2008–09 Los Angeles Kings season

2008–09 Los Angeles Kings
Division5th Pacific
Conference14th Western
2008–09 record34–37–11
Home record18–15–8
Road record16–22–3
Goals for202
Goals against226
Team information
General managerDean Lombardi
CoachTerry Murray
CaptainDustin Brown
Alternate captainsMatt Greene
Anze Kopitar
ArenaStaples Center
Average attendance16,489 (91.0%)
Total: 676,042
Team leaders
Goals32, Alexander Frolov
Assists39, Anze Kopitar
Points66, Anze Kopitar
Penalty minutes145, Raitis Ivanans
Plus/minus+2, Sean O'Donnell
Wins21, Jonathan Quick
Goals against average2.48, Jonathan Quick

The 2008–09 Los Angeles Kings season was the 42nd season (41st season of play) for the National Hockey League franchise. The Kings showed improvement while fielding the youngest team in the league (in terms of average age per player), but came up short of breaking a playoff drought that stretches back to the 2001–02 season.

Despite a tough schedule that saw them play 17 of their final 24 games away from the Staples Center, the Kings managed to stay in the playoff hunt for much of the year. They played in 43 games decided by one goal, and their record in these games was 20–12–11.

Alexander Frolov led the team in goals with 32, his fifth-consecutive season with at least 20 or more goals. The last King to post five consecutive season with over 20 goals was Luc Robitaille in the 1993–94 season. Moreover, defenseman Sean O'Donnell reached a milestone by playing in his 1,000th career NHL game on March 14.

Pre-season

On June 10, the Kings fired Head Coach Marc Crawford after failing to make the post-season in back-to-back seasons. Crawford posted a 59–84–21 record during his tenure. He was replaced on July 17 by Terry Murray, who takes over his fourth NHL team. Murray had previously coached the Washington Capitals, Florida Panthers and Philadelphia Flyers, where he led the latter to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals. Entering the season, Murray's career record is 360–288–89.

2008 Pre-season Game Log: 3–2–3 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 1–1–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 22 St. Louis 1–2 Los Angeles ? ? 1–0–0 [1]
2 September 22 Phoenix 4–6 Los Angeles Taylor 8,221 2–0–0 [2]
3 September 24 Los Angeles 4–3 Colorado SO Quick ? 3–0–0 [3]
4 September 27 Colorado 4–3 Los Angeles SO ? ? 3–0–1 [4]
5 September 30 Anaheim 2–1 Los Angeles SO LaBarbera 11,904 3–0–2 [5]
6 October 1 Los Angeles 2–3 Anaheim OT Ersberg 16,410 3–0–3 [6]
7 October 4 Los Angeles 2–5 Phoenix Quick 8,621 3–1–3 [7]
8 October 5 San Jose 3–1 Los Angeles ? ? 3–2–3 [8]

Regular season

The Kings made great strides in the 2008–09 season. They went from 30th in the NHL a year prior in penalty killing to seventh-best in the league, with an 82.9% rating. They had the League's fourth-best faceoff win percentage and allowed the fourth-fewest shots on goal. Five players played in all 82 regular games: Anze Kopitar, Michal Handzus, Matt Greene, Sean O'Donnell and rookie Wayne Simmonds. Several surprises also emerged during the season.

Kyle Quincey was acquired via waivers shortly after season started from the Detroit Red Wings, necessitated by an injury to defenseman Jack Johnson. Quincey went on to finish second in the team in assists and averaged over 20 minutes of ice time per game. Drew Doughty, the second overall pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, immediately contributed to the team, leading the Kings in ice time and was second in blocked shots. He finished in the top ten in the NHL in several categories, and was considered a strong Calder Memorial Trophy candidate for Rookie of the Year honors.

Another surprise was Jonathan Quick, who emerged as the team's number one goaltender. Quick was thrust into the line-up following the trade of Jason LaBarbera in mid-season to the Vancouver Canucks and due to an injury to Erik Ersberg. All Quick lead the team in every goaltending category, posting the third highest win total for a rookie in Kings history. He finished third in the league among rookie netminder in goals against average, and played in 22 of the final 27 and 41 of the final 52 Kings games He had a 1.76 goals-against average (16 GA in 546:03) and .942 save percentage (258 saves in 274 shots) in nine straight appearances from March 22 to April 9.

The Kings finished the regular season having been shut out 12 times, tying the Colorado Avalanche for the most times shut out.[9]

The Western Conference remained a tight race throughout the season, and the Kings were not officially eliminated from the playoffs until two weeks remained in the season.

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 p – San Jose Sharks 82 53 18 11 257 204 117
2 Anaheim Ducks 82 42 33 7 245 238 91
3 Dallas Stars 82 36 35 11 230 257 83
4 Phoenix Coyotes 82 36 39 7 208 252 79
5 Los Angeles Kings 82 34 37 11 207 234 79

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Note: No. = Division rank, CR = Conference rank, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


Conference standings

Western Conference
R Div GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 p – San Jose Sharks PA 82 53 18 11 257 204 117
2 y – Detroit Red Wings CE 82 51 21 10 295 244 112
3 y – Vancouver Canucks NW 82 45 27 10 246 220 100
4 Chicago Blackhawks CE 82 46 24 12 264 216 104
5 Calgary Flames NW 82 46 30 6 254 248 98
6 St. Louis Blues CE 82 41 31 10 233 233 92
7 Columbus Blue Jackets CE 82 41 31 10 226 230 92
8 Anaheim Ducks PA 82 42 33 7 245 238 91
8.5
9 Minnesota Wild NW 82 40 33 9 219 200 89
10 Nashville Predators CE 82 40 34 8 213 233 88
11 Edmonton Oilers NW 82 38 35 9 234 248 85
12 Dallas Stars PA 82 36 35 11 230 257 83
13 Phoenix Coyotes PA 82 36 39 7 208 252 79
14 Los Angeles Kings PA 82 34 37 11 207 234 79
15 Colorado Avalanche NW 82 32 45 5 199 257 69

bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner
CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division


Schedule and results

2008–09 Game Log
October: 3–5–1 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 11 Los Angeles 1–3 San Jose LaBarbera 17,496 0–1–0 0 [11]
2 October 12 San Jose 1–0 Los Angeles LaBarbera 18,118 0–2–0 0 [12]
3 October 14 Anaheim 3–6 Los Angeles LaBarbera 14,451 1–2–0 2 [13]
4 October 17 Carolina 3–4 Los Angeles OT LaBarbera 14,194 2–2–0 4 [14]
5 October 20 Colorado 4–3 Los Angeles LaBarbera 13,891 2–3–0 4 [15]
6 October 24 Los Angeles 4–0 St. Louis LaBarbera 19,150 3–3–0 6 [16]
7 October 25 Los Angeles 4–5 Nashville Ersberg 14,704 3–4–0 6 [17]
8 October 27 Detroit 4–3 Los Angeles SO LaBarbera 17,671 3–4–1 7 [18]
9 October 30 Vancouver 4–0 Los Angeles LaBarbera 13,652 3–5–1 7 [19]
November: 7–4–2 (Home: 5–2–2 ; Road: 2–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
10 November 1 Calgary 3–2 Los Angeles LaBarbera 16,279 3–6–1 7 [20]
11 November 4 Anaheim 1–0 Los Angeles OT Ersberg 14,327 3–6–2 8 [21]
12 November 6 Florida 2–3 Los Angeles Ersberg 11,267 4–6–2 10 [22]
13 November 8 St. Louis 3–5 Los Angeles Ersberg 17,182 5–6–2 12 [23]
14 November 11 Dallas 2–3 Los Angeles SO Ersberg 13,823 6–6–2 14 [24]
15 November 13 Los Angeles 3–2 Dallas Ersberg 17,675 7–6–2 16 [25]
16 November 15 Nashville 3–1 Los Angeles Ersberg 14,135 7–7–2 16 [26]
17 November 16 Los Angeles 0–2 Anaheim Ersberg 17,174 7–8–2 16 [27]
18 November 20 Washington 2–5 Los Angeles Ersberg 17,428 8–8–2 18 [28]
19 November 22 Colorado 4–3 Los Angeles SO Ersberg 18,118 8–8–3 19 [29]
20 November 25 Los Angeles 2–6 Calgary Ersberg 19,289 8–9–3 19 [30]
21 November 26 Los Angeles 2–1 Edmonton LaBarbera 16,839 9–9–3 21 [31]
22 November 29 Chicago 2–5 Los Angeles Ersberg 16,147 10–9–3 23 [32]
December: 5–7–3 (Home: 3–3–3 ; Road: 2–4–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
23 December 1 Toronto 3–1 Los Angeles LaBarbera 15,052 10–10–3 23 [33]
24 December 2 Los Angeles 2–4 Phoenix Ersberg 11,473 10–11–3 23 [34]
25 December 5 Edmonton 5–4 Los Angeles SO LaBarbera 14,920 10–11–4 24 [35]
26 December 6 Columbus 0–3 Los Angeles LaBarbera 15,235 11–11–4 26 [36]
27 December 9 Los Angeles 1–6 Colorado LaBarbera 14,122 11–12–4 26 [37]
28 December 11 St. Louis 2–6 Los Angeles Ersberg 13,851 12–12–4 28 [38]
29 December 13 Minnesota 1–3 Los Angeles Ersberg 14,857 13–12–4 30 [39]
30 December 15 San Jose 3–2 Los Angeles SO LaBarbera 16,005 13–12–5 31 [40]
31 December 17 NY Rangers 3–2 Los Angeles OT LaBarbera 17,166 13–12–6 32 [41]
32 December 19 Los Angeles 0–5 Buffalo LaBarbera 18,147 13–13–6 32 [42]
33 December 20 Los Angeles 4–6 Detroit Quick 19,784 13–14–6 32 [43]
34 December 23 Los Angeles 3–0 Columbus Quick 15,145 14–14–6 34 [44]
35 December 26 Phoenix 2–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 14–15–6 34 [45]
36 December 27 Los Angeles 4–0 Phoenix Quick 16,199 15–15–6 36 [46]
37 December 29 Columbus 2–0 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 15–16–6 36 [47]
January: 5–5–1 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
38 January 3 Philadelphia 1–2 Los Angeles SO Quick 18,118 16–16–6 38 [48]
39 January 6 Los Angeles 1–3 Anaheim Ersberg 17,174 16–17–6 38 [49]
40 January 8 Anaheim 3–4 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 17–17–6 40 [50]
41 January 10 New Jersey 5–1 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 17–18–6 40 [51]
42 January 12 Tampa Bay 3–1 Los Angeles Ersberg 16,511 17–19–6 40 [52]
43 January 15 Detroit 4–0 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 17–20–6 40 [53]
44 January 17 Los Angeles 2–3 Dallas SO Ersberg 18,532 17–20–7 41 [54]
45 January 20 Los Angeles 5–2 Minnesota Quick 18,568 18–20–7 43 [55]
46 January 21 Los Angeles 6–5 Colorado Quick 13,289 19–20–7 45 [56]
47 January 29 Chicago 2–5 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 20–20–7 47 [57]
48 January 31 Los Angeles 3–4 Montreal Quick 21,273 20–21–7 47 [58]
February: 6–5–2 (Home: 0–2–2 ; Road: 6–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
49 February 3 Los Angeles 1–0 Ottawa Quick 18,054 21–21–7 49 [59]
50 February 5 Los Angeles 5–4 Washington Quick 18,277 22–21–7 51 [60]
51 February 7 Los Angeles 3–1 New Jersey Quick 17,056 23–21–7 53 [61]
52 February 10 Los Angeles 4–3 NY Islanders SO Quick 12,330 24–21–7 55 [62]
53 February 12 Calgary 2–0 Los Angeles Quick 17,286 24–22–7 55 [63]
54 February 14 Edmonton 3–2 Los Angeles SO Quick 18,118 24–22–8 56 [64]
55 February 16 Atlanta 7–6 Los Angeles SO Ersberg 18,118 24–22–9 57 [65]
56 February 18 Los Angeles 4–3 Anaheim Quick 17,089 25–22–9 59 [66]
57 February 19 Los Angeles 2–4 San Jose Ersberg 17,496 25–23–9 59 [67]
58 February 21 Phoenix 6–3 Los Angeles Quick 17,177 25–24–9 59 [68]
59 February 24 Los Angeles 2–1 Minnesota SO Quick 18,568 26–24–9 61 [69]
60 February 25 Los Angeles 0–2 Philadelphia Ersberg 19,568 26–25–9 61 [70]
61 February 27 Los Angeles 1–2 Detroit Quick 20,066 26–26–9 61 [71]
March: 5–8–2 (Home: 3–2–0 ; Road: 2–6–2)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
62 March 1 Los Angeles 2–4 Chicago Quick 21,386 26–27–9 61 [72]
63 March 3 Los Angeles 4–5 Columbus Quick 15,049 26–28–9 61 [73]
64 March 5 Dallas 4–5 Los Angeles OT Quick 17,430 27–28–9 63 [74]
65 March 7 Minnesota 3–4 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 28–28–9 65 [75]
66 March 9 Vancouver 2–3 Los Angeles Quick 16,995 29–28–9 67 [76]
67 March 13 Los Angeles 2–4 Vancouver Quick 18,630 29–29–9 67 [77]
68 March 14 Los Angeles 1–2 San Jose SO Ersberg 17,496 29–29–10 68 [78]
69 March 16 Nashville 4–3 Los Angeles Ersberg 17,810 29–30–10 68 [79]
70 March 19 Los Angeles 3–2 Boston OT Quick 17,565 30–30–10 70 [80]
71 March 20 Los Angeles 1–4 Pittsburgh Quick 17,132 30–31–10 70 [81]
72 March 22 Los Angeles 1–4 Chicago Quick 21,629 30–32–10 70 [82]
73 March 24 Los Angeles 0–2 St. Louis Quick 19,150 30–33–10 70 [83]
74 March 26 Los Angeles 1–0 Dallas SO Quick 16,908 31–33–10 72 [84]
75 March 28 Los Angeles 3–4 Nashville OT Quick 17,113 31–33–11 73 [85]
76 March 31 Dallas 3–2 Los Angeles Quick 17,648 31–34–11 73 [86]
April: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
77 April 2 Los Angeles 1–2 Phoenix Quick 13,117 31–35–11 73 [87]
78 April 4 Phoenix 1–6 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 32–35–11 75 [88]
79 April 6 Los Angeles 1–4 Calgary Ersberg 19,289 32–36–11 75 [89]
80 April 7 Los Angeles 2–1 Edmonton Quick 16,839 33–36–11 77 [90]
81 April 9 Los Angeles 0–1 Vancouver Quick 18,630 33–37–11 77 [91]
82 April 11 San Jose 3–4 Los Angeles Quick 18,118 34–37–11 79 [92]

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Los Angeles Kings failed to qualify for the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Anze Kopitar 82 27 39 66 −17 32
Alexander Frolov 77 32 27 59 −6 30
Dustin Brown 80 24 29 53 −15 64
Michal Handzus 82 18 24 42 −7 32
Jarret Stoll 74 18 23 41 −7 68
Kyle Quincey 72 4 34 38 −5 63
Patrick O'Sullivan‡ 62 14 23 37 +1 16
Kyle Calder 74 8 19 27 −1 41
Drew Doughty 81 6 21 27 −17 56
Wayne Simmonds 82 9 14 23 −8 73
Teddy Purcell 40 4 12 16 −4 4
Oscar Moller 40 7 8 15 −3 16
Matt Greene 82 2 12 14 +1 111
Sean O'Donnell 82 0 12 12 +2 71
Peter Harrold 69 4 8 12 −13 28
Jack Johnson 41 6 5 11 −18 46
Derek Armstrong 56 5 4 9 −11 63
Tom Preissing 22 3 4 7 −7 6
Brad Richardson 31 0 5 5 −6 11
Brian Boyle 28 4 1 5 −9 42
Denis Gauthier 65 2 2 4 −11 90
Justin Williams† 12 1 3 4 +1 8
Trevor Lewis 6 1 2 3 0 0
Davis Drewiske 17 0 3 3 +1 18
Raitis Ivanans 76 2 0 2 −8 145
Matt Moulson 7 1 0 1 −4 2
John Zeiler 27 0 1 1 −2 42
Kevin Westgarth 9 0 0 0 +1 9

Goaltenders

Note:  Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;
Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO
Jonathan Quick 44 2494 21 18 2 103 2.48 1200 1097 .914 4
Erik Ersberg 28 1477 8 11 5 65 2.64 651 586 .900 0
Jason LaBarbera‡ 19 995 8 10 6 47 2.83 439 392 .893 2

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Kings. Stats reflect time with the Kings only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player Milestone Reached
Oscar Moller 1st NHL Game October 11, 2008
Drew Doughty 1st NHL Game October 11, 2008
Wayne Simmonds 1st NHL Game October 11, 2008
Michal Handzus 600th NHL Game
200th NHL Assist		 October 11, 2008
Oscar Moller 1st NHL Assist
1st NHL Point		 October 14, 2008
Wayne Simmonds 1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point		 October 14, 2008
Kyle Quincey 1st NHL Assist October 17, 2008
Wayne Simmonds 1st NHL Assist October 17, 2008
Oscar Moller 1st NHL Goal October 20, 2008
Drew Doughty 1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point		 October 20, 2008
Denis Gauthier 500th NHL Game November 4, 2008
Drew Doughty 1st NHL Assist November 6, 2008
Jarret Stoll 300th NHL Game November 11, 2008
Alexander Frolov 400th NHL Game November 29, 2008
Tom Preissing 100th NHL Assist November 29, 2008
Anze Kopitar 100th NHL Assist December 17, 2008
Dustin Brown 300th NHL Game December 19, 2008
Trevor Lewis 1st NHL Game December 19, 2008
Trevor Lewis 1st NHL Goal
1st NHL Point		 December 20, 2008
Trevor Lewis 1st NHL Assist December 23, 2008
Jonathan Quick 1st NHL Shutout December 23, 2008
Alexander Frolov 300th NHL Point January 17, 2009
Kevin Westgarth 1st NHL Game January 20, 2009
Anze Kopitar 200th NHL Game January 29, 2009
Davis Drewiske 1st NHL Game February 3, 2009
Matt Greene 200th NHL Game February 3, 2009
Jarret Stoll 200th NHL Point February 18, 2009
Raitis Ivanans 200th NHL Game February 21, 2009
Jack Johnson 100th NHL Game March 1, 2009
Dustin Brown 100th NHL Assist March 3, 2009
Sean O'Donnell 1,000th NHL Game March 14, 2009
Peter Harrold 100th NHL Game March 24, 2009
Anze Kopitar 200th NHL Point March 28, 2009
Justin Williams 500th NHL Game April 6, 2009

Transactions

Trades

June 20, 2008
 To Los Angeles Kings
1st-round pick (17th overall) in 2008 – Jake Gardiner
2nd-round pick in 20091 – Brian Dumoulin 		To Calgary Flames
Michael Cammalleri
2nd-round pick in 2008 – Mitch Wahl
June 20, 2008
 To Los Angeles Kings
1st-round pick (12th overall) in 2008 – Tyler Myers 		To Anaheim Ducks
1st-round pick (17th overall) in 2008 – Jake Gardiner
1st-round pick (28th overall) in 20082 – Viktor Tikhonov
June 20, 2008
 To Los Angeles Kings
1st-round pick (13th overall) in 2008 – Colten Teubert
3rd-round pick in 20093 – Ryan Howse 		To Buffalo Sabres
1st-round pick (12th overall) in 2008 – Tyler Myers
June 29, 2008
 To Los Angeles Kings
Jarret Stoll
Matt Greene 		To Edmonton Oilers
Lubomir Visnovsky
July 1, 2008
 To Los Angeles Kings
Denis Gauthier
2nd-round pick in 20104 – Jason Zucker 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Patrik Hersley
Ned Lukacevic
July 21, 2008
 To Los Angeles Kings
Richard Clune 		To Dallas Stars
Lauri Tukonen
September 30, 2008
 To Los Angeles Kings
Sean O'Donnell 		To Anaheim Ducks
Conditional pick in 20095
December 30, 2008
 To Los Angeles Kings
7th-round pick in 2009 		To Vancouver Canucks
Jason LaBarbera
March 4, 2009
 To Los Angeles Kings
Justin Williams 		To Edmonton Oilers
Patrick O'Sullivan
Ales Kotalik
  1. Pick later traded to Carolina Hurricanes.
  2. Pick later traded to Phoenix Coyotes.
  3. Pick later traded to Calgary Flames.
  4. Pick later traded to Florida Panthers (then to Minnesota Wild).
  5. Condition not satisfied.

Free agents

Player Former team Contract Terms
Erik Ersberg Los Angeles Kings One Year
Gabe Gauthier Los Angeles Kings Two Years
Matt Moulson Los Angeles Kings One Year
Joe Piskula Los Angeles Kings One Year
David Meckler Manchester Monarchs (AHL) Three Year, Entry-Level
Peter Harrold Los Angeles Kings Three Years
Drew Doughty Guelph Storm (OHL) Three Year, Entry-Level
Andrei Loktionov Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL) Three Year, Entry-Level
Slava Voynov Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL) Three Year, Entry-Level
Colten Teubert Regina Pats (WHL) Three Year, Entry Level
Jarret Stoll Los Angeles Kings Four Year, $14,400,000
Brad Richardson Los Angeles Kings Two Year, $1,175,000
Martin Jones Calgary Hitmen (WHL) Three Year, Entry Level
Patrick O'Sullivan Los Angeles Kings Three Year, $2,925,000
Anze Kopitar Los Angeles Kings Seven Years
Andrew Campbell Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) Three Year, Entry Level
Matt Greene Los Angeles Kings Five Years
Corey Elkins Ohio State University (NCAA) One Year, Entry Level
Patrick Mullen Denver University (NCAA) Two Year, Entry Level
Player New team
Jon Klemm Straubing Tigers (Germany)
Rob Blake San Jose Sharks
Brendan Buckley San Jose Sharks
Richard Petiot Toronto Maple Leafs
Brian Willsie Colorado Avalanche
Kevin Dallman Barys Astana (Kazakhstan)
Scott Thornton Retired
Jeff Giuliano HC Dinamo Minsk (Belarus)
Ladislav Nagy Severstal Cherepovets (Russia)
Dany Roussin Bakersfield Condors (ECHL)
Petr Kanko EC Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)

Waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers
Kyle Quincey Detroit Red Wings October 13, 2008
Player New team Date claimed off waivers
Matt Ellis Buffalo Sabres October 1, 2008

Other

Player Type of Transaction Date
Bryan Cameron Returned to Belleville Bulls (OHL) September 23, 2008
Matt Fillier Returned to Montreal Junior Hockey Club (QMJHL) September 23, 2008
Geordie Wudrick Returned to Swift Current Broncos (WHL) September 23, 2008
Olivier Legault Released from Try-Out September 23, 2008
Colten Teubert Returned to Regina Pats (WHL) September 25, 2008
Dwight King Returned to Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) September 25, 2008
Linden Rowat Returned to Regina Pats (WHL) September 26, 2008
Justin Azevedo Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Andrew Campbell Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Paul Crosty Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Vladimir Dravecky Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Gabe Gauthier Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Bud Holloway Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Josh Kidd Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Brady Murray Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Marty Murray Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Scott Parse Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Daniel Taylor Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Eric Werner Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Jeff Zatkoff Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Drew Bagnall Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Jonathan Bernier Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Trevor Lewis Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) September 29, 2008
Michael D'Orazio Returned to Owen Sound Attack (OHL) September 29, 2008
Andrei Loktionov Returned to Windsor Spitfires (OHL) October 1, 2008
Martin Jones Returned to Calgary Hitmen (WHL) October 2, 2008
David Meckler Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) October 2, 2008
Slava Voynov Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) October 2, 2008
Davis Drewiske Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) October 3, 2008
Joe Piskula Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) October 3, 2008
John Zeiler Placed on Injured Reserve October 3, 2008
Alec Martinez Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) October 6, 2008
Teddy Purcell Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) October 6, 2008
Jonathan Quick Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) October 6, 2008
Kevin Westgarth Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) October 6, 2008
Thomas Hickey Returned to Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) October 6, 2008
Marc-Andre Cliche Placed on Injured Reserve October 6, 2008
Richard Clune Placed on Injured Reserve October 6, 2008
Jeff Zatkoff Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL) October 7, 2008
Daniel Taylor Reassigned to Reading Royals (ECHL) October 8, 2008
Brady Murray Reassigned to HC Lugano (Switzerland) October 9, 2008
Jack Johnson Placed on Injured Reserve October 13, 2008
Matt Moulson Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) November 3, 2008
John Zeiler Activated from Injured Reserve and Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) November 3, 2008
John Zeiler Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) November 17, 2008
Richard Clune Activated from Injured Reserve and assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) November 19, 2008
John Zeiler Suspended for three games by the NHL November 24, 2008
Brian Boyle Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) November 30, 2008
Brad Richardson Placed on Injured Reserve December 3, 2008
Jonathan Quick Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) December 16, 2008
Jeff Zatkoff Reassigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) from Ontario Reign (ECHL) December 17, 2008
Slava Voynov Loaned to Russian National Junior Team December 18, 2008
Trevor Lewis Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) December 18, 2008
Oscar Moller Loaned to Swedish National Junior Team December 18, 2008
Trevor Lewis Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) December 30, 2008
Brian Boyle Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) December 31, 2008
Oscar Moller Recalled from Swedish National Junior Team January 6, 2009
Slava Voynov Reassigned from Russian National Junior Team to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) January 6, 2009
Jeff Zatkoff Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL) from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) January 13, 2009
Danny Taylor Reassigned from Reading Royals (ECHL) to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) January 13, 2009
Oscar Moller Placed on Injured Reserve January 14, 2009
Kevin Westgarth Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) January 14, 2009
Brad Richardson Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) on a conditioning assignment January 15, 2009
Brian Boyle Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) January 17, 2009
Jack Johnson Activated from injured reserve January 17, 2009
Jonathan Bernier Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) January 18, 2009
Teddy Purcell Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) January 18, 2009
Jonathan Bernier Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) January 22, 2009
Kevin Westgarth Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) January 22, 2009
Brad Richardson Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) January 22, 2009
Denis Gauthier Suspended by NHL for five games February 2, 2009
Davis Drewiske Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) February 2, 2009
Marc-Andre Cliche Activated from Injured Reserve and assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) February 4, 2009
Oscar Moller Activated from Injured Reserve February 13, 2009
Tom Preissing Placed on Injured Reserve February 13, 2009
Davis Drewiske Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) February 15, 2009
Oscar Moller Loaned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) on a Conditioning Assignment February 15, 2009
Bud Holloway Reassigned from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) to Ontario Reign (ECHL) February 18, 2009
Tom Preissing Activated from Injured Reserve March 1, 2009
Raitis Ivanans Placed on Injured Reserve March 1, 2009
Oscar Moller Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) March 2, 2009
Tom Preissing Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) March 4, 2009
Teddy Purcell Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) March 4, 2009
Teddy Purcell Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) March 4, 2009
Kevin Westgarth Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) March 7, 2009
Raitis Ivanans Activated from Injured Reserve March 12, 2009
Davis Drewiske Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) March 20, 2009
Justin Williams Activated from Injured Reserve March 20, 2009
Colten Teubert Reassigned to Ontario Reign (ECHL) March 20, 2009
Kevin Westgarth Assigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) March 23, 2009
Brian Boyle Recalled from Manchester Monarchs (AHL) March 27, 2009
Thomas Hickey Reassigned to Manchester Monarchs (AHL) March 31, 2009

Draft picks

LA 's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa, Ontario.

Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 2 Drew Doughty D  Canada Guelph Storm (OHL)
1 13 Colten Teubert D  Canada Regina Pats (WHL)
2 32 Slava Voynov D  Russia Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL)
3 63 Robert Czarnik C/RW  United States U.S. National Team Development Program (NAHL)
3 74 Andrew Campbell D  Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
3 88 Geordie Wudrick LW  Canada Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
5 123 Andrei Loktionov C  Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)
6 153 Justin Azevedo C  Canada Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7 183 Garrett Roe LW  United States St. Cloud State University (WCHA)

See also

Farm teams

The Kings have one American Hockey League affiliate in the Manchester Monarchs. They also have two ECHL affiliates in the Ontario Reign and Reading Royals. All three are owned in part by the Kings' parent company Anschutz Entertainment Group.

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