#LAKings Wednesday: Kings Projected Lineup vs. VGK (MayorsManor)

Following the Kings loss in Vegas on Monday night, coach Todd McLellan was asked about his lineup changes.
“We’ll look at it again and see if we have to insert somebody different in there,” said LA’s bench boss.
Unfortunately, Tuesday’s practice did little to reveal what those changes — if any at all — may look like. Ditto for Wednesday, as the Kings held an optional morning skate.
Even so, we’ve provided some thoughts on twitter over the past 24 hours:
And to create further conversation, we also discussed the idea of moving Gabe Vilardi to Kopitar’s wing on all new Kings Of The Podcast here (where we were also joined by Kings defenseman Matt Roy).
As for what McLellan may be thinking, here’s the latest projection…
LA Kings projected lineup vs. Vegas Golden Knights

Iafallo – Kopitar – Brown
Moore – Vilardi – Carter
Athanasiou – JAD – Kempe
Grundstrom – Lizotte – Wagner *
* If Andersson draws in, we’d expect Wagner to be out
Anderson – Doughty
Bjornfot – Roy
Walker – Strand
Petersen (starter)
Quick
Other players available:
Matt Luff
Kurtis MacDermid
Not available:
Martin Frk (IR)
Olli Maatta (out week-to-week)
Brendan Lemieux (story here)
The taxi squad is currently comprised of Toby Bjornfot, Austin Strand, Daniel Brickley, Lias Andersson, Drake Rymsha, and Troy Grosenick
NOTE: Following the Kings media availability this morning, we’ll add a few relevant quotes to this article.
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