2016 LA Kings Offseason GDT IV

[Basilisk]

He's already traded away a bunch of 1st rounders, which everyone rips him for. He's got Brown taking up $6m on the cap, he's got Gaborik taking up $5m, he's got Toffoli and Pearson to sign.

Somebody needs to hypnotize Brown. Talk him into believing that his future lies in the KHL....

 

[theMajor]

love the Zatkoff pickup!

 

[Omni Owl]

love the Zatkoff pickup!

Best move so far.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Could be a tax/fit thing. Plus Dallas has been going for him for months now, seemed like that was where he wanted to go if he was traded midseason anyways

I thought the word was he would only accept a trade to LA or Chicago and that's why Dallas got Russell instead?

 

[KingsCourt]

Best move so far.

Best move in two years!!!

 

[nikolai19]

Great move getting Zatkoff. Good for 15-20 games and familiarity with the organization.

 

[Herby]

Gilbert is just this years Errorhoff. But what can you do, no cap space, very few quality prospects.

Hate to say it but the Kings window is probably shut. Lombardi's decisions since June 2014 have just made it impossible for this team to truly contend. Can't complain, hell of a 3 year run, wouldn't trade it for the world

 

[Moses Doughty]

I thought the word was he would only accept a trade to LA or Chicago and that's why Dallas got Russell instead?

I thought it was Dallas/Chicago but Vancouver overplayed their hand so Dallas went with Russell

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Herby]

Zatkoff.

Maybe Piskula is kicking around too.

Bring back Smithson!!

 

[yankeeking]

So on the bright side could this be like those terrible days where we were outbid for Gomez,Gianta, that other guy,kovolchuk,Richards , that led to winning two cups , please let it be that ,please ,please

 

[Hatter]

It just keeps getting worse

 

[CowMix]

DL didn't like being a goalie factory so he got back one of his goalies

 

[Herby]

I guarantee Forbort and King are trade chips this summer.

Look what Beau Bennett and Emerson Etem brought in trades. Thats what Forbort brings back. Not much demand for disappointing 1st round picks.

No idea what King brings back.

 

[BigKing]

Okay, we couldn't pay Hamhuis that measly salary? What the ****?

Dallas is more of a contender than the Kings no matter what anyone thinks about their style of play.

This is not the two-in-three year Kings: this is the one playoff win in two seasons, inner-turmoil and bad cap condition LA Kings.

Why come here at this point in time?

 

[fsanford]

So thinking, not signing Gilbert and buying out Greene, would that come close to what Dallas paid Hamhuis?

 

[Herby]

This team better dress Doughty, Muzzin and Martinez in those bubble boy suits before they take the ice.

 

[deeshamrock]

Elliotte Friedman
@FriedgeHNIC
LA has signed Michael Latta, last of WASH, to a one-year deal

Decent 3rd/4th liner...

 

[BigKing]

Fingers crossed for Matt Martin at something not terribly ridiculous.

At least give me something to watch at Staples next season if they are going to score 1.5 goals per game.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

More depth.

 

[Omni Owl]

Dallas is more of a contender than the Kings no matter what anyone thinks about their style of play.

This is not the two-in-three year Kings: this is the one playoff win in two seasons, inner-turmoil and bad cap condition LA Kings.

Why come here at this point in time?

That's what I said in the other thread, he must not have wanted to come here. I guess this franchise is officially a ****show after all the drama that has happened in the past 2 years...

 

[Little Psycho]

The Guess Who game continues!

@FriedgeHNIC 2m2 minutes ago

LA has signed Michael Latta, last of WASH, to a one-year deal

 

[KingCanadain1976]

got to be some trades coming with all the depth signings

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Good read if you want to familiarize yourselves with who Latta is. Fourth line forward. I'm anticipating a body being moved if he is signed with the intention of being in the lineup.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ty-among-the-capitals-restricted-free-agents/

Latta learned how to play wing because that gave him the best chance to see ice time. He was on the fourth line with Richards, a player he grew up idolizing. Latta won 51.5 percent of his faceoffs this season, but he never got to the point where he was contributing on the penalty kill. Richards, an unrestricted free agent, serves as a good model for the direction Latta’s development should head.

“If I’m back here, I’d love to be similar to him,” Latta said. “PK, faceoffs are my thing to. I’d love to do that.”

Latta had the most productive season of his career, scoring three goals and four assists, a career-high of seven points in 43 games, 10 fewer than he played last season. He logged the most fights (eight) on the team, according to hockeyfights.com. Latta’s cap hit was $575,000 this season.

 

[palffytofrovlov]

I think the Kings need to go back to drafting and developing... why did we win, we developed and drafted a lot of players that we kept and traded or lost, but were deep... recent years Lombardi has traded away too much of that depth...Hoping Gravel, Dowd, Mersch and Kempe add to that depth this year...