Right-winger Teddy Purcell signed a one-year, $1.6 million contract with the Los Angeles Kings.
LA Kings have signed forward Teddy Purcell
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Teddy Purcell Signs With Kings
Teddy Purcell spent the majority of the 2015-16 season with the Edmonton Oilers accumulating 11 goals and 21 assists in 61 games before heading south to join the Florida Panthers at the NHL Trade Deadline. The 30-year-old was acquired to help with their post-season push and was a healthy contributor, tallying three goals and eight assists for 11 points in 15 games. He also netted a pair of goals in the Panther’s six game post-season loss to the New York Islanders.
Purcell entered the league as an undrafted free-agent, but spent most of his career with the Tampa Bay Lighting. In his NHL career he has accumulated 305 points in 559 games, and is known as a positive possession driver, posting positive relative corsi and relative fenwick numbers in each of the last five seasons – even during his time in Edmonton. The Oilers acquired Purcell in a three way move that saw Sam Gagner end up with the Arizona Coyotes, and the Lightning cleared cap space, and picked up a 6th round draft pick.
Purcell is coming off a three-year, $13.5 million contract, but had just 32 points playing the majority of his time with the Oilers alongside Leon Draisaitl and Taylor Hall.
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Main Photo Credit: NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 17: Teddy Purcell #26 of the Florida Panthers takes the first period shot against the New York Islanders during Game Three of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at the Barclays Center on April 17, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
