Kings sign Martin Chromiak to one-year, two-way deal through 2027
Martin Chromiak got one more year to force the issue in Ontario. The Kings kept the 23-year-old winger on a two-way deal after a career-best AHL season.
Martin Chromiak is getting one more year to force the issue. The Kings signed the 23-year-old forward to a one-year, two-way contract on June 11, keeping him in the organization through the 2026-27 season. For a player coming off his fourth full campaign with the Ontario Reign, this is not a throwaway depth move. It is a checkpoint.
The contract says plenty about where Chromiak stands in the Kings’ pipeline. Los Angeles is keeping a young winger under organizational control for both the NHL and AHL rosters, which gives the club flexibility while leaving the door open for Chromiak to turn a steady run in Ontario into something bigger. The message is clear: the Kings still see value here, but they want the next step to show up on the ice, not just on the depth chart.
That is what makes Chromiak’s 2025-26 season so important. The Kings said he set professional career highs in multiple areas, a sign his production took a real step forward after three previous full seasons with the Reign. They did not need to say much more than that. For a former prospect who has spent four full years in the AHL system, improvement is the currency that keeps a player in the conversation, and Chromiak earned another year to cash in on it.
Ontario has long been more than a holding pattern for the Kings. It has been the place where players are expected to grow into NHL options, and Chromiak now fits that familiar mold. He has enough pro experience to be trusted in a two-way arrangement, but not so much that his ceiling should be treated as settled. The question for next season is not whether he belongs in the organization. It is whether he is still climbing toward Los Angeles or settling in as useful AHL depth.
For the Kings, the deal is practical. For Chromiak, it is a prove-it season in the cleanest sense: keep producing in Ontario, and the NHL conversation stays alive. Fall short, and the organization has simply bought itself time with a player whose future is still being written.
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