Retreat Kings I went to the date of the NHL trade on Friday, where it needs a big step to start paying the post -season and improving their chances of progressing in the first round of the qualifiers for the first time since the Sanley Cup 2014.
Instead they obtained it might prove that it is more than just a simple upgrade, as they obtained Russian striker André Cozmeno and choosing the seventh round in the draft of this summer of Philadelphia Flaces in exchange for choosing the third round in 2027.
Kozmanco, 29, got 39 goals and 35 passes for Vancouver in his first NHL season in 2022-23 and 26 of his 67-year-old professional goals, and kings have fought. But this season, which was divided between Calgary and Philadelphia, has only six goals and 14 assists.
However, adding the right hand shot and the presence of physical kuzmeko in wrinkle can awaken the crime of kings. In addition, the bulletins are responsible for half of the remaining $ 5.5 million, which expires this season. So it is a trade that does not have a little risk. However, this may also provide minimal rewards, and this may appear to the besieged general manager, Rob Blake, who is in the last months of his contract.
Since Dean Lombardy, who led the kings to a pair of Stanley Cup titles, Blake took the team to four games in seven full seasons. But kings were eliminated in the first round at a time. It may need a deep tour of this spring to keep its job.
The kings, who were riding a series of five games in five games, entered Saturday’s match with Saint Louis third in the Pacific Ocean section, with three points on Calgary in the battle for the third and last qualifying marina. They are also 26 in the 32 league teams in registration and the third of the last in power playing efficiency.
To correct that they are believed to be looking for the best dynamic goals on the deadline, with the published reports that link them to the Palmiri on the island and Petsberg Ricard Rakel. They did not get either of them, but they also kept the twenties of the talented people, Jordan Spence and Brandt Clarke, whose names appeared in commercial rumors.
the DuckSeven points from its first berth since 2018, it was not active on the deadline, but they took a move early on Friday by obtaining defender Oliver Kellington from the island’s residents in exchange for future ideas. One day ago, the team added the right -wing Herme Tafraa and the selection of the second round of the draft of this summer from New Jersey Devils in exchange for defender Brian Domolin.
