Shifting their gaze from the upcoming playoffs to the future for a moment, the Los Angeles Kings re-signed bottom-six forward Trevor Lewis to a two-year, $3.05 million deal on Tuesday.
It isn’t a huge move, but it’s a smart one.
Whether you want to call him a glue guy, utility player or defensive specialist, Lewis is the kind of hard-working grinder that every team could use to support its stars up front. The Kings retained the man himself at a very palatable cap hit.
Beyond the financial aspect of this contract, keeping Lewis on board was the right decision for a couple of reasons.
Reliability
Head coach Darryl Sutter trusts Lewis. That’s crucial, and evidenced in the 27-year-old’s usage stats. Among regular Kings forwards—Colin Fraser has only played 33 games this year—Lewis has seen the fourth-toughest zone starts and logged the third-highest short-handed time on ice in 2013-14.
Last season, he faced the second-toughest zone starts and second-heaviest workload on the penalty kill.
In situations where ...
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Why the Los Angeles Kings Were Wise to Re-Sign Trevor Lewis
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