Kopitar signs seven-year extension in L.A.
The Los Angeles Kings announced today that they signed Anze Kopitar through the 2015-2016 season. No info on the money yet, but you’d assume it’s affordable.
Great job locking up one of the best young players in the league.
“This is really exciting and a little overwhelming to be honest,” Kopitar said Saturday morning in San Jose. “I am happy to be a part of this organization for the next eight years. I can focus now on hockey only and on doing what I want to do, which is to bring the Stanley Cup to L.A. I am also excited to remain with a great group of players who have gotten the same commitment from our organization. We are looking forward to growing together and to building something special here.”
With this signing, the Kings have most of their forward corps locked up for at least this and the next two seasons, with the notable exception being Alex Frolov, whose old deal runs out after next year. You really can’t go wrong locking up guys like Kopitar, Dustin Brown and Patrick O’Sullivan.
The only King to ever get a deal longer than Kopitar’s, by the way? Wayne Gretzky.
UPDATE: He’s gonna get $6.8 million a year.
