- [Female Sports Anchor] Leafs went out
and acquired Jack Campbell and also Kyle Clifford.
- [Sports Anchor] Vegas beefing up,
they're getting Alec Martinez from LA.
- For the LA Kings, this is what they need.
They need some younger players.
- [Sports Anchor] LA is just full
on committed to the rebuild.
- [Game Announcer] Tyler Taffoli has been traded
to the Vancouver Canucks.
- We've known all along what the plan was going to be
and how it was going to be executed.
It's time to move on, but now opportunity
for others open up and it's about some
of the younger players stepping up now
and proving they belong here and can contribute
from now until the end of the season.
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- We're not just trying to be good,
we're trying to win the Stanley Cup.
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We have to do what we have to do right now for the future
to give us the chance to win another Stanley Cup.
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When you win and play well and play hard, guys get rewarded.
Unfortunately, the way our system works,
you can't keep everybody.
The moves that we made over the last few weeks
and even going back to last year, where some guys left
our organization were really hard.
- These guys that have been here and won championships,
whether it's one or multiple championships,
they should be remembered and thanked
for everything they've done for this organization.
It's not easy a few months here because you're dealing
with some very important people
in the history of the LA Kings.
And they've been able to do a tremendous amount,
but we're moving forward in that.
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- [Luc] We've always said as an organization we had to stick
to a plan, stick to the direction that we wanna go
and that's why we had to make some of those hard decisions.
(tense music)
- [Josh] The teams now have 20 picks in the next two drafts
and for our Scott Wheeler having number one prospect pool
in the entire NHL.
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- For 40 plus years, the LA Kings traded away most
of their picks for years.
The results were we never won a Stanley Cup.
So if that doesn't tell you enough that the way to do it is
to draft well and keep your draft picks,
make sure you develop well, and at the same time,
when you have those players that understand
what it means to play for a team.
When you get drafted for a team,
you're doing their development and everything,
it seems like the franchise become
that much more important to you.
You play for that logo in front we always talk about.
That's a big part of winning championships.
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- [Josh] They do have a lot of really good players and...
the future is bright.
It may take awhile to get there,
but wow do they have a lot of assets!
- [Pierre] You could see it
at the Rookie Tournament here this year.
The Kings are coming.
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- They've really done this in a year and a half.
Most teams, it's taken them five or six years to get
to the right amount of prospects.
And in the year and half we have upwards
of 35 plus kids and then most of the people
that know the hockey world rank us number one.
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Obviously there is lot more work.
We gotta make sure these kids that people think
they're really good, we gotta make sure
that we prove them right.
We got so many kids coming that can prove a lot
of people wrong.
Look at Gabe Vilardi, everybody wrote him off
and here he is, he's back.
- [Game Announcer] Picked up,
moving in the zone, shot, score!
(crowd cheering wildly) Gabriel Vilardi!
His first NHL game!
His first NHL shift!
- [Luc] Our scouts have done a really good job
on making sure they get the right people.
- [Game Announcer] He fires!
The rebound is scored from Turcotte!
Are you kidding me?
What a pass from Turcotte!
- [Luc] Our development group have a lot
of work this summer.
(announcer speaking foreign language)
- [Game Announcer] Here's Akil Thomas on a breakaway!
He goes in to the backhand, scores!
- [Luc] They gotta make sure that some
of our young guys are ready to, not just play in the NHL,
but to help us win at the NHL level.
- [Game Announcer] Beautiful goal!
Arthur Kaliyev, that's why the LA Kings drafted him!
- It's gonna be a very competitive training camp.
Who wants to take a spot will get it.
Some of the guys that are getting older
in this organization, at one point,
they were the young guys that took someone else's spot.
I like the way our veterans have handled themself.
It's very important that they show the right direction.
What it takes to win and if our young guys can see
them do everything right, it will help us
become the team we want to be.
- [Game Announcer] Kempe moves in, Lizotte scores!
- [Game Announcer] Centers for Karlsson, loose puck!
And it didn't go in!
Petersen on his back once again.
- [Luc] It's gonna be fun to see it.
I think our fans are gonna really enjoy the new type
of game we're pushing towards playing.
Especially when we got these young, fast, skilled players.
- [Game Announcer] Plays the puck around to Vilardi,
centering pass, Frk! Did it go in?
It did! (gentle music)