Welcome to the Kings Royal Report. Here we will discuss the good, bad, and ugly of the Los Angeles Kings. It will be a place to bring up recent reports, discuss prospects, brainstorm ideas, and break down the coming schedule.
The LA Kings are looking for their future franchise goalie and have four goaltending prospects in the pipeline. After the Jonathan Quick era came to an end last year, Los Angeles needed to start looking for their next future goalie.
Daryl Evans and Ed Egros join host Jesse Cohen for another round of player evaluations for the 2023-24 season. The trio discuss the top seven defenseman in minutes played for the LA Kings in the recently completed season.
The Los Angeles Kings met the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Playoffs twice before this past season. And Los Angeles was tired of falling short against them.
Good showing from the LA Kings at the 2024 IIHF World Championships, which came to a conclusion here earlier today in Czechia. Kevin Fiala and Team Switzerland advanced to the gold-medal game against the host nation and although he came up short, Fiala left with a ton of hardware from the event.
Depending on what happens with winger Viktor Arvidsson, the LA Kings may be in the market for his replacement come July. David Perron may be the type of player who could fit nicely into a middle-six role should Arvidsson test the market.
Insiders, sharing a bit of weekend watching/listening here on the holiday weekend. This dropped yesterday, so you may have already taken in the interview, but including here as a separate post simply because I was really happy with how this interview came out between myself, Jesse and Jim Hiller.
The Los Angeles Kings, just weeks after their season ended in Round 1 against the Edmonton Oilers, held a major press conference discussing the future outlook of the team, including the promotion of interim head coach Jim Hiller into a full-time capacity.
On the surface, the Los Angeles Kings appear to be content with the status quo. After being eliminated by the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the third year in a row, ownership is retaining general manager Rob Blake and promoting interim head coach Jim Hiller for the 2024-25 season.
The Los Angeles Kings have signed Joe Hicketts and Taylor Ward to one-year, two-way contract extensions the club announced Friday afternoon. Ward’s contract will have an average annual value (AAV) of $775,000, while Hicketts’ contract will also pay $775,000.
The LA Kings have signed the seventh-round pick from 2022, Kaleb Lawrence, to a three-year ELC (Entry-Level Contract). It’s worth $852,000 per season, with a signing bonus of $77,500 and a base salary of $775,000, and if he is in the AHL his salary is $82,500.
When announcement came that General Manager Rob Blake and President Luc Robitaille would return to their roles following a disappointing 2023-24 season, LA Kings’ social media ignited in protest.
The Kings are unlikely to bring pending RFA wingers Carl Grundström and Arthur Kaliyev back next season.
LA Kings Head Coach Jim Hiller joins Jesse Cohen and Zach Dooley immediately following the press conference announcing his multi-year contract. Hiller was named interim Head Coach following the NHL All-Star break in early February and led the team to a 21-12-1 record.
While last Sunday may have brought the final Kings-related hockey game in SoCal this season (when the Reign were eliminated from the AHL playoffs), there is still one LA prospect fighting for a championship.
Jim Hiller is sticking to the hard-nosed, defense-first philosophy that got the Los Angeles Kings to the first round of the playoffs in each of the past three seasons.
The Los Angeles Kings announced that they’ve removed the interim tag off of Jim Hiller’s coaching title, and he will now be the Kings head coach for next season.
Austin Stanovich of The Hockey News: The Los Angeles Kings will have to decide if they want to bring back pending UFAs defenseman Matt Roy and forward Viktor Arvidsson.
The Kings have removed the interim tag from head coach Jim Hiller and signed him to a multi-year contract extension.
Three teams have fallen for the center's combination of size (6-foot-4, 225 pounds) and all-around skill. All three have all wound up regretting it.
After an early second period goal from Blake Lizotte, it looked like the Los Angeles Kings might be on their way to making this series interesting, but the Edmonton Oilers' stars had other plans.
The remaining teams in the Stanley Cup Playoffs are on notice.
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