The three biggest surprises of the LA Kings season
Surprise number three: Trevor Moore has been a revelation.
To say Trevor Moore was a pleasant surprise for the LA Kings this season is an understatement.
The 26-year-old native of Thousand Oaks, California, “came home,” so to speak, after being a part of the package sent to the Kings in a February 6th, 2020 trade that sent Kyle Clifford and Jack Campbell to the Toronto Maple Leafs. After being signed as an undrafted free agent out of the University of Denver by the Maple Leafs in 2016, Moore spent most of his time with Toronto’s AHL team prior to the trade.
Trevor Moore impressed enough in this season’s LA Kings training camp to be named to the opening-night roster, and he never looked back. Playing in the Kings’ bottom-six group of forwards, Moore provided energy for the team and found his scoring touch as well — posting a career-best 10 goals and 13 assists. Coach Todd McLellan thought so highly of his play that Moore was in the lineup for all 56 of the Kings games this season.
To cap off his excellent season, Trevor Moore was named the LA Kings nominee for the King Clancy Trophy, which is given each year to “the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice, and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution to his community.”
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Going into this offseason, Moore will be a restricted free agent with arbitration rights. It’s safe to say that his play this season will give the Kings every reason to re-sign him.