a firmer picture of this year's draft, I spoke earlier today with Los Angeles Kings Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yannetti about the process of adding a handful of new prospects to the Kings' crop. Los Angeles is currently scheduled to select 13th, 43rd, 74th, 104th, 134th, 18... Full Story

Say LA wanted to move up or down. How would it work?

LA Kings InsiderJune 26, 20150 Comments

Prospects and ScoutingTrades2 min read

In every draft under Dean Lombardi, the Kings have either traded out or received selections in efforts to move up or down in the draft or to defer a selection to a following year. The most extreme example of this was the 2008 draft, when the Kings made eight trades, yet acquired only one actual play... Full Story