Overview

• Los Angeles locked up restricted free agent Alex Laferriere on a three-year, $12.3 million contract carrying a $4.1 million cap hit per season
• The deal features a $3.5 million salary in year one followed by $4.4 million in each of the next two seasons
• Laferriere posted 42 points in 77 games during the 2024-25 campaign after graduating from Harvard and refining his game in the USHL and AHL
• With Laferriere secured, GM Rob Holland has shifted focus to finalizing a long-term extension for Adrian Kempe before he reaches unrestricted free agency in June 2026
• Under the newly ratified CBA, Kempe remains the last King eligible for an eight-year contract and is poised to climb the franchise’s all-time games-played and goal rankings