2004–05 Los Angeles Kings season

The 2004–05 Los Angeles Kings season would have been the King's 38th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). However, the 2004–05 NHL lockout cancelled all of the scheduled games for the season.

2004–05 Los Angeles Kings
DivisionPacific
ConferenceWestern
2004–05 recordDid not play
Team information
General managerDave Taylor
CoachAndy Murray
CaptainMattias Norstrom
ArenaStaples Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Manchester Monarchs
Reading Royals

Schedule

The Kings regular season schedules was announced on July 14, 2004.

2004–05 schedule[1]
Preseason
GameDateOpponent
1September 23Phoenix Coyotes
2September 25Anaheim Mighty Ducks
3October 1@ Phoenix Coyotes
4October 2@ Colorado Avalanche
5October 6San Jose Sharks
6October 8@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
7October 9Colorado Avalanche
Regular season
GameDateOpponent
1October 13@ Colorado Avalanche
2October 15Calgary Flames
3October 17Anaheim Mighty Ducks
4October 20@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
5October 23Phoenix Coyotes
6October 26@ Toronto Maple Leafs
7October 28@ Ottawa Senators
8October 30@ New York Islanders
9November 1@ New York Rangers
10November 4Atlanta Thrashers
11November 6Pittsburgh Penguins
12November 9@ Detroit Red Wings
13November 10@ Chicago Blackhawks
14November 12@ Columbus Blue Jackets
15November 14@ Florida Panthers
16November 16@ Nashville Predators
17November 18Florida Panthers
18November 20Detroit Red Wings
19November 26@ Phoenix Coyotes
20November 27Chicago Blackhawks
21November 30Dallas Stars
22December 2Washington Capitals
23December 4@ St. Louis Blues
24December 5@ Chicago Blackhawks
25December 7@ Minnesota Wild
26December 9Carolina Hurricanes
27December 11Edmonton Oilers
28December 14Anaheim Mighty Ducks
29December 16Nashville Predators
30December 18Colorado Avalanche
31December 19@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
32December 21@ Vancouver Canucks
33December 23@ Edmonton Oilers
34December 26@ San Jose Sharks
35December 27San Jose Sharks
36December 29@ Dallas Stars
37January 1@ Nashville Predators
38January 2@ St. Louis Blues
39January 6Tampa Bay Lightning
40January 8Philadelphia Flyers
41January 9@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
42January 11Anaheim Mighty Ducks
43January 13@ San Jose Sharks
44January 15Vancouver Canucks
45January 18Edmonton Oilers
46January 20@ Phoenix Coyotes
47January 22Columbus Blue Jackets
48January 27San Jose Sharks
49January 29Nashville Predators
50January 31@ Dallas Stars
51February 2@ New Jersey Devils
52February 3@ Boston Bruins
53February 5@ Montreal Canadiens
54February 8@ Philadelphia Flyers
55February 9@ Detroit Red Wings
56February 16Calgary Flames
57February 18Minnesota Wild
58February 19Colorado Avalanche
59February 21Phoenix Coyotes
60February 23Dallas Stars
61February 25@ Phoenix Coyotes
62February 26St. Louis Blues
63March 1Buffalo Sabres
64March 3Minnesota Wild
65March 5Vancouver Canucks
66March 8@ Minnesota Wild
67March 9@ Columbus Blue Jackets
68March 11@ Dallas Stars
69March 13Phoenix Coyotes
70March 15Chicago Blackhawks
71March 17New York Islanders
72March 19St. Louis Blues
73March 22Detroit Red Wings
74March 24@ Calgary Flames
75March 26@ Vancouver Canucks
76March 28Dallas Stars
77March 30San Jose Sharks
78March 31@ San Jose Sharks
79April 2@ Colorado Avalanche
80April 4@ Calgary Flames
81April 5@ Edmonton Oilers
82April 9Columbus Blue Jackets

Transactions

The Kings were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially cancelled.[2]

Trades
Date Details Ref
June 26, 2004 To Los Angeles Kings
Radek Bonk		 To Ottawa Senators
3rd-round pick in 2004		 [3]
June 26, 2004 To Los Angeles Kings
Mathieu Garon
3rd-round pick in 2004		 To Montreal Canadiens
Radek Bonk
Cristobal Huet		 [3]
June 27, 2004 To Los Angeles Kings
8th-round pick in 2005[lower-alpha 1]		 To Columbus Blue Jackets
9th-round pick in 2004		 [4]
June 27, 2004 To Los Angeles Kings
Stephane Quintal		 To Montreal Canadiens
Future considerations		 [5]

Players acquired
DatePlayerFormer teamTermViaRef
June 9, 2004 (2004-06-09)Barry BrustCalgary Hitmen (WHL)3-year*Free agency[6]
July 6, 2004 (2004-07-06)Craig ConroyCalgary Flames4-yearFree agency[7]
July 8, 2004 (2004-07-08)Adam HauserManchester Monarchs (AHL)1-year*Free agency[8]
July 16, 2004 (2004-07-16)Brad SmythKarpat (Liiga)2-yearFree agency[9]
Mike WeaverAtlanta Thrashers1-yearFree agency[9]
August 2, 2004 (2004-08-02)Matt RyanGuelph Storm (OHL)3-year*Free agency[10]

Players lost
DatePlayerNew teamVia[lower-alpha 2]Ref
July 1, 2004 (2004-07-01)Jason Allison[lower-alpha 3]Contract expiration (UFA)[11]
Anson Carter[lower-alpha 4]Contract expiration (UFA)[11]
Brad Chartrand[lower-alpha 5]Contract expiration (UFA)[11]
Adam Deadmarsh[lower-alpha 6]Contract expiration (UFA)[11]
Jaroslav ModryAtlanta ThrashersFree agency (III)[16]
July 2, 2004 (2004-07-02)Ian LaperriereColorado AvalancheFree agency (V)[17]
July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22)Jerred SmithsonNashville PredatorsFree agency (VI)[18]
July 26, 2004 (2004-07-26)Bryan MuirModo Hockey (SHL)Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 7][20]
August 13, 2004 (2004-08-13)Richard SeeleyNew York IslandersFree agency (VI)[21]
August 28, 2004 (2004-08-28)Zigmund PalffyHC Slavia Praha (ELH)Free agency (III)[22]
Jozef StumpelHC Slavia Praha (ELH)Free agency (III)[22]
August 31, 2004 (2004-08-31)Tomas ZizkaSpartak Moscow (RSL)Free agency (II)[lower-alpha 8][24]
September 28, 2004 (2004-09-28)Mathieu ChouinardSan Diego Gulls (ECHL)Free agency (UFA)[25]

Signings
DatePlayerTermContract typeRef
June 11, 2004 (2004-06-11)Jason Holland1-yearRe-signing[26]
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)Stephane Quintal1-yearRe-signing[27]
Luc Robitaille1-yearRe-signing[27]
July 9, 2004 (2004-07-09)Lubomir Visnovsky4-yearRe-signing[28]
July 13, 2004 (2004-07-13)Joe Corvo1-yearRe-signing[29]
July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15)Jeff Cowanmulti-yearRe-signing[30]
July 31, 2004 (2004-07-31)Sean Avery2-yearRe-signing[31]
August 2, 2004 (2004-08-02)Noah Clarke1-yearRe-signing[10]
August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05)Scott Barney1-yearRe-signing[32]
Joe Rullier1-yearRe-signing[32]
August 9, 2004 (2004-08-09)Eric Belanger1-yearRe-signing[33]
Ryan Flinn1-yearRe-signing[33]
September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14)Konstantin Pushkarev3-yearEntry-level[34]

Draft picks

Los Angeles' draft picks at the 2004 NHL Entry Draft.[35]

Rd. # Player Nationality College/Junior/Club team
1 11 Lauri Tukonen (Right wing)  Finland Blues (SM-liiga)
3 95 Paul Baier (Defense)  United States Deerfield Academy (US High School)
4 110 Ned Lukacevic (Left wing)  Canada Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
5 143 Eric Neilson (Right wing)  Canada Rimouski Océanic (QMJHL)
6 174 Scott Parse (Left wing)  United States University of Nebraska Omaha (CCHA)
7 205 Mike Curry (Right wing)  United States Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL)
7 221 Daniel Taylor (Goaltender)  United Kingdom Guelph Storm (OHL)
8 238 Yutaka Fukufuji (Goaltender)  Japan Seibu Prince Rabbits (ALIH)
9 264 Valtteri Tenkanen (Center)  Finland JYP (Finland)

Notes
  1. This pick was later upgraded to a 7th-round pick when the draft was reduced to seven rounds.[2]
  2. In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[11]
  3. Allison was inactive during the 2004–05 season.[12]
  4. Carter was inactive during the 2004–05 season.[13]
  5. Chartrand retired.[14]
  6. Deadmarsh last played during the 2002–03 season and announced his retirement on September 22, 2005.[15]
  7. The Kings retained Muir’s NHL rights until trading them to the Washington Capitals on August 12, 2005.[19]
  8. The Kings retained Zizka’s NHL rights through the 2007–08 season.[23]

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