At the time, Regehr knew Kings players Jarret Stoll, Matt Greene, had met Drew Doughty once, and was familiar with Head Coach, Darryl Sutter from his days with the Calgary Flames organization. Being 33 years of age at the time, and having never won a Stanley Cup, it was his priority to play with a team that had a legitimate chance of winning a championship.
As far as Los Angeles itself, Regehr only knew of what little he had seen while coming in with other teams, either staying in Manhattan Beach or downtown.
“I thought I was going to be stuck in traffic non-stop when I was originally thinking about the move, but I was very pleasantly surprised that all the guys are either in Manhattan, Hermosa or Redondo.