Phil Housley nearly became an LA King as a player. The pick that Buffalo used to take the future Hall of Fame defenseman was once Los Angeles’ first-round selection, though it was traded to the Sabres a few months before the draft. The rest, for

Happy Sunday, Insiders! Four LA Kings prospects gathered this past week in Windsor, Ontario to take part in the 2026 World Junior Summer Showcase event. The summer showcase, for those unfamilar, is a summer evaluation event for the United States, Canada, Sweden and Finland, helping to

July Notebook Insiders! As I sat around yesterday, racking my brain on something to write, I found myself coming up with very little. We’ve finally reached that point of the summer, where there simply is not a ton going on. Certain content feels out of place. I

Let’s play some hockey! The World Juniors Summer Showcase gets underway later on today, as teams from Canada, Sweden, Finland and the United States gather in Windsor, Ontario to play a series of exhibition and evaluation games, designed to help teams select their rosters for the