{"id":92395,"date":"2025-08-24T00:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T00:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/92395\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T00:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T00:33:06","slug":"snapshots-kuznetsov-kings-josefson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/92395\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapshots: Kuznetsov, Kings, Josefson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kuzneev01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-23_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Evgeny Kuznetsov<\/a> remains unsigned for the upcoming season.\u00a0 After signing a four-year deal in the KHL last summer with SKA St. Petersburg, the agreement was terminated a few months ago with the veteran looking to return to the NHL.\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sovsport.ru\/hockey\/news\/babaev-o-dalnejshej-karere-kuzneczova-princzipialno-ne-obshhaemsya-s-klubami-khl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Speaking with SovSport\u2019s Vladimir Okishev<\/a>, Kuznetsov\u2019s agent Shumi Babayev said that there is a 90% chance that his client will sign with an NHL team.\u00a0 The 33-year-old was once a true top-line middleman in the NHL but his last season in the league in 2023-24 saw him struggle with more of a limited role as he notched just 24 points in 63 games between Washington and Carolina.\u00a0 Still, in a free agent market that is largely bereft of centers at this point, he could be worth a low-cost flyer in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere around the hockey world:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lakingsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/20\/inside-the-draft-room-how-the-kings-selected-henry-brzustewicz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zach Dooley of LA Kings Insider provides<\/a> an inside look at how the Kings operated during the draft. At one point, they looked into a trade-up scenario from their original slot of 24 before moving down which was their original plan leading into the night.\u00a0 However, with just two of their preferred selections on the board when they dealt down to 31, they looked at trading back up after moving down to ensure they\u2019d get <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eliteprospects.com\/player\/576953\/henry-brzustewicz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Henry Brzustewicz<\/a>.\u00a0 However, they ultimately were able to get him as planned where they were.\u00a0 Dooley\u2019s piece also discusses their activity on the second day, including the trade of defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/spencjo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-23_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jordan Spence<\/a> to Ottawa.<br \/>\nAfter having to retire following the 2020-21 season due to concussion trouble, former first-round pick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/josefja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-23_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jacob Josefson<\/a> is attempting a comeback at the age of 34, recently speaking with Expressen in Sweden (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.expressen.se\/tv\/sport\/hockey\/shl\/jacob-josefson-om-comebacken-i-djurgarden\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video link<\/a>) about his efforts. Josefson spent parts of eight seasons in the NHL, seven of which came with New Jersey who picked him 20th overall back in 2009.\u00a0 He opted to return home to play in the SHL back in 2018 and spent three seasons with Djurgarden before having to hang up his skates.\u00a0 His attempt to make a comeback kicked off with that same team in a preseason game on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran center Evgeny Kuznetsov remains unsigned for the upcoming season.\u00a0 After signing a four-year deal in the KHL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,4666,54182,763,448,7587,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-92395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-evgeny-kuznetsov","11":"tag-jacob-josefson","12":"tag-los-angeles-kings","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-snapshots","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92395","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=92395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}