All of the changes the Los Angeles Kings have made this summer involve familiar faces.
To replace Darryl Sutter, the team hired longtime assistant John Stevens as Head Coach. To replace General Manager Dean Lombardi, the team promoted ex-Sharks captain and Los Angeles legend Rob Blake, who’d been in their front office as an assistant general manager since 2013. Even the team’s free agent signings, Mike Cammalleri on a one-year, $1,000,000 deal and Andrei Loktionov on a professional tryout (PTO) contract, are players that began their career as Kings draft picks.
As things have changed at the top, the more they’ve stayed the same.