Kings reunite with veteran winger via waiver claim

Samuel Fagemo is once again a member of the Kings.  Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports that Los Angeles has claimed the winger off waivers from Nashville.  Back in training camp, the Predators had claimed him off waivers from the Kings.

The 23-year-old was a second-round pick of Los Angeles back in 2019 (50th overall) and is waiver-eligible for the first time this season.  Fagemo has shown a scoring touch in the minors, notching 27 goals with AHL Ontario in his first year in North America in 2021-22 and followed that up with a 23-goal effort last season.  Despite that, he didn’t see much action with the Kings, seeing just 13 games over those two campaigns.

With Los Angeles not having much in the way of cap and waiver flexibility, Fagemo was waived back in training camp where Nashville scooped him up.  However, he didn’t get much of an opportunity with them either, playing in just four games, scoring once while averaging just under ten minutes per game.  That was still enough for the Preds to decide that his roster spot would be better used elsewhere.

If the Kings were the only team to claim Fagemo, they would be allowed to send him down to the Reign.  However, if another team put in a claim, they will either have to keep him up with the big club or put him back on waivers to attempt to send him down once more.