Kings sign Kempe to 3-year, $6M deal

The Los Angeles Kings have signed forward Adrian Kempe to a three-year contract with an average annual value of $2 million, the team announced Wednesday.

Kempe's entry-level contract expired at the end of the 2018-19 season, and he was a restricted free agent before signing his new deal. The 22-year-old was a first-round pick by Los Angeles in 2014.

After posting a promising 37 points in 81 games two campaigns ago, Kempe scored just 12 goals to go along with 16 assists last year while averaging 14:30 of ice time in the same number of contests.

Kempe's new contract leaves the Kings with a projected $6.7 million in available cap space with no other players to deal with, according to Cap Friendly.