{"id":411182,"date":"2026-01-16T17:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/411182\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:59:13","slug":"la-kings-reportedly-exploring-a-trade-for-another-former-oiler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/411182\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Kings Reportedly Exploring a Trade for Another Former Oiler"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings are bitter rivals who have met in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs each of the last four seasons. While there have been heated battles along the way, Edmonton has come out on top all four times. As a result, in recent years, the Kings have been taking an \u201cif you can\u2019t beat them, take their players\u201d approach. <\/p>\n

Warren Foegele, Cody Ceci, Corey Perry, and even GM Ken Holland have switched sides in this rivalry\u2014and it sounds like they\u2019re not stopping there.<\/p>\n

According to Mayor\u2019s Manor, an in-depth hockey news site that closely follows the Kings, Holland is reportedly exploring the possibility of bringing another former Oiler to Southern California, this time Canucks winger Evander Kane.<\/p>\n

Mayor\u2019s Manor wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it\u2019s still a rumor \u2014 something we don\u2019t normally spend too much time on, but this was just too intriguing to not stop and give it pause for a few minutes \u2014 two separate sources over the past week have said they believe Holland is kicking the tires on a potential Kane trade,\u201d<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old Kane has only recorded 21 points (seven goals, 14 assists) in 46 games played in Vancouver this season. He\u2019s a pending UFA in the fourth and final season of the four-year, $20.5 million extension he signed with the Oilers back in 2022.<\/p>\n

Evander Kane Likely to Be Moved Before the Deadline<\/p>\n

It hasn\u2019t been a great 2025-26 season\u2014to say the least\u2014for Kane, but that shouldn\u2019t prevent him from being flipped as a rental in the coming weeks as the Canucks continue their rebuild. <\/p>\n

\"\"Ken Holland Evander Kane Oilers<\/p>\n

Reports from Thomas Drance<\/a> suggest a mid-round pick is about what they can expect in return, with the market for Kane remaining lukewarm at this point in time. We also know that Vancouver recently attempted to send the veteran winger back to Edmonton<\/a> with no success, as GM Stan Bowman seemingly has no interest in a reunion.<\/p>\n

All things considered, given the limited market, the Kings could very well be in the driver\u2019s seat to land Kane\u2014especially considering his history with Holland. Wouldn\u2019t it be something if they acquire Kane and then sneak into third place in the Pacific Division to face the two-seed Oilers for a fifth consecutive year?<\/p>\n

Next: Stuart Skinner Appears to Take Subtle Jabs at Oilers and Fans<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings are bitter rivals who have met in the first round of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5126],"tags":[690,5,612,186,1760,240,5303,793,145,5304,5302,4,2175],"class_list":{"0":"post-411182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-kings","8":"tag-evander-kane","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-ken-holland","11":"tag-kings","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-la-kings","14":"tag-lakings","15":"tag-los-angeles","16":"tag-los-angeles-kings","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-losangeleskings","19":"tag-nhl","20":"tag-top-story"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115906083196441656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}