Kings Ink Three

The Los Angeles Kings have been busy over the last couple days, signing up a few of their top end draft picks from this past summer. On Wednesday, they signed second round pick, defenseman Vyacheslav Voinov, to a 3-year deal and fifth round pick, forward Andrei Loktionov, to a 3-year deal. On Thursday, they managed to sign their other first round pick (the first being Drew Doughty), defenseman Colton Teubert, to a 3-year entry-level deal as well.

Out of those three, Teubert comes in with the most expectations, being a first round pick in a very special draft year (or so they say). He does bring good size (6'4", 185 ibs.) to the table, especially with the fact that he's still growing and putting some meat on that frame. In the WHL, he used his size a lot to punish players, which could be a big asset come time to start the season, but he'll likely be using that size in the junior ranks again this year.

Both Russians that were signed this week are both rather diminutive in size and shape, so it does seem rather unlikely that they'll be close to the Kings fold soon. Possibly, they'll find some new homes in North America, so the Kings can keep a close eye on them through the year.