The Los Angeles Kings added veteran depth to the defense corps today, claiming blueliner Randy Jones off re-entry waivers from the Philadelphia Flyers. 

Jones' .75 million salary will be split between the Kings and Flyers. It's been suggested the Flyers did this move deliberately in order to get his salary off their books but according to Flyers GM Paul Holmgren that wasn't the case, saying no one had asked him to put Jones on re-entry waivers.

Holmgren had hoped to add Jones to his roster now that forward Simon Gagne has gone on long-term injury reserve, thus freeing up the necessary cap space for Jones' salary. 

Until today Jones' entire NHL career had been spent with the Flyers. His best season was 2007-08, with 5 goals and 31 points in 71 games. He should prove a valuable veteran addition to the Kings defense corps. 

The Anaheim Ducks yesterday added veteran depth to their forward lines on Wednesday, signing former LA Kings winger Kyle Calder to a two-way contract. 

Calder was immediately sent to the Ducks ECHL affiliate in Bakersfield but already there's speculation he might be brought up in a couple of weeks which could result in a current Ducks forward losing his spot.

It remains to be seen how much help Calder can be to a struggling Ducks team. A former two-time 20-goal, 50-point performer with the Chicago Blackhawks earlier in the decade Calder's offensive game has been in decline since the 2005-06 season.

In 2008-09 Calder had only 8 goals and 27 points with the LA Kings and became an unrestricted free agent this past summer.