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Kings make first cuts of training camp

By Helene Elliott
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The Kings reduced the number of players in their training camp to 54 Wednesday with a series of moves.

Released from Professional Tryout Agreement were right wing J.D. Watt, defenseman Ray Macias and center C.J. Stretch.

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Reassigned to their respective junior teams were left wing Michael Schumacher, center Jordan Weal, goaltenders Christopher Gibson and Michael Morrison, defenseman Pierre Durepos, center Taylor Carnevale and right wing Michael Kantor.

Defenseman Teigan Zahn was released from camp.

The Kings play split-squad games Wednesday against the Phoenix Coyotes, one at Staples Center and the other at Glendale, Ariz., and resume practicing Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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