The LA Kings have signed Quinton Byfield to a five-year extension worth an average annual value of $6.25 million. The 21-year-old restricted free agent had his breakout year in 2023-24,…
All successful NHL teams are built through a general manager’s (GM) vision. A blueprint has to be made and executed through trades, signings, drafting, and elsewhere. There is no definitive…
It’s impossible to build a Stanley Cup champion without a great general manager (GM) to lead the front office. They are the architects, the ones with a plan and a…
Growing up in the 1970s as a hockey fan in Los Angeles, I was intimately familiar with three things very few Angelenos had even a remote grasp upon: 1) Los…
Trade Trees are attractive because they show how things develop over time. There’s a saying in hockey that if “Wayne Gretzky can be traded, anyone can,” and it’s true. When…
After a somewhat eventful draft weekend that saw the Los Angeles Kings bring in Tanner Jeannot, general manager Rob Blake wasted no time once free agency began, signing multiple players…
The Los Angeles Kings acquired Tanner Jeannot from the Tampa Bay Lightning for the 118th overall pick in the 2024 Draft and a 2025 second-round pick. Tampa Bay’s return for…
While the Windsor Spitfires are in the middle of a busy summer to prepare for the 2024-25 Ontario Hockey League (OHL) season, they took a bit of a break this…
The 2024 NHL Entry Draft has concluded, and the Los Angeles Kings made four selections, including a first-round pick for the first time since 2021 when they took Brandt Clarke.…
During the second round of the NHL Draft (June 29), the Tampa Bay Lightning traded another player to free up space in their salary cap. They sent Tanner Jeannot to…