from Lisa Dillman of the LA Times,

Kings management spent the better part of the summer on a fact-finding mission, exploring avenues to help promote education and enhance awareness regarding domestic violence and substance abuse issues.

These meetings and plans to bring in guest speakers for the staff and players are one thing. But potentially the most significant step was the move by Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi to hire former NHL player Brantt Myhres.

Lombardi confirmed the hiring of Myhres, who will be the team’s player assistance director. Myhres, who played for six NHL teams and was suspended four times by the league for what he called “dirty” drug tests and then hit with a lifetime ban, arrived in Los Angeles over the weekend and will be on hand for the Kings’ training camp and available to players and coaches throughout the season.

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