Équipe: 2022-23 Kings de Los Angeles

Date de création initiale: 22 août 2022

Publié: 22 août 2022

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

The Kings may not just be a scary team today, but they can be a very scary team in the future as well, with one of the leagues' best prospect pools. However, they currently have a logjam on defense. With Michael Anderson and Sean Durzi still unsigned, they have 7 NHL-caliber defensemen on their team (excluding Anderson and Durzi). Chances are Jacob Moverare and Jordan Spence will be sent down to the AHL. On top of this logjam, there also isn't even enough space to sign Anderson and Durzi, who will probably command around 5.5 million combined. Most likely, one of Sean Walker or Matt Roy will be traded to make room for at least one to be signed, and a forward will be sent down to sign the other. Who the forward is, is still under debate. Maybe it's Gabriel Vilardi, who has struggled in the NHL and has split time between the NHL and AHL. Maybe it's Quinton Byfield, who also hasn't had a great point total in the NHL. Maybe it's even Brendan Lemieux, who amassed 97 PIM last season, and bit Brady Tkachuk.