Andreas Englund

A part-time player for each of his first five NHL seasons, Englund came out of nowhere to play in all 82 games in his first year with Los Angeles. The offensive numbers were predictably minimal (one goal, 10 points), but Englund did register 189 hits and 87 blocked shots. As solid as the Swede was a year ago, the Kings went out and handed Joel Edmundson a whopping four-year, $15.4 million contract in free agency. The monetary commitment and length of the deal suggests Edmundson is going to take over as the third-pairing left-handed rearguard for Los Angeles and Englund may be headed back to the press box more often than not.