Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kafin kakar 2007/08, Sarakuna sun zaɓi Wayne Simmonds na 61 gaba ɗaya, Alec Martinez na 95 gaba ɗaya da Dwight King na 109 gaba ɗaya a cikin 2007 NHL Entry Draft
, ya kuma sanya hannu kan 'yan wasa kyauta guda shida <unk> cibiyar Michal Handzus, hagu na hagu Ladislav Nagy da Kyle Calder da kuma masu kare Tom Preissing, Brad Stuart da Jon Klemm. Daga nan ne aka nada Rob Blake a matsayin kyaftin din kungiyar na 14 bayan da aka sauya kyaftin din Mattias Norstrom zuwa Dallas Stars a watan Fabrairun 2007. Koyaya, duk da buɗe kakar wasa tare da nasara a kan Anaheim Ducks a wasan farko na NHL na yau da kullun a Turai a O2 Arena (wanda AEG ke da shi) a London, Ingila, sabbin sayayyar ba su canza sa'ar Kings ba, yayin da ƙungiyar ta gama da rikodin na biyu mafi muni a gasar. A ranar 10 ga Yuni, 2008, jim kaɗan bayan ƙarshen kakar wasa, Los Angeles ta sanar da korar Kocin Marc Crawford.