Defenseman Jacob Moverare has agreed to a two-year contract with the LA Kings, which will pay an average annual value (AAV) of $775,000 through the 2025–2026 campaign.
Moverare, 25, has split the 2023–24 season between the Kings and the team’s main American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Ontario Reign. Moverare played in 10 games with the Kings after making his season debut on December 13, 2023, against Winnipeg, averaging 15:02 minutes of time on ice (TOI). In 34 games with the Reign, the 6-3, 210-pound defenseman has two goals and 16 assists for a total of 18 points (2-16=18) and a team-high plus-16 rating.
Moverare is in his fourth season as a professional in North America. He was first taken in the fourth round (112th overall) at the 2016 NHL Draft. Moverare has amassed 69 points (10-59=69) with a plus-17 rating in 152 career Reign regular-season games. He has also added one point (0-1=1) in three career Calder Cup Playoff games. The blueliner, who made his NHL debut on January 6, 2022, has appeared in 31 games with the Kings over the course of three seasons since being chosen. Moverare has accrued two points (0-2=2) during that time, with a +1 rating and 15:50 minutes of TOI.
Prior to the Kings organization, Moverare spent five seasons between the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), Liiga, and Ontario Hockey League (OHL). In two years with the Mississauga Steelheads (OHL), Moverare registered 53 points (5-48=53) in 95 games and served as an assistant captain his second season (2017-18). In 2016-17, Moverare contributed seven points (2-5=7) during the Steelheads’ 20-game playoff run.
Before Mississauga, he played two seasons with the HV71 organization where made his SHL debut in 2015-16. Moverare returned to the SHL on loan to Frölunda HC in 2018, tallying 26 points (11-15=26) in 93 regular season contests for Frölunda over the next two seasons (2018-20) and scored six points (3-3=6) over 16 playoff games to help capture the 2019 SHL Championship.
The native of Östersund, Sweden, has competed for his nation in a number of international competitions. In the 2016 IIHF Under-18 Men’s World Championship and the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship, he served as assistant captain and won two silver medals. Moverare has five points (1-4=5) in 14 games during international competition.
