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“But also, through my experiences, this is an attack-oriented game, and you have to be willing to move, you have to be able to have a plan in place when there’s no offense available. I think 5-on-5 is the hardest way to score a goal. When there are 10 guys in the zone, there’s got to be a plan, and we’ll work on that plan from Day 1 of camp. That attack mode for me is something I’ve believed in my whole life. I do think we have the personnel here to execute that style and that play.”<\/p>\n

Laviolette reunites with some familiar faces including forward Artemi Panarin<\/a>, whom he coached with the New York Rangers from 2023-25. He also coached Kings forward Kevin Fiala<\/a> with the Nashville Predators (2014-19) and goalie Darcy Kuemper<\/a>\u00a0with the Capitals (2022-23).<\/p>\n

The Kings also needed to add players who can boost scoring. They brought back Corey Perry<\/a>, who had 28 points (11 goals, 17 assists) in 50 games for them last season before they traded him to the Tampa Bay Lightning on March 6. The 41-year-old, who signed a one-year, $1 million contract July 1, still provides a great net-front presence and had 11 power-play points, including four goals, for Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Mats Zuccarello<\/a>\u00a0also signed a one-year, $1 million contract July 1. The forward, long known as a playmaker, has had at least 54 points in each of the past five seasons.<\/p>\n

“There’s no guaranteed spot; you have to prove yourself,” Zuccarello said. “I know there’s a good opportunity to prove myself, and that’s the most important thing. I like ‘Lavy’s’ vision on how to play and go about the business every day in practice and how to manage games. We had a really good talk. Even Kenny (Holland, general manager), too, on how the Kings want to play this year, which I really enjoy and am excited about.<\/p>\n

“I think you have to earn your spot, which everyone has to do. I’m going to get a good opportunity to do that and hopefully I have a chance to earn my spot. No guarantee, so I have to come prepared. It’s a team sport. We need 20 guys to pull the weight to be successful. I’m just happy to be a part of that and try to help out.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“But also, through my experiences, this is an attack-oriented game, and you have to be willing to move,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-856225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}