Trade targets?
Since it's bound to become a topic in the next couple weeks, here's a rundown of the Kings' roster and how long each player is locked up for:
Impending free agents:
Derek Armstrong
Sean Avery (restricted)
Barry Brust (restricted)
Sean Burke
Michael Cammalleri (restricted)
Noah Clarke
Yutaka Fukufuji (restricted)
Mathieu Garon
Raitis Ivanans
Tom Kostopoulos
Jason LaBarbera (restricted)
Aaron Miller
Marty Murray
Richard Petiot (restricted)
Brent Sopel
Signed through 2007-08:
Rob Blake
Dustin Brown
Kevin Dallman
Mattias Norstrom
Scott Thornton
Oleg Tverdovsky
Lubomir Visnovsky
Brian Willsie
Signed through 2008-09:
Dan Cloutier
Alyn McCauley
Signed through 2009-10
Alexander Frolov

Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at
Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at 

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