Kings Signing another K

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LA Kings Sign Defenseman Kirill Kirsanov To a Two-Year Entry-Level Contract | Los Angeles Kings

The LA Kings signed defenseman Kirill Kirsanov to a two-year entry-level contract through the 2026-27 season. Kirsanov, 22, skated in 34 games for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), Russia’s top professional hockey league, where he recorded three goals and seven...

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[SirJW]

Now to get him state side.

 

[McSorleyFan]

Elite Prospects Highlights: He can pierce through neutral-zone defences, challenge defenders one-on-one and bump the puck laterally to a teammate skating in a nearby corridor to win the offensive blue-line, and that, repetitively. Once his team establishes itself in the opposing end, he turns mostly into a distributor, moving the puck laterally and taking his chances to shoot.

 

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[JC6388LAKings]

It'll be fun confusing Kirsanov with Kaprizov, like Laferriere with Lafreniere. Imagine the other teams' PbP as well as national sports broadcasts having some trouble with these players' nameplates on their jerseys. It would be like a weird Family Feud episode come to life. Though Kaprizov is more recognizable than Kirsanov, so that could be a little less confusing.

 

[SOKingFan]

If he actually joins the Kings…is the Cup ours?

 

[jom]

It'll be fun confusing Kirsanov with Kaprizov, like Laferriere with Lafreniere. Imagine the other teams' PbP as well as national sports broadcasts having some trouble with these players' nameplates on their jerseys. It would be like a weird Family Feud episode come to life. Though Kaprizov is more recognizable than Kirsanov, so that could be a little less confusing.

Years ago the Lakers used to have two players with similar names: Wetzel and Hetzel. So, Chick Hearn used to say "Hetzel and Wetzel, my tongue is a Pretzel"

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[Statue4Deano]

Years ago the Lakers used to have two players with similar names: Wetzel and Hetzel. So, Chick Hearn used to say "Hetzel and Wetzel, my tongue is a Pretzel"

jom

 

[Dr. Tran]

I remember reading in Bob Miller’s book that after he said Esa Penis we didn’t hear from Jim Fox for a long time after that. That was because he turned off his microphone & was laughing hysterically.