Kolomatis info
David Kolomatis, the Kings' fifth-round pick, has some ties to the Kings already. The 20-year-old defenseman was signed to his junior team, Owen Sound of the OHL, by current Kings co-director of scouting Michael Futa, who was Owen Sound's general manager. In fact, Futa signed Kolomatis on the same day (in 2006) that he signed Trevor Lewis.
Kolomatis spent three seasons in Owen Sound. OHL coaches voted Kolomatis as the third-best ``offensive defenseman'' in the league this season, when he had 18 goals, which doubled his total from 2007-08.
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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 rich.hammond@dailynews.com.
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 jill.painter@dailynews.com.
Boyle traded to New York??? Any info on this Rich??