{"id":135629,"date":"2023-02-15T15:20:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T20:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135629"},"modified":"2023-02-15T15:20:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T20:20:40","slug":"los-angeles-kings-lock-up-young-defencemen-long-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/15\/los-angeles-kings-lock-up-young-defencemen-long-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Kings Lock Up Young Defencemen Long Term"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/blakero01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Blake<\/a> continues to make moves. This is not the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/chychja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jakob Chychrun<\/a> trade, but it does involve a defenceman. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/kings\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/andermi02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikey Anderson<\/a> has signed an eight-year contract extension to remain with the club. The deal sees him carry a cap hit of $4.1 million per season. Overall, this is a great deal for him and the club.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mikey Anderson Signs Extension With Los Angeles<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mikey Anderson, signed to an 8x$4.1M extension by LA, is a top four all-defence stay-at-home defenceman. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoKingsGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#GoKingsGo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B2msX3ZOw7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/B2msX3ZOw7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JFresh (@JFreshHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JFreshHockey\/status\/1625919634007367682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This is a great deal for both sides. Los Angeles has the perfect blend of veteran leadership and youth. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/blakero01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rob Blake<\/a> has done a good job of locking up the younger guys. Anderson is the perfect shutdown defenseman. He is not the flashiest when it comes to his offensive abilities, but he is as good as any being a shutdown guy in the top four. Having him remain in Los Angeles for the long haul gives them a good outlook for the foreseeable future. In addition, this is the best year for him offensively with two goals and 13 points. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How This Impacts Los Angeles<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The contract extension for Los Angeles Kings Mikey Anderson is huge. It provides a great outlook for the team going forward. Aside from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/e\/edleral01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexander Edler<\/a> being a pending UFA, Anderson is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capfriendly.com\/teams\/kings\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">locked up<\/a> like everyone else. Having a backend featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/doughdr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drew Doughty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/durzise01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Durzi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkese01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Walker<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/royma04.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Roy<\/a> signals the band remains together. In addition, the team is loaded up top with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kopitan01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anze Kopitar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/fialake01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Fiala<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mooretr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trevor Moore<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vilarga01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gabriel Vilardi<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For a team that was entering a potential rebuild, they have turned themselves into a solid contender in the Western Conference. As it currently stands, Los Angeles is in a tight race in the Pacific division. They sit one point behind Vegas for the lead and only one point ahead of Seattle. Great job by Rob Blake for putting a good team on the ice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo Credit: Jason Mowry-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Blake continues to make moves. This is not the Jakob Chychrun trade, but it does involve a defenceman. Los Angeles Kings Mikey Anderson has signed an eight-year contract extension to remain with the club. The deal sees him carry a cap hit of $4.1 million per season. Overall, this is a great deal for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":135631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,24,34,4548],"tags":[7636,1809],"class_list":["post-135629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-kings","category-news","category-nhl","tag-gabriel","tag-mikey-anderson"],"modified_by":"Joshua Grom","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}