Once a Kings Fan Too
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With Mikey Anderson and Sean Durzi to re-sign (giving us 7 defensemen) and 14 forwards under contract already (plus Gabe Vilardi to re-sign), any trades from this point on will have to be at least cap-neutral and roster-neutral, and this one is neither. Furthermore, making the serious roster adjustments that would be required to absorb Dillon's $3.9 million cap hit would be both burdensome and difficult, because trading away Alex Iafallo's $4 million cap hit wouldn't do it -- we'd have to divest ourselves of one of our defensemen, too. Los Angeles declines.