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A strong skater for a big man (6-foot-4, 220 pounds) Ponikarovsky plays a solid two-way game, and has scored at least 20 goals in four of his past five seasons -- he was limited to just 66 games the fifth year, and still scored 18 -- including 21 last season, which was split between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins.
He was acquired by the Penguins at the NHL trade deadline -- in exchange for prospect Luca Caputi -- in an effort to add some secondary scoring, but his brief tenure with the team turned out to be a massive disappointment.
In 27 games, he managed to score just three goals -- despite spending most of his time on a line with Evgeni Malkin -- and was a healthy scratch at one point in the playoffs. He's been plagued by inconsistency throughout his nine-year career, and has struggled mightily in his postseason experiences, scoring two goals in 34 career playoff games.
The Kings had been in the Ilya Kovalchuk free agent derby earlier this month, before he signed his since rejected contract with the New Jersey Devils.
Ponikarovsky joings a Kings team that already boasts a talented group of forwards, including Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown, Ryan Smyth and Wayne Simmonds.
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