Kings Sign Matt Greene to Five-Year Extension

[Thrillhouse]

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Kings have signed defenseman Matt Greene to a five-year contact extension that will carry into the 2013-14 season, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced Friday..

Friday’s signing of Greene to a five-year contract extension comes six days after the Kings signed center Anze Kopitar to a seven-year contract, the second longest in club history. Kings forward Dustin Brown last year signed a six-year contract, and forwards Jarret Stoll, four years, and Patrick O’Sullivan, three years, also recently signed long-term contracts to remain with the Kings.

Greene, 25, is in his first season with the Kings after playing the last three seasons with the Edmonton Oilers. He was acquired by the Kings on June 29 with center Jarret Stoll for Lubomir Visnovsky, and on October 8 he was named one of the club’s assistant captains (along with Kopitar as Brown was named captain). In three games with the Kings this season, Greene has zero points and seven penalty minutes.

Greene in 2007-08 recorded one point (an assist) and 53 penalty minutes in 46 games with Edmonton. In 2006-07 he played in 78 games and recorded 10 points (1-9=10) and 109 penalty minutes. In 154 career games with the Kings and the Oilers, the 6-3, 233-pound native of Grand Ledge, Michigan, has 13 points (1-12=13) and 212 penalty minutes. He has also played in 18 playoff games, including the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006, recording one point (an assist) and 34 penalty minutes.

[lakingsfan19]

Good to see LA locking up young good players.

[NickDoh]

im liking the moves LA's been making as of late!

[LAKINGSNUT]

yes sir! good job DL!

[chilly666]

hey and maybe after the season they wont have to worry about makin it to the cap floor too

[Isles4life]

Good move. Greene's turning into a good young blueliner.

[Thrillhouse]

I've always been defending Greene. He took a lot of crap from Oilers fans that really wasn't deserved. But $3 mil a year for 5 years? That's #3-4 dman money, never did I think Greene was capable of reaching that. I haven't seen him play this year so maybe he's been great, but man, lot of money.

[chilly666]

thrill on the center ice free preview i saw a couple games and he didnt look lost at all, but he's on the kings so his numbers might still look bad at the end of the year

[lakingsfan19]

Originally Posted by chilly666

thrill on the center ice free preview i saw a couple games and he didnt look lost at all, but he's on the kings so his numbers might still look bad at the end of the year

I don't know about that. The kings are playing a lot better hockey so far than last year. They could easily be 3-1 instead of 2-2. They lost 1-0 to the sharks and had two goals disallowed.