Kings acquire Andrei Kuzmenko from Flyers for third-round pick
Andrei Kuzmenko is on the move again as the Flyers have traded the forward to the Los Angeles Kings, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Friday.
Andrei Kuzmenko is on the move again.
The Flyers have traded Kuzmenko and a 2025 seventh-round pick to the Los Angeles Kings for a 2027 third-round pick, the teams announced Friday. The Flyers will also retain 50 per cent of Kuzmenko’s contract.
Kuzmenko is in the final year of a two-year, $11 million deal and is a pending UFA.
It’s the second time Kuzmenko has been traded this season, as the Flyers acquired the Russian forward from the Calgary Flames in January.
Kuzmenko played in just seven games for the Flyers this season before he was shipped to L.A. and registered two goals and three assists. He had four goals and 11 assists in 37 games for the Flames in 2024-25.
Calgary acquired Kuzmenko midway through last season as part of the deal that sent Elias Lindholm to the Vancouver Canucks.
Kuzmenko, 29, enjoyed a hot start to his Flames career, as he finished with 14 goals and 11 assists in 29 games with Calgary in 2023-24, but he struggled to replicate that success this season.
The Kings sit third in the Pacific Division with a 31-20-9 record and are just five points behind the second-place Edmonton Oilers with two games in hand.
