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LIVE – Luc Robitaille End Of Season Media Availability


Kings President Luc Robitaille will address the media at 2 PM from Toyota Sports Performance Center for an end-of-season availability, following yesterday’s mutual parting of ways with Rob Blake. Full recap to follow, once Robitaille’s availability concludes.

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LA Kings Name Ken Holland as Vice President & General Manager


The LA Kings announced today that Ken Holland has been named as the team’s new Vice President and General Manager. And, thus, the worst-kept secret in hockey has been confirmed, with Holland in Southern California today to meet with staff and to be formally presented tomorrow morning. Holland, 69, joins the Kings after most recently […]

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Key Takeaways – Ken Holland Introductory Press Conference


Formally introducing Ken Holland, the new Vice President & General Manager of the Los Angeles Kings. Holland is the tenth general manager in franchise history, succeeding Rob Blake, who parted ways with the organization via a mutual decision, after serving in that role for eight seasons. Holland spoke on several topics today at Toyota Sports […]

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LIVE – Ken Holland Introductory Press Conference


New LA Kings Vice President & General Manager Ken Holland will be formally introduced today at 11:30 AM in a press conference at Toyota Sports Performance Center. Kings President Luc Robitaille is expected to be alongside Holland, as the Kings welcome the newest leader of their front office. Full recap to follow later today, including […]

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Latest On Personnel – Jim Hiller To Return, Reports of Sturm/Smith Interviews, Management Additions


As expected, new Kings Vice President & General Manager Ken Holland spoke about several different aspects of the organization yesterday during his introductory press conference. Holland was alongside Kings President Luc Robitaille, while AEG CEO Dan Beckerman was in attendance as well as a representative of the team’s ownership group. Also in attendance was Kings […]

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Insider Q&A – Offseason Underway


Happy Monday, Insiders! Let’s start with the week with a Q&A session. Whatever you got, send it my way and I’ll do my best to answer as best as I can. Certainly lots to talk about heading into the offseason, off another disappointing result in the playoffs. Certainly news regarding the new GM, the retention […]

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Offseason Table Setter – Contracts, Cap Space, Free Agents, Key Storylines


The offseason is here. Earlier than it should be. But it’s here nonetheless. I think the Kings enter this summer with fewer question marks than they did at this time last year, but with question marks nonetheless. The Kings have more players under contract and fewer contracts to get rid of, if you will. The […]

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Fiala, Danault, Slukynsky set to begin knockout round of World Championships


4 members of the LA Kings organization entered, three remain. With group play in the rearview mirror, forwards Kevin Fiala and Phillip Danault, along with goaltending prospect Hampton Slukynsky, have all advanced to the knockout stages of the 2025 IIHF World Championships. In the quarterfinals, Fiala and Team Switzerland finished as the top team in […]

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Kings prospect Jared Woolley, OHL-London set to begin 2025 Memorial Cup


With the Canadian Hockey League’s biggest trophy on the line beginning today – Thursday, May 22nd – Kings fans have good reason to watch and pay attention. For the second consecutive season the Kings have a Memorial Cup participant and for the second consecutive season it’s defenseman Jared Woolley, who recently won an OHL championship […]

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Player Evaluations: Goaltending


Mike Buckley and Bill Ranford join host Jesse Cohen to evaluate the LA Kings goaltending for the 2024-25 season. Mike Buckley discusses a strong season from Darcy Kuemper and the goaltending at the NHL level while Bill Ranford updates us on Hampton Slukynsky, Carter George and Erik Portillo.

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2024-25 Kings Seasons In Review – NHL/AHL Split


Hey Insiders! Starting off our annual Seasons In Review series today with a look at eight players who split their 2024-25 years between the NHL and AHL, contributing both for the LA Kings and Ontario Reign. Pheonix Copley NHL Statline – 1 game played, 27 minutes played, 0-0-0 record, 4.37 goals against average, .833 save […]

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Slukynsky (gold) and Fiala (silver) medal at 2025 IIHF World Championships


Congratulations are in order for two members of the Kings organization on earning medals at the 2025 IIHF World Championships. Team USA and Team Switzerland squared off in the gold-medal game yesterday afternoon, with Kevin Fiala skating in a prominent role for his native Switzerland and Slukynsky a part of the roster for the United […]

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Player Evaluations: Depth Players (w/ Marco Sturm)


Marco Sturm joins host Jesse Cohen to discuss the 2024-25 season for the players who split their time between the NHL and the AHL. The 2024-25 season was the third season for Sturm as head coach of the Ontario Reign giving him a unique perspective on players like Jacob Moverare, Caleb Jones, Samuel Helenius and […]

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2025 Kings Seasons In Review – Partial NHL Seasons


Continuing the seasons in review series with a look at seven players who each spent the entire season with the NHL club but did not play on an everyday basis. Lots of different reasons behind it, player-to-player. Some were in and out of the lineup as depth players, others played a smaller role by nature […]

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2025 Kings Seasons In Review – Darcy Kuemper


Starting individual season evaluations in net with goaltender Darcy Kuemper. Off all the potential question marks entering the season, Kuemper was perhaps the biggest answer given. Kuemper had a huge rebound season in goal, posting one of the finest seasons of his NHL career after he returned to the Kings organization over the summer via […]

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Player Evaluations: Edmundson/Spence/Clarke


Jim Fox joins host Jesse Cohen to discuss the 2024-25 seasons of three defenseman. The pair talk about the Kings 4-2 loss to the Oilers in the first round before evaluating the regular season performance of Joel Edmundson, Jordan Spence and Brandt Clarke.

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2025 Kings Seasons In Review – Vladislav Gavrikov


Working into the defensemen, we’ll start the seasons in review series with a look at defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov, who is coming off the first 82-game season of his NHL career. Vladislav Gavrikov LAK Statline – 82 games played, 5 goals, 25 assists, +26 rating, 28 penalty minutes LAK Playoff Statline – 6 games played, 0 […]

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Kings sign defenseman Kirill Kirsanov to two-year, entry-level contract


The LA Kings have signed defenseman Kirill Kirsanov to a two-year, entry-level contract, running through the 2026-27 season. Instant Analysis Kirsanov has always been an interesting prospect to me. For two reasons, I’ve kept him on my radar, despite not playing within the Kings system until, presumably, the 2025-26 season. First, when the Kings selected […]

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