The LA Kings had to do something. Rumours have been swirling for weeks now. Who was on this team that didn’t deserve to be? Who needed to go? What moves could they make, not to have a shot at the playoffs, but to maybe prevent them from limping past the finish line, thirty first in the league, with nothing in their future but more disappointment, and an aging core locked up long term?
Tanner Pearson ended up being the casualty, previously one of the bright spots in the LA Kings youth, he had struggled to score this season, and had been bumped from his spot next to Jeff Carter up and down the lineup, settling on the fourth line.