Kings Reserve List (2011 Update)

To reiterate the terms and rules, as defined in the CBA:

"Active roster" - a team must have between 20 and 23 players on its active roster. These players must be under contract (except in the case of amateur tryouts, like Schenn had last season).

"50 contract limit" - a team must have between 27 and 50 players under contract. There are some funky rules related to this, the main ones being that players playing in Europe (e.g. Fransson) and players under the age of 20 still playing in juniors, even if under contract (e.g. Schenn), don't count against the limit.

"Reserve list" - a team may not have more than 90 players on its reserve list, which is the total of all players under contract and all unsigned draft-picks.

"w/e" = waiver exemption. "exp." = expired. A player is waiver-exempt until he reaches 7/1 of a certain year or reaches a certain number of games played. Example: "w/e 2012 (40)" means the player's exemption ends on 7/1/2012 or upon having played 40 more NHL games, whichever comes first. Players with no w/e data are unsigned.

Numbers in parentheses following college or junior team names refer to the years of eligibility remaining. However, that those numbers with a grain of salt, since juniors "overage player" rules are not figured in, because I don't fully understand them yet.

The Kings currently have 48 players under contract, two of which (Schenn and Fransson) don't count against the 50-contract limit, for reasons described above.

Unsigned players -- teams have (in the case of non-college players) until 7/1 two years after the player's draft year, or (in the case of college players) until 8/15 four years after the player's draft year, to sign drafted players.

The chart is sorted by league (NHL, AHL, juniors, college, Europe), then by free-agent status.