Posts About "Michael Mersch"

3 Rookies Likely to Make the 2016-17 Kings

August 17th, 2016 For a team as low on cap space as the Los Angeles Kings, an infusion of young, cheap rookies onto the roster is not just important — it's an operational imperative. The numbers don't lie. Los Angeles has $56.1 million of 2016-17's $73 million salary cap tied up in eleven players, including one (Mike Richards) who is currently an...

Michael Mersch Working His Way into the Kings' Plans

July 31st, 2016 It's a good thing that after two championships and five playoff appearances in his first eight seasons as general manager of the Los Angeles Kings, Dean Lombardi amassed a huge amount of equity. Over the past two, he's spent a fair amount of it. The 2014-15 campaign saw his team miss the playoffs for the first time since 2008-09. To...

Kings Collaborate Offensively After Jeff Carter’s Injury

December 31st, 2015 Less than 20 seconds into the first period and right after the opening faceoff, Kings’ center and leading scorer through the first 35 games Jeff Carter suffered an upper-body injury forcing him to leave the game after just a total of 48 seconds of ice-time on Saturday night against the Arizona Coyotes. The Kings are currently on a...

Kings Tweak Roster as Dwight King Sets to Return

December 26th, 2015 On Dec. 21, Dwight King participated in a Los Angeles Kings’ practice for the first time since the 2015-16 NHL preseason. While King has began practicing, he is not expected to return to regular season action until after the New Year in a statement by head coach Darryl Sutter according to Kings’ Insider Jon Rosen. King has missed...

Michael Mersch Makes NHL Debut With Kings

December 13th, 2015 Ontario Reign’s leading goal-scorer Michael Mersch made his NHL debut on Friday in a 3-2 shooutout win against game against the Pittsburgh Penguins and played his second NHL game against the Buffalo Sabres yesterday. Mersch was officially called up Dec. 9 and joined the team after Tuesday night’s win against the Columbus Blue...