Forwards

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Mike Cammalleri had a break-out year last season with 55 points (26 goals, 29 assists) in 80 games. Along with Alexander Frolov, the Kings have some scoring potential.
* Mark Parrish, who was brought in late last year from the Islanders, will also help in the scoring department.


* Luc Robitaille left a huge void in the Kings roster when he retired last season, and Pavol Demitra was traded to the Wild on draft day. It will be interesting to see what new Kings head coach Marc Crawford will do with this team after his not-so-good season with the Canucks last year.


Defense

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Rob Blake returns to the Kings’ blue line this year and, although he is one of the best defenseman in the league, you have to wonder how or if his age (36) will keep up with the speedier, younger players in today’s NHL.


* Also on the blueline is trustworthy defenseman Aaron Miller (who, by the way, is 35).


* Look for young defenseman Tim Gleason to have a good year. In the 2004/05 season with the Manchester Monarchs he had 10 goals and 14 assists. Last year with the Kings, he had 2 goals and 19 assists in 78 games.


Goaltending

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The Kings traded two draft picks to Vancouver for goaltender Dan Cloutier on July 5th, and then 12 days later resigned Mathieu Garon to a one-year deal. Cloutier only played in 13 games last season with Vancouver, but he did have a 8-3-1 record (goals against average of 3.17 and save percentage of .892). Let's not forget about their other goaltender, Jason LaBarbera. The rookie had pretty impressive numbers last year. With 29 games played, he had a GAA of 2.89 and save percentage of .900.


* With Crawford having Cloutier in Vancouver last season and if the rookie does well this year, I’d expect Garon to be shown the door sometime this season.