The Vancouver Canucks have set the date to induct Roberto Luongo into the Ring of Honour – Dec. 14 of this season when the Canucks face off against the Florida Panthers at Rogers Arena, a fitting opponent to celebrate Luongo’s illustrious career.
At 37, he’s coming off a year that saw him in a very limited role, so some had wondered if his playing days were coming to an end. While he doesn’t have a contract or tryout yet, that's not the plan.
Continuing down the left side of the blueline, a look at defenseman Alex Edler’s second season with the Kings. Edler re-upped on a one-year contract for the second straight summer to provide a veteran and left-shot presence on the backend for the Kings, after a strong debut season in his first time away from Vancouver.
Second-to-last day, Insiders! We’ve got three players who made important strides or recoveries this season for your reading pleasure. First up is Gabe Vilardi, with a focus on his development and production this season, heading into his free agency, of the restricted variety, this offseason.
The trade deadline looms and is now less than two weeks away. Where does each team stand, and what moves should they be looking to make? We continue our look around the league with the Los Angeles Kings The rebuild is over in Los Angeles.
Which players have increased their odds of landing a massive contract? Which players have potentially hurt their earning potential with their play? Here's what you need to know about the impending free-agent lefty D-men.
The veteran Los Angeles Kings defenseman delivered what appeared to be a knee-on-knee check against the Edmonton Oilers forward in the second period of Wednesday’s game at Rogers Place.
Edler joined the Kings on a one-year contract last July. He appeared in 41 games with the Kings in 2021–21, missing exactly half the regular season while dealing with injuries.
Free agency is now less than a month away and many teams are already looking ahead to when it opens up. There will be several prominent players set to hit the open market in mid-July while many teams have key restricted free agents to re-sign as well.
Following up on our tiered approach to add scoring, the LA Kings could use some toughness along their blueline. In the Edmonton series, it became abundantly clear with how often the Kings were pushed off the puck by the more physical Oilers squad.
The LA Kings dropped their second game in a row in a 4-3 shootout loss against the Edmonton Oilers Wednesday night. With the Oilers and Golden Knights both winning last night, the Kings are now one point ahead of the Oilers and four points ahead of the Golden Knights in the division standings.
The LA Kings‘ defensive core has taken a hit as the season has moved along. Alexander Edler and Sean Walker have been placed on long-term injured reserve and are out indefinitely.
If you look at the statistical history of the Vancouver Canucks, you’d see the name Alexander Edler atop the lists for most categories amongst defensemen in franchise history.
In a signing that part of me is very surprised at, long-time Vancouver Canucks’ defenseman Alexander Edler signed as a UFA with the Los Angeles Kings. For the first time in his 15-year NHL career, the community-minded Edler won’t be a fixture in Vancouver.
There’s no doubt that Edler’s next contract will come at a considerably lower salary than his last one, but will it come in Vancouver?
The veteran blueliner will likely return to the lineup as soon as he's eligible to do so, which will be Saturday against Ottawa.
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