Kevin Fiala

Kevin Fiala is on his way to California. The Los Angeles Kings acquired the rights to the 25-year-old restricted free-agent winger from the Minnesota Wild ...

The Los Angeles Kings acquired the rights to the 25-year-old restricted free-agent winger from the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday in exchange for the No. 19 pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft and defenceman Brock Faber of nearby Maple Grove, MN, first reported by The Athletic's Michael Russo. Kevin Fiala is on his way to California. The Los Angeles Kings acquired the rights to the 25-year-old restricted free-agent winger from the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday in exchange for the No. 19 pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft and defenceman Brock Faber of nearby Maple Grove, MN, first reported by The Athletic's Michael Russo. Originally taken with the 11th overall pick of the 2014 draft by the Nashville Predators, Fiala was traded to the Wild at the 2019 deadline in exchange for Mikael Granlund.

Le Wild obtient en retour un choix de premier tour au repêchage de 2022 ainsi que le défenseur de 19 ans Brock Faber, capitaine de l'équipe de l'Université du ...

L'ailier de 25 ans vient de connaître la meilleure saison de sa carrière avec une récolte de 33 buts et 52 passes. Kevin Fiala échangé aux Kings, qui lui offrent un contrat de sept ansLNH mercredi, 29 juin 2022. 16:12 mercredi, 29 juin 2022.

Kevin Fiala quitte Minnesota pour prendre le chemin de Los Angeles, où il se serait engagé pour sept ans et environ huit millions de dollars par saison.

Engagé en 2016 pour assurer la lourde succession du légendaire Patrick Roy, le coach Jared Bednar n'avait donc pas entamé de manière idéale son aventure. Son sacre survient cinq ans après que Colorado avait conclu la saison régulière avec le pire bilan de la Ligue. Un but inscrit à la 33e minute par le Finlandais Artturi Lehkonen (2-1) a permis aux Avs de forcer la décision dans cette rencontre.

3:55 pm: Per CapFriendly, Fiala's extension is for seven years at $7.875MM per season. The contract includes a no-movement clause in years 2-4 and a limited ...

It’s also hard to think that Fiala won’t join a line with Kopitar (and likely 2022 All-Star Adrian Kempe) as the Kings’ top unit. It’s hard to think that Fiala won’t become a spectacular fit within the Kings organization. It’s important to note an extension between the Kings and Fiala still needs to be worked out, but with the Kings having nearly $20MM in projected cap space this summer per CapFriendly (and Fiala having arbitration rights), the contract itself is an eventuality, with TSN’s Chris Johnston reporting there’s a long-term extension in place.

The 25-year-old is entering his ninth NHL season. Selected by the Nashville Predators 11th overall in 2014, Fiala has 124 goals and 159 assists in 419 career ...

He scored two goals and 12 assists in 32 games for the University of Minnesota in 2021-22. The Wild are entering a salary-cap crunch in 2022-23 after buying out the remaining four years of Ryan Suter's and Zach Parise's contracts last summer. He scored 27 goals and 67 points at even strength, which is welcome for a Kings team that ranked amongst the bottom 10 in five-on-five goals last season. The 25-year-old winger played last season on a one-year, $5.1-million deal and is entering his ninth NHL campaign. ... It just didn't fit," he said, according to The Athletic's Michael Russo. The Wild now hold picks No. 19 and No. 24 in the first round of the 2022 NHL Draft. Minnesota was in a similar situation in 2021 and took goaltender Jesper Wallstedt and blue-liner Carson Lambos with its pair of first-round selections.

The Los Angeles Kings have acquired the rights to pending restricted free agent Kevin Fiala, one of the more coveted names this NHL off-season, from the ...

Coming off a career-year, paying Fiala would have posed a near-insurmountable challenge for the cap-strapped Wild. The 25-year-old put up 33 goals and 85 points in 82 games last season. More to come.

Je vous l'ai déjà dit : Kevin Fiala est un joueur qui doit être dans le viseur du Canadien. Il est clair que Kent Hughes et Jeff Gorton doivent regarder ce ...

Mais évidemment, il pourrait aussi simplement signer pour un an (notamment via l’arbitrage) et être libre en 2023. Et évidemment, le CH y est aussi, même si Friedman ne cite pas le CH parmi les équipes au coeur du dossier. Contre un premier choix et un espoir, l’ailier qui a obtenu 85 points au Minnesota l’an dernier pourrait bouger.

Fiala and the Kings then reportedly agreed to terms on a seven-year, $55.3 million contract extension. The deal carries an average annual (AAV) of $7.9 million.

The 2019 second-round pick of the Kings was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Big Ten. Faber also played for Team USA at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Wild traded a player who had high value. He trailed only Kirill Kaprizov in points on the Wild and was third behind Kaprizov and Ryan Hartman in goals. Los Angeles jumped at the opportunity to improve its forward group by acquiring the Swiss winger and locking him up as a part of their future. What they gave up for him may seem like a lot, but Los Angeles had accumulated a lot of prospects. His 17 power-play points put him in a tie for third on the team.

The Minnesota Wild traded forward Kevin Fiala to the Los Angeles Kings and signed him to an eight-year contract.

So, the Wild sent him to a team with the ability to pay him what he's worth. Faber is also a nice piece to add, too. Fiala's incredible season has earned him the right to cash in.

The L.A. Kings acquired star forward Kevin Fiala from the Minnesota Wild. Fiala is a perfect fit for the Kings' top-six forward grouping.

No matter what, trading for Fiala will have a ripple effect on the roster, but it will be a positive one, as the Kings have made a significant improvement. Blake’s knocked one out of the park again as he continues to prove why he’s one of the best general managers in hockey. Something that will be very interesting to see is what impact this has on the rest of the Kings’ roster. The Kempe contract is still looming and will be around $5-6 million, leaving the team anywhere between $5-6 million to fill out their roster. As mentioned, the team will have just shy of $12 million to fill out their roster. Fiala’s fit on the power play will be interesting and is maybe the one hole someone can pick in this trade, even though I don’t think anyone should. The other benefit to Fiala on this line is his incredible play driving. The part of this trade that stings a little is giving up right-shot defenseman Faber. He is a highly-touted prospect who was one of college hockey’s best defensemen last season and played a significant role for Team USA at both the Under-20 World Championships and the Olympics. However, Faber was still expendable, as were most right-shot defensemen in the team’s system. As mentioned, Fiala is an exceptional skater with high-end skill, the perfect complement to Kopitar and Kempe. I’m a huge fan of putting substantial speed on either side of an aging Kopitar, who has never been particularly fast. The Kings needed a top-line winger to play with Anze Kopitar and Adrian Kempe, which is exactly where Fiala will play. The Kings acquired Fiala for a 2022 first-round selection and prospect Brock Faber. Considering the Kings’ depth of prospects, giving up a 19th overall pick isn’t a problem. His 4.9 entries leading to a scoring chance per 60 also leads all Kings. A phenomenal skater with excellent hands, vision, and a nose for the net, Fiala is the complete package offensively.

The Los Angeles Kings and Minnesota Wild kicked off trade season Wednesday with a big Kevin Fiala swap. Here's a look at what both teams get out of the ...

There was evidence this sort of breakout was coming for Fiala. During the 2019-20 season, Fiala was heating up and from Feb. 1 through to the COVID pause on the season, he was third in league scoring with 26 points in 19 games. As a prospect Fiala was projected to be a quick, fast, competitive, and skilled forward who had a chance to be a high-end point producer as an NHL player. It was a trade that had to happen for Minnesota, and Fiala's is the first name crossed off our list of trade candidates to keep an eye on this summer. "There were some trades made along the way, but the bulk of those teams were made through the draft and I think they're very well built teams. Still, if there was ever a year to do so, this is it based on some of the uncertainty surrounding player development during the pandemic. "Look at the two teams that were in the final, those teams were built through the draft," Guerin said. LA did have a surplus of right-shot defencemen, so they were dealing from an area of strength. They are trying to still push forward with what they have, are hopeful of even re-signing Marc-Andre Fleury, and between Boldy and Marco Rossi, they have some NHL-ready players to get excited about right now. The reason why the Wild, the fifth-best regular season team in the league, had to move an 85-point RFA winger was brought on by the decision last summer to buy out both Zach Parise and Ryan Suter from the remaining years of their contracts. Faber, meantime, is a homegrown player currently playing at the University of Minnesota, where he'll return next season. Kopitar and Phillip Danault down the middle. A fantastic player in transition, Fiala was second to Kirill Kaprizov in every major offensive stat category this past season.