Goodbye Doctor Drej
The Edmonton Oilers made a savvy (I don't understand what is going on either) move by acquiring the veteran defenseman today. Edmonton signed Sekera to a 5-year deal at a $5.5m cap hit.
This is an interesting contract from the Kings' perspective. For one, the Kings need a guy like Sekera. I don't think there is any question about this, and I'm sure they will pursue another defenseman through free agency (though, already, Paul Martin is off the table). I already wrote about the lack of NHL-ready depth the Kings have in their organization when I reviewed Matt Greene's season, and things have only gotten more dire since then.