Red Wings send Stecher to Kings for 7th-round pick

The Detroit Red Wings have traded defenseman Troy Stecher to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for a 2022 seventh-round pick, the team announced Sunday.

Stecher has one goal and one assist in 16 games with Detroit this season. The 5-foot-10, 186-pound blue-liner has skated in 346 career NHL games between the Red Wings and Vancouver Canucks. He'll reunite with former Canucks teammate Alexander Edler in Los Angeles.

The 27-year-old is in the final season of a two-year contract carrying a $1.7-million cap hit.

Stecher will provide the Kings with some much-needed depth and experience on the right side of their blue line. All three of their righties to start the season - Drew Doughty, Sean Walker, and Matt Roy - are injured. Jordan Spence, Austin Strand, and Sean Durzi - who've played a combined 73 NHL games - are currently playing the right side for L.A.