Kings get Dustin Penner from Oilers

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    The Los Angeles Kings, desperate for a top-six forward, landed big-bodied winger Dustin Penner from the Edmonton Oilers on Monday.

    The Oilers get the Kings' first-round draft pick in 2011, prospect Colten Teubert and a conditional second- or third-round draft pick in 2012.

    "We're set up now where we can focus entirely on getting better," Kings general manager Dean Lombardi said before Los Angeles hosted the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.

    Being buyers instead of sellers at the deadline is an unusual role for Lombardi and the Kings, who just ended an eight-year playoff drought last spring. Lombardi started his tenure in Los Angeles by dumping assets late in most seasons, but his Kings are in the playoff picture again this year, sitting in fifth place in the Western Conference standings with 11 wins in 15 games before meeting Detroit.

    Penner, a four-time 20-goal scorer, leaves the league-worst Oilers in a deal for defenseman Teubert, the Kings' first-round pick in 2008, along with the draft picks.

    Penner is expected to arrive in Los Angeles on Tuesday, and he could suit up for Thursday's home game against Phoenix.

    Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nhl/news/story?id=6167755
     

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