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2016 LA Kings Offseason GDT IV

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If the Kings cannot sign Okposo, Eriksson or Ladd, I would rather
go with Kempe to skate LW with Kopitar. He has the speed, skills and
offensive ability to do well...whereas Mersch cannot skate or is good at making plays.

Kempe rises to the occasion when it counts. 8 goals last yrs AHL playoffs at age 18 and no AHL experience, except the last 3 reg season games. He then was one of the top 1-2 players on the Swedish WJC team (when he had to rise to the occasion) ...then hit a funk for a bit (I think he was playing thru injury and may have sustained a mild concussion at WJC when crushed from behind...also heard of a hand inhury) and when the playoffs came, he had 5 pts in 4 games...again, when it was all on the line. It's not a reach to believe he would rise to the occasion and play very well with Kopitar. He's still 19. Turns 20 in Sept.

Give him a real shot. If he was in Anaheim, they would and he would probably thrive. I was always somewhat jealous that Anaheim would have these players like Palmeiri, Belesky, Bonino who would be somewhat obscure and play well....score 15 or so goals and the types the Kings never find or unearth...or give a chance to, under their system and Sutter.

Case in point...(of several cases) Nick Shore scores 20 goals in 38 games in Manchester and is brought up and scores 4 goals in his first 102 NHL games. In Anaheim, he would probably scored 15 by now.
I saw Nick in a pre-season game in Denver 3 years ago (and several times at the U of Denver) and he and Williams were the 2 best King forwards that night. Nick had a point or 2 and was making plays....then Sutter probably told him that he should have held the puck and cycled, instead of risking making a bad play and the Avs taking the puck and he would be left in the Offensive zone....and now Nick Shore 2016 is neutered....and anemic offensively.
I was hoping for a coaching change...Ii bet some players would have emerged from being held back.
 
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The Tikkanen said:
Kempe jumping Brown, Pearson and King for #1LW duties is the funniest thing I've read this summer.
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If Kempe playing with Kopitar is funny, than Mike Stothers is funny.
I would go with his judgment. What's funny about it? Kempe has NHL skill and speed. He outplayed Nylander at the WJC and Nylander came back and played 25+ games with the Leafs. Here's what Stothers had to say.

http://lakingsinsider.com/2016/06/08/exit-entries-adrian-kempe-and-justin-auger/
 
http://www.latimes.com/sports/ducks/la-sp-nhl-free-agency-20160630-snap-story.html
“We’ll look at a couple of mid-range things,” Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi said Thursday. “It all depends on the prices.

“You might be seeing that correction in the market, so to speak. It’s inevitable when you have the cap not going up. We have the issue, like Chicago, of the top guys making a lot.”

The Kings are looking beyond this summer of free agency, he said.

“We have to be careful when you’re looking at this, not only this year,” Lombardi said. “If [Lucic] is not coming back, then you’ve got space. But you have a couple of top young players [Kings Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson] coming up next year. That’s a moving target. Your ability to use that space is limited because you have to keep your eye on next year. The Canadian dollar isn’t exactly encouraging. Which means you might get a small [salary cap] bump again.”

The Kings positioned themselves to potentially clear cap space by putting veteran defenseman Matt Greene on buyout waivers, which could save them $1.67 million in each of the next two seasons. Injuries limited Greene to three games last season.

“It’s an option,” Lombardi said of a buyout, “but it doesn’t mean we’re going to go that route. You’ve got a limited period so you see what is potentially out there. It gives you a little more flexibility if you want to go that route.”
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Peter James Bond II said:
If Kempe playing with Kopitar is funny, than Mike Stothers is funny.
I would go with his judgment. What's funny about it? Kempe has NHL skill and speed. He outplayed Nylander at the WJC and Nylander came back and played 25+ games with the Leafs. Here's what Stothers had to say.

http://lakingsinsider.com/2016/06/08/exit-entries-adrian-kempe-and-justin-auger/
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Here's the thing, the Leafs suck and had no intentions of winning last year, so they can afford to let guys learn on the job. They'll probably do the same with Marner and numerous others this year.
 
Peter James Bond II said:
If the Kings cannot sign Okposo, Eriksson or Ladd, I would rather
go with Kempe to skate LW with Kopitar. He has the speed, skills and
offensive ability to do well...whereas Mersch cannot skate or is good at making plays.

Kempe rises to the occasion when it counts. 8 goals last yrs AHL playoffs at age 18 and no AHL experience, except the last 3 reg season games. He then was one of the top 1-2 players on the Swedish WJC team (when he had to rise to the occasion) ...then hit a funk for a bit (I think he was playing thru injury and may have sustained a mild concussion at WJC when crushed from behind...also heard of a hand inhury) and when the playoffs came, he had 5 pts in 4 games...again, when it was all on the line. It's not a reach to believe he would rise to the occasion and play very well with Kopitar. He's still 19. Turns 20 in Sept.

Give him a real shot. If he was in Anaheim, they would and he would probably thrive. I was always somewhat jealous that Anaheim would have these players like Palmeiri, Belesky, Bonino who would be somewhat obscure and play well....score 15 or so goals and the types the Kings never find or unearth...or give a chance to, under their system and Sutter.

Case in point...(of several cases) Nick Shore scores 20 goals in 38 games in Manchester and is brought up and scores 4 goals in his first 102 NHL games. In Anaheim, he would probably scored 15 by now.
I saw Nick in a pre-season game in Denver 3 years ago (and several times at the U of Denver) and he and Williams were the 2 best King forwards that night. Nick had a point or 2 and was making plays....then Sutter probably told him that he should have held the puck and cycled, instead of risking making a bad play and the Avs taking the puck and he would be left in the Offensive zone....and now Nick Shore 2016 is neutered....and anemic offensively.
I was hoping for a coaching change...Ii bet some players would have emerged from being held back.
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Kempe struggles to be consistent against AHL Defenders, What do you think is going to happen against NHL Top Defenders.
 
From Incarcerated Bob IBN
Rumors: Interested in Sattenkirk (contract demands) seem to be little high for Kings Rumors: Streit is available from Flyers , we did confirm talks are ongoing Rumors: Roman Polak is one of Kings early targets in free agency Rumors: Kings also involved with Matt Martin -
 
kingsfan28 said:
Like Blob McKenzie? :laugh:
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Or this guy.
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I don't wanna know what we'd have to give up for Shattenkirk, it wouldn't be pretty. That Polak rumor won't go away, I hope its not true...
 
KingsCourt said:
He's not going to leave $12M on the table. (reported $42M for 7)
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Please let it be the Oilers that ink him if it's 7 at 42. It would only be a few years till that's one of the worst contracts around. I would not want Lucic for 6 years 3/4 is the most I would want to see and he wants term.
 
KingCanadain1976 said:
From Incarcerated Bob IBN
Rumors: Interested in Sattenkirk (contract demands) seem to be little high for Kings Rumors: Streit is available from Flyers , we did confirm talks are ongoing Rumors: Roman Polak is one of Kings early targets in free agency Rumors: Kings also involved with Matt Martin -
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God no to Shatty. How many years in a row can we give up young assets and high draft picks for guys that won't be here long term. Deals like this will drive us into rebuild mode way sooner than we should have been there.
 
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