2008–09 Los Angeles Kings season

2008–09 Los Angeles Kings season
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2008–09 Los Angeles Kings
Division	TBD Pacific
Conference	TBD Western
2008–09 record	TBD
Home record	TBD
Road record	TBD
Goals for	TBD
Goals against	TBD
General Manager	Dean Lombardi
Coach	Terry Murray
Captain	TBD
Alternate captains	TBD
Arena	Staples Center
Average attendance	TBD
Team leaders
Goals	TBD
Assists	TBD
Points	TBD
Penalties in minutes	TBD
Plus/Minus	TBD
Wins	TBD
Goals against average	TBD

The 2008–09 Los Angeles Kings season will see the Kings attempt to qualify for the postseason .

Contents:	Regular season – Playoffs – Player stats – Awards and records - Transactions Roster - Draft picks – Farm teams – See also – References

Pre-season

On June 10th, the Los Angeles Kings fired their head coach Marc Crawford after failing to make the post-season in back-to-back seasons. Crawford posted a 59-84-21 record during his tenure.

Regular season

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Game log

2008–09 Game Log

November

December

January

February

March

April

2008–09 Schedule

Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Transactions

Trades

June 20, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings 17th pick in 2008 2nd round pick in 2009	To Calgary Flames Mike Cammalleri 2nd round pick in 2008
June 20, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings 12th pick in 2008	To Anaheim Ducks 17th pick in 2008 28th pick in 2008
June 20, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings 13th pick in 2008 3rd round pick in 2009	To Buffalo Sabres 12th pick in 2008
June 29, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Jarret Stoll Matt Greene	To Edmonton Oilers Lubomir Visnovsky
July 1, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Denis Gauthier 2nd round pick in 2010	To Philadelphia Flyers Patrik Hersley Ned Lukacevic
July 21, 2008	To Los Angeles Kings Richard Clune	To Dallas Stars Lauri Tukonen

Free Agents

Player	Former team	Contract Terms
Erik Ersberg	Los Angeles Kings	One Year
Gabe Gauthier	Los Angeles Kings	Two Years
Matt Moulson	Los Angeles Kings	One Year
Joe Piskula	Los Angeles Kings	One Year
David Meckler	Los Angeles Kings	Three Year, Entry-Level
Peter Harrold	Los Angeles Kings	Three Years

Player	New team
Jon Klemm	Straubing Tigers (Germany)
Rob Blake	San Jose Sharks
Brendan Buckley	San Jose Sharks
Richard Petiot	Toronto Maple Leafs
Brian Willsie	Colorado Avalanche

Claimed from Waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers

Draft picks

LA 's picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa • Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	2	Drew Doughty	D	Canada	Guelph Storm (OHL)
1	13	Colten Teubert	D	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
2	32	Vyacheslav Voinov	D	Russia	Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL)
3	63	Robert Czarnik	C/RW	United States	USA U-18 (NTDP)
3	74	Andrew Campbell	D	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL)
3	88	Geordie Wudrick	LW	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
5	123	Andrei Loktionov	C	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)
6	153	Justin Azevedo	C	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	183	Garrett Roe	LW	United States	St. Cloud State Huskies (WCHA)

Roster

As of July 15, 2008.^[1]^[2]

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Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
31	Erik Ersberg	L	2008	Sala, Sweden
35	Jason LaBarbera	L	2005	Langley, British Columbia
39	Dan Cloutier	L	2007	Mont-Laurier, Quebec

Defensemen
#	Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3	Jack Johnson	L	2007	Indianapolis, Indiana
38	Kevin Dallman	R	2006	Niagara Falls, Ontario
42	Tom Preissing	R	2007	Arlington Heights, Illinois
—	Matt Greene	R	2008	Grand Ledge, Michigan
—	Denis Gauthier	L	2008	Montreal, Quebec

Forwards
#	Player	Position	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
7	Derek Armstrong	C	R	2002	Ottawa, Ontario
8	Matt Ellis	LW	L	2008	Welland, Ontario
11	Anze Kopitar	C	L	2005	Jesenice, Yugoslavia
12	Patrick O'Sullivan	C	L	2006	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
19	Kyle Calder	LW/RW	L	2007	Mannville, Alberta
23	Dustin Brown	RW	R	2003	Ithaca, New York
24	Alexander Frolov	LW	R	2000	Moscow, U.S.S.R.
26	Michal Handzus	C/LW	L	2007	Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
27	Scott Thornton – A	LW	L	2006	London, Ontario
29	Jeff Giuliano	LW	R	2005	Nashua, New Hampshire
41	Raitis Ivanans	LW	L	2006	Riga, U.S.S.R.
47	Ladislav Nagy	LW	L	2007	Saca, Czechoslovakia
—	Brad Richardson	LW	L	2008	Belleville, Ontario
—	Jarret Stoll	C	R	2008	Melville, Saskatchewan

Farm teams

References

^ "Los Angeles Kings - Roster". Los Angeles Kings. Retrieved on November 25, 2007.
^ Los Angeles Kings Communications Department. 2007–08 Los Angeles Kings Media Guide, 30–80.

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