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BREAKING: Kings Acquire Andrej Sekera From Carolina Hurricanes

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According Ellotte Friedman of Sportnet.ca the Los Angeles Kings have accquired Andrej Sekera from the Carolina Hurricanes.

Jon Rosen of lakingsinsider.com confirmed the trade with some brief details.

Rumors had surfaced earlier this morning that the Kings and Blackhawks were most interested in the defenseman. Sekera is set to become a free agent at the end of the season.

It will be interesting to see how the Kings try to handle his contract situation. He is set to make a very manageable 2.75 million on the cap this year.

Friedman reported that the Kings will surrender a first round pick in the deal.

Ronald McKeown is the prospect the the Kings will give up in the trade Friedman reported.  He also reported the draft pick protections.

While the Kings are in the midst of a eight game winning streak this move will only improve the team. The Kings are ready and geared up for this heated playoff push down the stretch.

Welcome to the Kingdom Andrej Sekera! His career stats are provided below.

Scoring Stats Goals Assists Ice Time
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS +/- PIM EV PP SH GW EV PP SH S S% TOI ATOI Awards
2006-07 20 BUF NHL 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7:31
2007-08 21 BUF NHL 37 2 6 8 5 16 2 0 0 1 3 3 0 28 7.1 726 19:37
2008-09 22 BUF NHL 69 3 16 19 -11 22 2 1 0 1 12 4 0 84 3.6 1428 20:42
2009-10 23 BUF NHL 49 4 7 11 -1 6 4 0 0 0 6 1 0 59 6.8 855 17:27
2010-11 24 BUF NHL 76 3 26 29 11 34 3 0 0 0 20 6 0 88 3.4 1603 21:06
2011-12 25 BUF NHL 69 3 10 13 3 18 2 1 0 0 10 0 0 88 3.4 1353 19:36
2012-13 26 BUF NHL 37 2 10 12 -2 4 2 0 0 0 9 0 1 33 6.1 785 21:12
2013-14 27 CAR NHL 74 11 33 44 4 20 6 4 1 1 22 11 0 142 7.7 1752 23:41
2014-15 28 CAR NHL 57 2 17 19 -7 8 1 1 0 0 12 4 1 77 2.6 1298 22:46
Career NHL 470 30 125 155 3 130 22 7 1 3 94 29 2 599 5.0 9815 20:52
Provided by Hockey-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 2/25/2015.

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