Kings Early Free Agent Signings Do Not Improve Roster & Wayne Gretzky Trade Tree
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Los Angeles Kings Sign Warren Foegele to 3-Year Deal
July 1, 2024 by Michael Ostrower
The Los Angeles Kings have signed forward Warren Foegele to a three-year contract worth around $9 million, according to Elliotte Friedman. After losing to Foegele’s Edmonton Oilers in Round 1 of the 2022, 2023, and 2024 Playoffs, Los Angeles brings in a player from the other side.
Kings Early Free Agent Signings Do Not Improve Roster
July 2, 2024 by Michael Ostrower
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 to NHL contracts. The first signing was winger Warren Foegele’s three-year, $3.5 million average annual value (AAV) contract. After that, it got confusing with the signing of left-handed defenseman Joel Edmundson to a four-year, $3.85 million AAV deal.
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Wayne Gretzky Trade Tree: Edmonton to Los Angeles
July 4, 2024 by Conor Power
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 the greatest player to ever play the game was dealt, everything changed; Gretzky’s trade tree ended a few years ago, but the ramifications of this deal have shaken the league to its core. This is the Wayne Gretzky Trade Tree.