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Lias Andersson

Los Angeles Kings Make Several Roster Moves

November 30, 2022 at 11:20 am CDT | by Gavin Lee 2 Comments

Nov 30: After last night’s wild, 9-8 game, Fagemo has been loaned back to the AHL.

Nov 29: The Los Angeles Kings are always one of the busiest front offices in the league. They shuffle players up and down on a daily basis to save some extra cap, and reward young players with a few days of NHL salary. Today, the shuffle has a new name involved, as Jordan Spence has been recalled from the minor leagues. He’s coming along with Samuel Fagemo, while Lias Andersson has been loaned back to the AHL.

Spence, 21, has been in the minor leagues all season so far, once again dominating the AHL whenever he hits the ice. After scoring 42 points in 46 games last season, he’s off to an even better start with 16 in his first 17. That performance earned Spence 24 appearances with the big club last year, despite being barely out of junior hockey. The fourth-round pick scored twice and added eight points in those games, earning him a short look in the playoffs as well, when the Kings were shorthanded.

His recall today is interesting, if only because the team plays tonight and could insert him directly into the lineup. It’s not clear who would come out, but Alex Edler and Sean Walker both played limited minutes on Sunday as the team lost to the Ottawa Senators in overtime.

Andersson played 8:37 in that game – including just four shifts in the third period – his first appearance of the season at the NHL level. The 24-year-old continues to be a disappointment relative to his draft position (seventh overall in 2017) and can’t seem to lock down a regular spot.

AHL| Lias Andersson| Los Angeles Kings

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Los Angeles Kings Re-Assign Frederic Allard

November 28, 2022 at 11:50 am CDT | by Josh Erickson 1 Comment

Nov 28: After coming up as an insurance policy, Allard has been returned to the Ontario Reign today without playing.

Nov 27: According to a team release Sunday, the Los Angeles Kings have recalled forward Lias Andersson and defenseman Brandt Clarke from the AHL’s Ontario Reign.

While Andersson has been continually shuffled up and down between the two leagues (he was sent down just yesterday), Clarke returns to the active roster after a two-week conditioning stint in the AHL. Due to the NHL-CHL eligibility agreement, the 19-year-old Clarke cannot be assigned to the minors full-time. However, the team had scratched him for five games in a row, making him eligible for a two-week, five-game conditioning stint in Ontario before returning to the NHL.

Clarke, the eighth overall pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, had a goal and an assist in five games with Ontario. He’s also played nine games in the NHL this season, meaning that one more game with the Kings will set his entry-level contract in motion. If not, his deal is eligible to slide until next season.

Despite spending a handful of days on the Kings’ roster, Andersson has yet to play an NHL game this season. The former New York Rangers prospect does have five goals and nine points in 12 games with the Reign, though, and may still be worth a few NHL looks at 24 years old.

One defenseman just wasn’t enough perhaps. After recalling Clarke and Andersson earlier this afternoon, the Kings announced they’ve recalled defenseman Frederic Allard from the Ontario Reign as well. Allard’s recall rounds out their roster at a complete 23 players. The 24-year-old has played in just five games this season, all with the Reign, recording one assist, and has played in just a single NHL game in his career, coming with the Nashville Predators back in 2020-21.

AHL| Brandt Clarke| Lias Andersson| Los Angeles Kings| Transactions

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Kings Assign Lias Andersson And Jacob Moverare To The AHL

November 26, 2022 at 12:55 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose Leave a Comment

The season-long shuffle continues for the Kings.  In an effort to bank extra cap space, the team has been shuffling waiver-exempt players to AHL Ontario on off days.  Today, that trend continues as the team announced that they’ve assigned center Lias Andersson and defenseman Jacob Moverare to the Reign.  In doing so, the team drops out of using LTIR and will be able to bank at least a little bit of cap room in advance of tomorrow’s game against Ottawa when one or both will likely be recalled.

Andersson cleared waivers last month for the first time and has spent the bulk of this season in the minors.  The 24-year-old continues to be quite productive with the Reign, notching five goals and four assists in 11 games but while he has been up with the Kings for the better part of the last two weeks, he has exclusively been a healthy scratch.  Even if it’s just for one day, getting into a game with Ontario tonight when they host Tucson certainly wouldn’t hurt.

As for Moverare, he has been the seventh defender with Los Angeles for the last couple of weeks while Brandt Clarke has been on a conditioning assignment with Ontario, one that is going to come to an end in less than 48 hours.  The 24-year-old also cleared waivers at the end of training camp and has played in eight games with the Reign this season while getting into two with the Kings where he has averaged just under 15 minutes a night of playing time.

AHL| Jacob Moverare| Lias Andersson| Los Angeles Kings| Transactions

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Los Angeles Kings Recall Three Players From AHL

November 21, 2022 at 12:25 pm CDT | by Ethan Hetu 2 Comments

Nov 21: With the team back in action tomorrow night, all three players have now been recalled.

Nov 20: The Los Angeles Kings have announced that they have loaned three players to their AHL affiliate, the Ontario Reign. Per the team announcement, forwards Rasmus Kupari and Lias Andersson, as well as defenseman Jacob Moverare are headed to the AHL.

Andersson and Moverare were called up a week ago, when the Kings placed Brendan Lemieux on Injured Reserve and sent down Brandt Clarke on a conditioning loan.

Now, both Andersson and Moverare will head back to Ontario. Moverare got skated in one game for the Kings, while Andersson didn’t get into the lineup.

Kupari, on the other hand, has spent most of his season in Los Angeles. The 2018 20th overall pick has four points in 12 games on just over 11 minutes of time on ice per game. Kupari has six points in six AHL games so far this year and should help bolster an Ontario attack that ranks 26th in the AHL in goals scored.

Andersson, 24, was the seventh overall pick at the 2017 draft. Los Angeles acquired him from the New York Rangers for a 2020 second-round pick hoping that a change of scenery would help his development, but things haven’t gone to plan for Andersson as a King. He has just eight points in 43 career games in Los Angeles, although he has been solid at the AHL level. Now back in Ontario, he should resume his role as a top-of-the-lineup AHL contributor.

Moverare, 24, was not a first-round pick as Andersson and Kupari were. Drafted in the fourth round in 2016, Moverare has developed into a nice depth defender for the Kings. The six-foot-three, 210-pound Swede has 20 NHL games on his resume and is trusted for his safe defense-first style.

Moverare’s 19-game NHL run last season included minutes on the Kings’ penalty kill, so expect him to return in that role if the Kings face some significant blueline injuries, as they did in 2021-22.

No corresponding call-ups were announced along with these loans, but it’s possible that Clarke is headed back to Los Angeles in the near future. These moves could also signal that Lemieux, who was sidelined with a lower-body injury, could be nearing a return.

Jacob Moverare| Lias Andersson| Los Angeles Kings| Rasmus Kupari

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Los Angeles Kings Place Brendan Lemieux On IR; Recall Jacob Moverare, Lias Andersson

November 13, 2022 at 1:39 pm CDT | by John Gilroy Leave a Comment

Prior to departing for a four game road trip, the Los Angeles Kings have made a flurry of roster moves on this Sunday afternoon, the team announced. First, forward Brendan Lemieux has been placed on IR with a lower-body injury. The team has also recalled forward Lias Andersson and defenseman Jacob Moverare from the Ontario Reign, their AHL affiliate. Finally, they have also assigned defenseman Brandt Clarke to Ontario on a conditioning loan.

It’s unclear what exactly the nature of Lemieux’s injury is, however the forward did play in the first two periods of yesterday’s game against the Detroit Red Wings, but failed to return for the third period. As LA Kings Insider’s Zach Dooley mentions, Kings head coach Todd McLellan said the winger could be out a “little while.” Though he’s only tallied three points, all assists, in 15 games so far this season, Lemieux has been a welcomed, physical presence in the Kings lineup, notching 28 penalty minutes already on the young season.

Moverare, 24, has bounced between Los Angeles and Ontario quite a bit the past two seasons. The Swedish defenseman made his NHL debut in 2021-22, skating in 19 games for the Kings, but has yet to play in the NHL in 2022-23, despite being on the Kings roster at times. In eight games with Ontario this season, Moverare has a pair of assists. As for Andersson, the former seventh-overall pick has yet to skate in the NHL so far this season either, but has been off to a hot start in the AHL, scoring five goals to go with four assists in just 11 games. While he’s not the physical presence that Lemieux is, if Andersson can carry his solid play into the NHL should he get the opportunity, it could be an intriguing addition for the equally hot Kings.

As to the 19-year-old Clarke, he has not played in the Kings’ previous five games, but not due to injury. The defenseman’s play his been alright through his first nine NHL games, however after scratching him and not making lineup changes since, the Kings have turned in a 4-0-1 record. Although Clarke is not eligible to be sent to the AHL full-time (as he’s still junior eligible), Los Angeles was able to utilize a 14-day conditioning loan, allowing him to get into regular, professional game action with the Reign and still be eligible to rejoin the Kings in two weeks. In that time, Ontario will play six games, which includes a matchup with the San Diego Gulls this afternoon, which Clarke is eligible to play in.

AHL| Brandt Clarke| Brendan Lemieux| Injury| Jacob Moverare| Lias Andersson| Loan| Los Angeles Kings| NHL

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Waivers: 10/06/22

October 6, 2022 at 1:05 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 6 Comments

Another day, another set of players on waivers as the regular season approaches. Everyone from yesterday cleared, while today’s group looks like this:

Boston Bruins

Vinni Lettieri
Joona Koppanen
Dan Renouf
Keith Kinkaid

Colorado Avalanche

Jayson Megna

Edmonton Oilers

Calvin Pickard
Slater Koekkoek

Los Angeles Kings

Lias Andersson

New York Rangers

Jonny Brodzinski

Boston Bruins| Calvin Pickard| Colorado Avalanche| Edmonton Oilers| Jayson Megna| Jonny Brodzinski| Joona Koppanen| Keith Kinkaid| Lias Andersson| Los Angeles Kings| New York Rangers| Waivers

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Los Angeles Kings Sign Carl Grundstrom, Lias Andersson

July 11, 2022 at 1:14 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 5 Comments

Who needs qualifying offers anyway? The Los Angeles Kings have signed Carl Grundstrom and Lias Andersson to contract extensions today, avoiding restricted free agency with the young Swedish forwards. Grundstrom’s two-year deal will carry an average annual value of $1.3MM, while Andersson has agreed to a one-year, $750K contract for 2022-23.

The 24-year-old Grundstrom came into his own this season, finding his niche as an uber-physical forechecker that could chip in a bit of offense when given the chance. He scored nine goals in 54 regular season games and then lit the lamp three more times in six postseason contests, as the Kings pushed the heavily favored Edmonton Oilers to seven games. The dogged puck pursuit from players like Grundstrom has made the Kings a tough team to play against, and this two-year deal rewards that effort with a cap hit that suggests he’ll be in the lineup every day moving forward.

Andersson meanwhile hasn’t had quite the same impact and remains an enigma, now five years removed from being the seventh overall pick in 2017. The 23-year-old forward had just two points in 20 games with the Kings during the regular season and now has just 17 in 109 career NHL contests.

At $750K there is basically no risk in bringing him back but it’s hard to see a future where Andersson becomes an impact player for the Kings. Interestingly enough, that NHL salary is lower than what he would have been owed as a qualifying offer, though because that would have been a two-way contract, this might ultimately result in more money for the young forward, should he bounce between the AHL and NHL once again.

Carl Grundstrom| Lias Andersson| Los Angeles Kings

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Lias Andersson Recalled From Conditioning Loan

March 8, 2022 at 11:20 am CDT | by Gavin Lee 12 Comments

March 8: After four excellent games with the Reign, Andersson has been recalled from his conditioning loan and activated from injured reserve. The young forward scored six goals in those four games, actually matching his previous minor league high in just a week’s time. To make room on the Kings’ active roster, Brendan Lemieux has been moved to injured reserve, retroactive to March 4.

March 2: Los Angeles Kings forward Lias Andersson has been sent to the AHL on a conditioning loan, suggesting he is nearing a return from the undisclosed injury that has kept him out for nearly two months.

The loan is of the long-term injury variety, meaning he does not need to be activated before sending him down and he will still not appear on the Kings’ roster while he plays in the minor leagues. He hasn’t played an NHL game since January 8 and has just 13 appearances this season.

Last season, when Andersson spent some time in the AHL, he dominated the competition, scoring 17 points in 15 games for the Ontario Reign. That success hasn’t carried over to the Kings this year though, as the 2017 seventh-overall pick still can’t seem to find any consistency at the NHL level. In those 13 appearances this season, he has just a single point, taking his career total to 16 in 102 games.

An arbitration-eligible restricted free agent at the end of the season, Andersson is getting dangerously close to going unqualified, given he will be 24 in October and has shown very rare flashes of NHL-quality play to this point. Perhaps the Kings believe he can still take that next step, but a good stretch run this season would be huge for the future of his professional career in North America.

AHL| Injury| Lias Andersson| Loan| Los Angeles Kings

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Pacific Notes: Athanasiou, Andersson, Eichel, Tkachuk

November 5, 2021 at 6:57 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose Leave a Comment

Kings winger Andreas Athanasiou is expected to be activated off injured reserve and make his season debut on Friday, notes Zach Dooley of LA Kings Insider.  The 27-year-old suffered an undisclosed injury late in September and while it was hoped that he wouldn’t be out long, he hasn’t played since, missing the first ten games of the season in the process.  Athanasiou had 10 goals and 13 assists in 47 games with Los Angeles in 2020-21.

Meanwhile, Dooley adds that center Lias Andersson has been ruled out of Saturday’s contest due to his groin injury.  Head coach Todd McLellan indicated that the plan is to “see how he is as the week goes on”.

More from the Pacific Division:

  • Golden Knights center Jack Eichel will have his disk replacement surgery next Friday in Denver, relays David Schoen of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. GM Kelly McCrimmon indicated yesterday that the hope is that the 25-year-old will be able to return three to five months after having the procedure.  That would have Eichel returning sometime between February and April.  While that is a bit of an extended timeline, the fact it hasn’t been performed on an NHL player before leads to some uncertainty.
  • Flames winger Matthew Tkachuk has been fined $5K for his high sticking infraction on Stars defenseman John Klingberg on Thursday night, the league announced. The incident occurred in the third period of the game with a minor penalty being assessed on the play.  The fine is the maximum allowable in the CBA.

Andreas Athanasiou| Calgary Flames| Jack Eichel| Lias Andersson| Los Angeles Kings| Matthew Tkachuk| Vegas Golden Knights

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Latest On Rangers’ Vitali Kravtsov

October 21, 2021 at 8:13 pm CDT | by Zach Leach 28 Comments

Young New York Rangers forward Vitali Kravtsov remains at home in Russia, having requested a trade from the organization when he failed to crack the NHL roster. The Athletic’s Arthur Staple reports that the team is holding out hope that he may return, but for now Kravstov is unwilling to consider rejoining the club. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman even notes that Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant called Kravtsov himself and asked him to come back, but to no avail. As Staple opines, the team needs to be cautious about potentially losing another top-ten draft pick and talented import after the Lias Andersson fiasco, but may not have another option.

Why the animosity from Kravtsov toward New York? While the official statement has been that the decision was made purely as a result of again not being afforded an NHL opportunity with the Rangers, Staple believes there is more going on behind the scenes. Multiple league sources have stated that the relationship between Kravtsov and GM Chris Drury is strained, to say the least. Dating back to his time as GM of the AHL’s Hartford Wolfpack, Drury and Kravtsov have had a number of run-ins and Staple feels that Drury’s promotion signaled to Kravtsov that his time as a Ranger was over.

However, other opinions on the situation do exist. The New York Post’s Larry Brooks believes that Kravtsov’s malcontent is actually more about opportunity than it is about Drury. Brooks reports that Kravtsov was not just unhappy that he did not make the cut this year, but that he would never get a top-six chance with the Rangers. It is actually a grounded theory, as established stars Artemi Panarin and Chris Kreider and recent top picks Alexis Lafreniere and Kaapo Kakko appear to have a stranglehold on the top-six winger roles in the short- and long-term. (The one top-six roadblock that was moved was Pavel Buchnevich, who also happened to be a friend and mentor to Kravtsov.) It is very conceivable that Kravtsov, whose work ethic and drive have been called into question before, sees these players not as a challenge but as an excuse to ask for a move elsewhere.

Regardless of his reasoning, the fact remains that Kravtsov has requested a trade and it does not seem likely that he will back off of that stance any time soon. Though the Rangers are reportedly asking for a high price for the skilled, but unproved forward, they very well might just have to take the best offer they can get and move on, just as they did with Andersson. A recent report claimed that upwards of 15 teams have inquired about Kravtsov, though Staple qualifies that claim by noting that many teams are merely curious to get the background on the current situation. Brooks echoed that sentiment by adding that interest has been “lukewarm” and there are no hard offers on the table. A trade may not be that far off though, as Friedman hears that those teams who have talked to Kravtsov’s camp have been told that he does want to return to North America and may even be open to an AHL assignment, just not with the Rangers. The Chicago Blackhawks, who hold the other most talked-about trade target early this season, Dylan Strome (brother of Rangers’ Ryan Strome) are considered a suitor which could result in the resolution of two bad situations with one trade. Only time will tell, but if Kravtsov really has no intention of ever returning to New York then a trade should materialize sooner rather than later.

AHL| Alexis Lafreniere| Artemi Panarin| Chris Drury| Chris Kreider| Elliotte Friedman| Gerard Gallant| Kaapo Kakko| Lias Andersson| New York Rangers

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