The Los Angeles Kings are expected to re-sign Laughton, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Wednesday.
Laughton, 32, was acquired by the Kings from the Toronto Maple Leafs at this past season’s trade deadline, with a 2026 second-round pick going the other way. The Leafs drafted Kitchener Rangers defenceman Alexander Bilecki with that selection (60th overall).
Over 64 games split between the Kings and Leafs last season, Laughton posted 13 goals and seven assists. Of those points, five goals and three assists came following his trade to L.A.
Toronto had previously acquired the Oakville, Ont., native from the Philadelphia Flyers at the 2025 trade deadline for a first-round pick and prospect Nikita Grebenkin.
The six-foot-one centre has 121 goals and 168 assists over 745 career games in the NHL since being taken by the Flyers 20th overall in 2012.