Videos: End-of-year press conferences; McLellan in LA

A fine Monday morning to you, Kings fans. Hockey news outside of the playoffs didn’t spark fire over the weekend, but late last night, John Shannon shared this detail:

Todd McLellan heads to LA Monday for his "official" interview with Kings' brass. This on the heels of the Kings and Oilers finalizing the terms of what portion (if not all) LA will pay on the coach's final year of his Edmonton contract.

— John Shannon (@JSportsnet) April 15, 2019

Expect more news of the sort this week.

I’ll finish up what remains of last week’s media day; there’s more from Adrian Kempe and Alex Iafallo, and I want to circle back to re-listen to some of Dustin Brown and Drew Doughty to wrap that up. But if you’ve been in-and-out of the team’s comings-and-goings, or are looking for some context and want to remain caught up, here are the Rob Blake, Anze Kopitar, Brown and Doughty videos:

— Lead photo via Adam Pantozzi/NHLI

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