Kings Dangling Asset To Make Another Upgrade

The Los Angeles Kings chose to go for it when they executed the deal to acquire Artemi Panarin and ink him to a new contract. Unfortunately, now Kevin Fiala seems to have suffered an injury that will keep him out a while, but that shouldn't stop the Kings from continuing forward and trying to get into the playoffs and win some rounds.

David Pagnotta reminded us, "(The Kings) still have that second-round pick they got from the Habs for Phillip Danault. They basically told everybody they're willing to move that if they can fix another hole in their roster."

The Kings have plenty of cap space to work with now and could not only use a center to help this season and moving forward, but now a rental winger. There have been too many that seem to have taken the season off with Warren Foegele, Andrei Kuzmenko, and Trevor Moore all having tough years.

Having a couple of injured players back and even testing out someone else from the AHL will help, but external help is needed. A second-round pick alone or paired with something else can go pretty far for the Kings. Kiefer Sherwood got the Vancouver Canucks two second-round picks, Bobby McMann will go for around the same, and there will be plenty of good options and players more forgotten about whose value will drop.

With the cap space the Kings have for the remainder of the season and will have with Anze Kopitar calling it a career after the season, multiple additions are in order if Ken Holland is serious about giving the team a chance. There's nearly $11 million in cap space to work with and the Kings have nine draft picks this season, holding that extra second-round pick and an extra sixth-round pick. They also have their first two round picks for the following two years and have 12 of their next 14 draft picks in 2027 and 2028.

The Kings can do a lot and there's no reason not to continue to add now.