This past week on Friday (Sep. 19), the question for the Los Angeles Kings was answered whether this upcoming season in the 2025-26 campaign would be a very unique year for the franchise. Anze Kopitar announced last Friday at the team practice facility with the media that the 2025-26 season will officially be his last in his NHL career with the Kings in LA.
Possible early candidates to be the Los Angeles Kings next captain for the 2026-27 season after Anze Kopitar retires next year
Since he was picked in the first round by the Kings in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Kopitar has been a mainstay in the LA forward lineup.