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Manning, Keith Gretzky statements following Monday’s racist slur; Imama statement

Jon RosenJanuary 22, 20200 Comments

NHL NewsProspects and Scouting3 min read

On Monday, the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, Bakersfield defenseman Brandon Manning was assessed a game misconduct for his violation of AHL Rule 23.9, which penalizes the use of racial slurs towards an opponent. Via @KingsGifs: After a scrum with Boko Imama in yesterday's Reign vs ... Full Story

Kupari to undergo surgery to repair torn ACL, ending his season

Jon RosenJanuary 7, 20200 Comments

InjuriesOntario ReignProspects and ScoutingTournaments2 min read

An update on Rasmus Kupari via GM Rob Blake: “Rasmus will undergo surgery later this month to repair a torn ACL in his left knee and will be sidelined for the remainder of the season.” You'll recall that Kupari suffered a serious knee injury in his WJC opener as he tried to make a cut around E... Full Story

Kupari, Bjornfot will be loaned from Reign to national junior teams on December 16

Jon RosenDecember 11, 20190 Comments

Ontario ReignProspects and ScoutingTournamentsVideo5 min read

I shared this on LAKI and the broadcast last week, but it’s now press release-offish: Toby Bjornfot (Sweden) and Rasmus Kupari (Finland) will be loaned to their national junior teams for the World Junior Championship later this month. Both players were among the nine L.A. prospects to be named to pr... Full Story

LA well represented in preliminary WJC rosters; Yannetti talks OHL prospects

Jon RosenDecember 5, 20190 Comments

Prospects and ScoutingTournaments9 min read

World Junior camps open up later this month, and the past week has seen training camp rosters released. Tobias Bjornfot and Samuel Fagemo were named to Sweden’s preliminary roster. Kim Nousiainen and Rasmus Kupari were named to Finland’s camp roster. Earlier today, it was announced that Lukas Parik ... Full Story

Reaction to Martinez injury; Lewis progress; Forbort rehab assignment weighed

Jon RosenNovember 26, 20190 Comments

InjuriesProspects and ScoutingRoster Moves7 min read

INSIDERS. A fine Tuesday evening to you. Lots more on these subjects Wednesday, but a recap of the day’s notes and events: -- Alec Martinez suffered a laceration to his right wrist in the third period Monday and was taken to Keck Medicine of USC, where he underwent successful surgery to repair a ... Full Story

Pro/amateur European scouting approach; Futa’s updates on Fagemo, Nousianen, Shafigullin

Jon RosenNovember 25, 20190 Comments

Prospects and ScoutingTournaments10 min read

Unbeknownst to a healthy lot of stateside hockey fans, European leagues hold various international breaks that afford national teams time to hold camps and participate in tournaments, and the November break provided time for Kings amateur and pro scouts to familiarly infiltrate Europe to take stock ... Full Story

Vilardi to play for AHL-Ontario Friday; “I don’t get nervous for games, but…”

Jon RosenNovember 20, 20190 Comments

Uncategorized16 min read

The Saturday after Thanksgiving represents the one-year anniversary of Gabe Vilardi’s conditioning stint with AHL-Ontario, a process that was planned to span five games but would be monitored day-by-day. Vilardi got into four of those five games, not the fifth. Nor did he participate in on-ice ac... Full Story

November 6: Practice notes, historical context, prospect talk, news links

Jon RosenNovember 6, 20190 Comments

Practice notesPractice QuotesProspects and Scouting5 min read

Good evening from the Ottawa suburbs. The LA Kings practiced at nearby Canadian Tire Center at noon; everyone was accounted for, and no changes to any lines or pairings were apparent. The skate opened up with the closest thing we’ve seen to Calvinball. “It was everybody-on-everybody,” Todd McLellan ... Full Story

Zooming in on Turcotte and Hults as scouting, development network spreads

Jon RosenNovember 2, 20190 Comments

Contracts and FinancesProspects and Scouting10 min read

A pair of to-be roster hopefuls met for a pre-weekend set in Happy Valley, with Cole Hults’ Nittany Lions defeating Alex Turcotte’s Badgers on consecutive nights to open up Big Ten conference play. More on those teams and those prospects in a moment. But first, the wider environment. The Kings ar... Full Story

Between Two Insiders video: Direct words and accountability

Jon RosenOctober 30, 20190 Comments

Prospects and ScoutingVideo0 min read

Tyler Toffoli, who has appeared in 205 consecutive games, could be a healthy scratch. Ditto for Trevor Lewis, who has 630 games to his name. Carl Grundstrom is expected to skate alongside Anze Kopitar and Jeff Carter. Learn more about several storylines as the Kings shuffle the deck in advance of to... Full Story

Vilardi progressing as next evaluation for Ontario integration nears

Jon RosenOctober 24, 20190 Comments

InjuriesProspects and Scouting1 min read

There's more guarded encouragement with forward prospect Gabe Vilardi, who has progressed in his on-ice rehabilitation from a back injury with the team's development staff but hasn't played in a professional game since his Ontario Reign rehab assignment last December. Today's plan was for Vilardi... Full Story

October 15: Penalty kill walk-through; Walker’s college courses; Lizotte’s growth

Jon RosenOctober 15, 20190 Comments

Advanced StatsMorning Skate NotesProspects and Scouting10 min read

Tim DeFrisco/Getty ImagesINSIDERS. A fine Tuesday afternoon to you. For tonight’s projected lineup – no changes up front; Soup – click here. It it’ll be Petr Mrazek in goal for the Canes, via Michael Smith of CarolinaHurricanes.com, who also projected forward groups of Svechnikov-Staal-McGinn, Nied... Full Story

Lineup adjustments coming; reducing “long chances”; Insider video; Quick

Jon RosenOctober 11, 20190 Comments

Kings OperationsOntario ReignPractice notesProspects and ScoutingVideo9 min read

News from the final skate prior to Saturday’s 3:00 p.m. home opener against Nashville is below. But first, INSIDERS. -- For all doins a transpirin’ around Staples Center tomorrow, click here. For more on the game operations and a Back to the Future II reference, go here. -- It was a g... Full Story