--Given the number of high-ranked defensemen and their lack of quality depth at the position, it's no surprise that the Kings will draft a defenseman with their No. 2 overall pick. It hadn't been said publicly, though, until Luc Robitaille, the team's president of business operations, said on April 30, in regard to the draft, "We're going to get one of the best 18-year-old defensemen in the world." Zach Bogosian and Drew Doughty are considered the top two draft-eligible defensemen, and both are on the Kings' radar. Last year, the Kings used the fourth overall pick on defenseman Thomas Hickey.
--The Kings signed defenseman Alec Martinez to a standard three-year, entry-level contract on April 29, the latest move in an already aggressive off-season that has seen the Kings lock up several prospects. Martinez, a fourth-round pick in 2007, joins forwards Oscar Moller and Bud Holloway, defenseman Davis Drewiskie and goaltender Jeff Zatkoff, all of whom have signed with the Kings since April 1.
QUOTE TO NOTE "I think a lot of our fans know that our pricing is a lot more affordable than a lot of other organizations, because they go to a lot of games and they come back to us and they tell us that. 'Wow, I can't believe how much tickets are in Dallas. We're lucky in L.A.'" -- Kings chief marketing officer Chris McGowan, explaining the team's season-ticket pricing increases.
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I know this might be a stupid question; but why do the Kings have no one listed on the roster as a Right Wing? I know most players can play on both sides of the puck and even sometimes center, but isn't it better to have a natural right winger play the position?
In addition, what line combinations would you like to see?
September may be a couple of months away but Hockey season is almost here. Sep 22 at the staple center is the first pre season game. Now I know that the Kings are young and rebuilding (still) but I am excited for the season. I think with a new coach and a young attitude, LA may shock a few people. Let's hope the Kin
WTF was Lombardi thinking trading Visnovsky in hopes of signing another middle of the road defenseman to go along with Rob Blake. Well Lombardi's king size gamble just put a world of pressure on two teen defensemen, Drew Doughty and Colten Teubert who will probably be called upon due to the exodus of the ultimate self
That is it... I am now fed up with the Kings organization and I am now going to switch allegiances officially, watch as my Hockey icon becomes an Anaheim Duck!
