Willie Mitchell News

Slava Voynov of the Los Angeles Kings has locked up a six-year deal ensuring his talent to be available in LA until he is about age 30. As expected, the deal averages about $4 million a year, $25 million total, which were the numbers coming out of the Kings' Insiders over the weekend.

"Just tried to watch game 3, had to turn it off, Wish I was wearing a white jersey, best of luck to both team #PossesiveOfTheCup #ReneCanSing " He is a competitor and an amazing athletic specimen.

Defenseman Willie Mitchell of the Los Angeles Kings posted a video of himself getting a little stick time on the ice.

The Stanley Cup is on the short list of greatest trophies in all of sports, and one of the traditions that makes it so great is that each member of the championship team gets time with the Cup in the offseason.

Anze Kopitar denied during a conference call Sunday that he had issues with a knee injury suffered while playing in Sweden during the lockout.

It's been almost a full year - Tuesday officially marks the anniversary - since Willie Mitchell last played a National Hockey League game.

One year after capturing the franchise's first Stanley Cup title, the Los Angeles Kings were dethroned as the champions of the NHL on Saturday in a heartbreaking 4-3 double-overtime loss to the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final.

Forget for a moment where the Los Angeles Kings are today. Think, instead, of how they got here - and where they'll be in years to come.

First, a team hopes it can win - hope being the key word because it lacks the talent and tools to win regularly.

Slava Voynov wore his Kings cap backwards and flashed a boyish grin that exposed a missing tooth on the bottom row.

The season flew by and some teams that hadn't made the playoffs in a long time made the tournament like the New York Islanders, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Minnesota Wild.

Defenseman Robyn Regehr agreed to a two-year, $6 million contract extension with the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday, passing up a chance at free agency this summer.

The Los Angeles Kings are using their time off before the Western Conference finals to lock up one of their upcoming free agents.

The rarity of having the last four Stanley Cup champions as the remaining teams left in the playoffs means the field is filled with experienced combatants who know what it takes to advance to the final.

Matt Greene's statistics are nonexistent after two games back in the Kings' lineup.

With no major injuries on the back end, and no pressing strategic concerns, they relied on the same six defensemen, in consistent pairings, throughout the playoffs.

The good news is the Los Angeles Kings have a 2 games to 1 lead over the San Jose Sharks in their best-of-seven NHL Western conference semifinal round series, despite the Sharks 2-1 OT victory on Saturday night, May 18.