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New Manager Makes Noise Upon Arrival
New Kings Manager Dylan Barrons made his introduction to LA with a bang, making 4 trades in a matter of 2 weeks to bolster the teams top end positions in hopes of bringing another cup to LA.
In came Max Pacioretty, Brandon Saad, Dan Hamhuis, Johnny Oduya and Jeff Petry and a few prospects at the expense of Matt Greene, Willie Mitchell, Alec Martinez, Dwight King, Jordan Nolan, Valentin Zykov and Derek Forbort, as well as some picks.
What was the result of this? well, the team is now 6-0-0 under Dylan Barrons, and the debuts of the 5 new roster players saw all of them except Oduya record at least a point!
Here is a passage from our exclusive interview with the new boss:
Hello and welcome to Los Angeles! How does it feel to be at the helm of this franchise?
Thank you for the warm welcome. It feels great to be here in Los Angeles and to meet the team, we have a great bunch of guys here.
Speaking of the team, you've already made some pretty major changes to the roster, and some would say at the expense of the future. What do you say to this?
This is a fairly young team. Our core is signed for quite a few years and they're not old players by any means. Most are just in their primes now. We also have good young talent on the roster. Guys like Toffoli, Muzzin, Vey and Lewis are all young, plus new additions Saad, Pacioretty, and Petry all have time to grow their games still. We may not have non-NHL prospects, but our team is set up for years to come.
What are your hopes for this team, short and long term?
Well, for this season we'd like to finish top 4 in the conference and hopefully have a solid playoff run. Not sure on our chances at actually winning the cup, but to be in the conversation would be nice. Long term we want to win a cup during my tenure obviously.
New Kings Manager Dylan Barrons made his introduction to LA with a bang, making 4 trades in a matter of 2 weeks to bolster the teams top end positions in hopes of bringing another cup to LA.
In came Max Pacioretty, Brandon Saad, Dan Hamhuis, Johnny Oduya and Jeff Petry and a few prospects at the expense of Matt Greene, Willie Mitchell, Alec Martinez, Dwight King, Jordan Nolan, Valentin Zykov and Derek Forbort, as well as some picks.
What was the result of this? well, the team is now 6-0-0 under Dylan Barrons, and the debuts of the 5 new roster players saw all of them except Oduya record at least a point!
Here is a passage from our exclusive interview with the new boss:
Hello and welcome to Los Angeles! How does it feel to be at the helm of this franchise?
Thank you for the warm welcome. It feels great to be here in Los Angeles and to meet the team, we have a great bunch of guys here.
Speaking of the team, you've already made some pretty major changes to the roster, and some would say at the expense of the future. What do you say to this?
This is a fairly young team. Our core is signed for quite a few years and they're not old players by any means. Most are just in their primes now. We also have good young talent on the roster. Guys like Toffoli, Muzzin, Vey and Lewis are all young, plus new additions Saad, Pacioretty, and Petry all have time to grow their games still. We may not have non-NHL prospects, but our team is set up for years to come.
What are your hopes for this team, short and long term?
Well, for this season we'd like to finish top 4 in the conference and hopefully have a solid playoff run. Not sure on our chances at actually winning the cup, but to be in the conversation would be nice. Long term we want to win a cup during my tenure obviously.
| Los Angeles Kings Depth Chart - 2013-14 | ||||
| STARTER | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | |
| LW | Max Pacioretty | Jeff Carter | Brandon Saad | Brandon Prust |
| C | Anze Kopitar | Mike Richards | Jarret Stoll | Trevor Lewis |
| RW | Marian Gaborik | Dustin Brown | Tyler Toffoli | Linden Vey |
| D #1 | Drew Doughty | Robin Regehr | Johnny Oduya | |
| D #2 | Dan Hamhuis | Jeff Petry | Jake Muzzin | |
| G | Jonathan Quick | Martin Jones | ||
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