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Kings reportedly in talks to acquire Simon Gagne

By Helene Elliott
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No news for the Kings on the Ilya Kovalchuk front, but folks in Philadelphia are reporting that the Flyers are willing to trade left wing Simon Gagne and that the Kings are a likely trading partner.

Makes sense: the Flyers want to clear cap space and the Kings need help on the wings. And the Kings have become Flyers West, with General Manager Dean Lombardi, assistant GM Ron Hextall and Coach Terry Murray all having orange and black on their resumes.

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Gagne, 30, is well-respected in Philadelphia, which is quite an accomplishment. He scored 34 goals in the 2008-09 season, but injuries limited him to 17 goals in 58 games last season. He has one season left at $5.25 million and can become an unrestricted free agent after that.

No indication what the Flyers would want in return. We’ll have to see what develops early next week.

-- Helene Elliott

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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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