Kings sign Edmundson, Foegele to multi-year pacts

The Los Angeles Kings signed forward Warren Foegele to a three-year contract that carries a $3.5-million cap hit and defenseman Joel Edmundson to a four-year pact with a $3.85-million average annual value.

Foegele spent the last three campaigns with the Edmonton Oilers and scored a career-high 20 goals in 2022-23. The Oilers picked him up in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes in July 2021 and signed him for $2.75 million per year.

Edmundson featured with the Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs last season. He tallied six points in 53 games and played in all seven of Toronto's playoff contests.

The Kings ranked 16th out of 32 teams in goals last season but at times struggled to generate goals with the bottom half of their forward group. The Kings also jettisoned Pierre-Luc Dubois in a trade to begin the offseason, taking 16 goals out of their lineup.

Foegele, who bounced around the Oilers' lines, gives Los Angeles another scoring option on the wing. He's scored at least 10 goals every season since his first full campaign with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2018-19.

Despite making the playoffs in each of the past three campaigns, the Kings haven't advanced beyond the first round since winning the Stanley Cup in 2014.

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