Posts About "Lias Andersson"
LA Kings Monthly: The 2020-21 Season Begins
January 11th, 2021 LA Kings Monthly is a series that analyzes the Los Angeles Kings and how they performed throughout the previous month. Each article discusses what went right for the team, what didn't, as well as the best highlights, player, and game from the month. Each edition also takes a peek at what the next month looks like for the Kings,...
Rangers Have Real Trouble Drafting in the Top 10
December 9th, 2020 The New York Rangers have high hopes and big plans for Kaapo Kakko, the Finnish forward who they selected with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft, and Alexis Lafreniere, the Canadian left wing who they drafted first overall in 2020. There's a long way to go for the two teenagers to become stars, but the Rangers are...
LA Kings 2020-21 Season Preview
November 24th, 2020 Last season was one to forget for the Los Angeles Kings. The team finished 28th in the league, one of seven teams that did not make the 24-team playoff format. They finished with a record of 29-35-6, totaling 64 points, a .457 winning percentage. Although last season saw no great results for the Kings, it was a key step in the...
Lias Andersson Pursues Second Chance After Rocky Start with Rangers
October 9th, 2020 The Lias Andersson tour has come to an end on the East Coast, with the New York Rangers trading him to the Los Angeles Kings for a second-round pick. They would then use that pick to select left winger William Cuylle 60th overall. Andersson was the Rangers' first draft pick from the start of their rebuild, being taken seventh overall in...
Prospects News & Rumors: Andersson, Puljujarvi & Veleno
October 8th, 2020 After an eventful Day 1 of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, we saw some movement among several teams. The New York Rangers sent a former seventh overall pick to the Los Angeles Kings, the Edmonton Oilers resolved their saga with Jesse Puljujarvi and the Detroit Red Wings loaned a former first-round pick to Sweden. Rangers Trade Andersson...
Lias Andersson Trade Could Be Great for the Kings
October 8th, 2020 Lias Andersson was selected seventh overall by the New York Rangers in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. More than three years later, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings for the 60th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. https://twitter.com/lakings/status/1313901413911523328?s=21 Andersson hasn’t lived up to his potential thus...
Rangers Trade Lias Andersson To the Kings for #60 Overall Pick
October 7th, 2020 The New York Rangers have traded forward Lias Andersson to the Los Angeles Kings for the #60 overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. https://twitter.com/NYRangers/status/1313898657914269696 With this trade, the Rangers have given up on one of the bigger draft-day risks that they have taken in recent memory. Andersson was originally...
Detroit Red Wings: 4 Potential Trade Targets
September 15th, 2020 If there's one thing that Steve Yzerman changed once he took over as general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, it's the volume of trades the organization made. From August 2019 until now, Yzerman has completed eight trades - more than half of the 14 total moves the team made from January 2017 to March 2019. As an unusual offseason...
Rangers Will Be Fine With Andersson Staying in Sweden
June 21st, 2020 Lias Andersson told John Davidson, the president of the New York Rangers, that he will not participate in the team's training camp ahead of the restart of the NHL season. Earlier in the season, he refused to continue playing for the Hartford Wolf Pack of the AHL and New York decided to loan him to HV71 Jonkoping in Sweden. Lias...
NHL Rumors: Canadiens, Canucks, Rangers, Sabres, More
June 19th, 2020 In today's NHL rumor rundown, is there any chance the Montreal Canadiens will look at Dustin Byfuglien as an option on their blue line? In Vancouver, what are the Canucks planning on doing with Loui Eriksson? Lias Andersson's fate has been decided in New York, and there is more detail coming to light about the firings in Buffalo and...
NHL Rumors: Flyers, Kings, Rangers, Canucks, More
June 4th, 2020 In today's NHL rumor rundown, there is talk that defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere may be on the outside and looking in when it comes to playing with the Philadelphia Flyers. Meanwhile, one team looking to improve their blue line, the Los Angeles Kings, are being linked to a KHL defenseman. The Vancouver Canucks are in search of defensive...
Rangers' Andersson Must Change Attitude to Have Success in the NHL
May 4th, 2020 Lias Andersson’s New York Rangers' career has gotten off to a very rocky start, but he is just 21 years old and still has time to turn it around. Andersson actually had a decent 2017-18 season after he was drafted seventh overall in the 2017 NHL Draft. He had seven goals and seven assists in 22 games with Frolunda HC, while playing...
NHL Rumors: Blues, Rangers, Devils, Maple Leafs, More
April 25th, 2020 In today's NHL rumor rundown, there is news on how the St. Louis Blues might free up some cap space to sign Alex Pietrangelo, the New Jersey Devils have plans to improve their roster for next season, and Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersson talks about wanting to finish out the season. Finally, would Lias Andersson return to the...
