Kings looking to make a trade amid injury issues on defence
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Kings lost two key defencemen for an extended period of time. The team announced that Sean Walker will miss the remainder of the 2021-22 season with a torn ACL and torn MCL, while Drew Doughty will be out of game action for the next eight weeks with a knee injury.
Losing both Walker and Doughty is going to hurt the Kings' blueline, and according to Pierre LeBrun of TSN, the team is looking to trade for some defensive help.
"Maybe not the kind of trade the Kings would like to make in a perfect world because they're hamstrung by the cap but the long-term injuries to two of their top four defencemen on the right side, Drew Doughty and Sean Walker, has them working the phones looking for, at least, a depth defenceman for the right side. Doughty will be back in 6-to-8 weeks so that's why they just go out and replace his $11 million cap hit. Walker is out for the season. Huge injuries for the Kings' blueline and the team hopes to at least go and find some depth there," LeBrun said on Thursday's edition of Insider Trading.
Source: Pierre LeBrun - Insider Trading
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YESTERDAY
JUNE 6, 2026
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| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mitch Marner | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tomas Hertl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jordan Staal | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Shea Theodore | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Brayden McNabb | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Taylor Hall | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jordan Martinook | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Andrei Svechnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jackson Blake | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jack Eichel | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Brett Howden | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Seth Jarvis | - | 1 | 1 | |
| William Karlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Eric Robinson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Jaccob Slavin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Logan Stankoven | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Frederik Andersen | - | - | - | |
| Rasmus Andersson | - | - | - | |
| Ivan Barbashev | - | - | - | |
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