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2017 Offseason Thread 5.0 Summer Doldrums

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The fact that his fiancé lives and works in Toronto is definitely concerning. Do we move him now or wait and lose him for free . If Doughty leaves either way I believe our window is done .
 
Kingsfan1 said:
The fact that his fiancé lives and works in Toronto is definitely concerning. Do we move him now or wait and lose him for free . If Doughty leaves either way I believe our window is done .
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Neither. I'm guessing somewhere in the middle of that if he's going to go.
 
Kingsfan1 said:
The fact that his fiancé lives and works in Toronto is definitely concerning. Do we move him now or wait and lose him for free . If Doughty leaves either way I believe our window is done .
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So Drew is going to move for her job? What a guy :laugh:

I would wager that she will be quitting her job, and house shopping for a winter home in Hermosa or Manhattan Beach.
 
Matt13 said:
damn.....

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That dress is tight enough to tell if she's using an IUD.
 
KingsFan7824 said:
And here I thought sentimentality left with Lombardi.
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Nah, I still commend Dean on what he was able to accomplish and will be forever grateful, but the past is the past.

It's not a big deal, but it's funny to see how this organization can't see the irony in handing Williams' number over to Cammalleri. It's the perfect example of what I expect to happen to the franchise under Robitaille's leadership.
 
KINGS17 said:
Nah, I still commend Dean on what he was able to accomplish and will be forever grateful, but the past is the past.

It's not a big deal, but it's funny to see how this organization can't see the irony in handing Williams' number over to Cammalleri. It's the perfect example of what I expect to happen to the franchise under Robitaille's leadership.
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The past is the past, except when they give out a number? And what's the irony? That they think someone with the #14 skating around is going to fool people? Sort of like when they replaced Luc with Randy Robitaille?

You'd think both Robitaille and Blake would say no to giving out #14 since they both not only played with Norstrom, but were in management when Williams won the Conn Smythe. They're all in on this con job though. Sully the number just to sell a few more tickets to a few extra easily fooled idiots.
 
KingsFan7824 said:
The past is the past, except when they give out a number? And what's the irony? That they think someone with the #14 skating around is going to fool people? Sort of like when they replaced Luc with Randy Robitaille?

You'd think both Robitaille and Blake would say no to giving out #14 since they both not only played with Norstrom, but were in management when Williams won the Conn Smythe. They're all in on this con job though. Sully the number just to sell a few more tickets to a few extra easily fooled idiots.
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Pretty sure you missed the point. I could be wrong, but I think he's talking about giving the number of some ultimate character guys (Norstrom & Williams) to someone with a questionable me first attitude in Cammalleri.
 
Bandit said:
Pretty sure you missed the point. I could be wrong, but I think he's talking about giving the number of some ultimate character guys (Norstrom & Williams) to someone with a questionable me first attitude in Cammalleri.
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You are correct.
 
Marion Gaborik working hard and 'might' make it to the end of camp.

http://www.tsn.ca/blake-expect-gaborik-to-miss-start-of-camp-1.835183

“He’s progressing pretty well from the summer,†Blake said last week, per LA Kings Insider Jon Rosen. “He still has some difficulty with some of the lifts and the strength. We’re probably not sure if we’ll see him in training camp right away, but again, he’s a guy that trains at a very high level and he’s made a commitment to stay in L.A. after he got married, get the rehab back on course."
 
deeshamrock said:
Marion Gaborik working hard and 'might' make it to the end of camp.

http://www.tsn.ca/blake-expect-gaborik-to-miss-start-of-camp-1.835183

“He’s progressing pretty well from the summer,†Blake said last week, per LA Kings Insider Jon Rosen. “He still has some difficulty with some of the lifts and the strength. We’re probably not sure if we’ll see him in training camp right away, but again, he’s a guy that trains at a very high level and he’s made a commitment to stay in L.A. after he got married, get the rehab back on course."
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It boggles my mind that Chicago can get out of Hossa's contract because he's allergic to his equipment and the Kings can't do anything about perennially injured Gaborik.
 
deeshamrock said:
Marion Gaborik working hard and 'might' make it to the end of camp.

http://www.tsn.ca/blake-expect-gaborik-to-miss-start-of-camp-1.835183

“He’s progressing pretty well from the summer,†Blake said last week, per LA Kings Insider Jon Rosen. “He still has some difficulty with some of the lifts and the strength. We’re probably not sure if we’ll see him in training camp right away, but again, he’s a guy that trains at a very high level and he’s made a commitment to stay in L.A. after he got married, get the rehab back on course."
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Glad to see this. The Kings need Gaborik to return to the form he showed in 2014 and being monitored during the off season by the training staff should help.
 
Just to keep hopes up for something big to happen before the start of the season, the Kings have historically made some pretty significant deals in August.

They obtained Mike Krushelnyski on August 10, 1988.
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-08-10/sports/sp-277_1_wayne-gretzky
Wayne Gretzky, eight times the National Hockey League's most valuable player and a national treasure in his native Canada, has been traded to the Kings in one of the biggest deals in sports history.

In a deal completed early Tuesday morning, the Kings acquired the NHL's all-time assist leader from the Edmonton Oilers for center Jimmy Carson; Martin Gelinas, the Kings' No. 1 draft pick last June; first-round draft choices in 1989, 1991 and 1993; the rights to defenseman Craig Redmond, and more than $10 million, an unspecified percentage of which the Kings are expected to recoup by increasing the rights fees paid by the Prime Ticket cable television network.

Also sent to the Kings were Oiler forward Mike Krushelnyski, 28, and forward-defenseman Marty McSorley, 25.

Rogie Vachon, King general manager, called it "a fantastic deal." He also said it would immediately put the Kings in contention for the Stanley Cup and would go a long way toward putting hockey on the map in Los Angeles.
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On August 29, they would reacquire Luc Robitaille.
http://articles.latimes.com/1997/aug/29/sports/sp-27001
Taylor completed a long-rumored deal, sending Kevin Stevens to the New York Rangers for Luc Robitaille, who played with Taylor and the Kings from 1986 to 1994.

"We've had discussions [about a Stevens-for-Robitaille trade] going back to last season, but we hadn't talked for a while until some [newspaper] articles rekindled interest," Taylor said. "We talked about expanding the trade, but we settled on a one-for-one [deal]."

In picking up Robitaille, 31, the Kings not only get back one of the franchise's most popular players, but a veteran who figures to boost the team's weak power play, among the NHL's worst last season.

Robitaille is expected to get plenty of ice time, along with former King defenseman Garry Galley, whom Taylor signed to a free-agent contract in July, as the Kings try to end a four-year playoff drought.

"I've known Luc since he was 18, attending his first training camp, and I've watched him mature as an individual and as a player," Taylor said. "He'll be an asset in providing guidance to our younger players."
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That article also shared this interesting anecdote towards the end...
The Kings may be in the hunt for Vancouver forward Pavel Bure, 26, who recently requested a trade after the Canucks signed free agent Mark Messier. Vancouver General Manager Pat Quinn has talked with the Kings about Bure, who is scheduled to make $11 million over the last two years of his contract.

"We've had discussions but it is something that I do not like to comment on," Taylor said. "I anticipate that there may be more [discussions with Quinn]."
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One day later, they pull off another significant trade by acquiring Sandy Moger.
http://articles.latimes.com/1997/aug/30/sports/sp-27340
Less than an hour after being introduced as the Kings' newest acquisition at a Forum press conference Friday, left wing Luc Robitaille was sharing the spotlight.

That's because General Manager Dave Taylor had already made another deal, trading goaltender Byron Dafoe and forward Dimitri Khristich to the Boston Bruins for center Jozef Stumpel, right wing Sandy Moger and a 1998 fourth-round draft choice.

"This is a trade that gives us added size up front and a play-making center," said Taylor, who had traded left wing Kevin Stevens to the New York Rangers for Robitaille on Thursday.

Stumpel, 25, led the Bruins in scoring last season with 21 goals and 55 assists. In five seasons, he had 54 goals and 176 points. The Kings plan to use Stumpel, who is 6 feet 3 and 210 pounds, as a first-line center.

"There is definitely a different feel with the team and it all starts at the top . . . just look at the moves that they have already made," said Robitaille, who played with the Kings from 1986 to 1994.

"I really like Stumpel. I got a chance to face him more playing in New York and we knew that he was a great player with great hands."

Moger, 28, is also a big forward at 6-3, 208. He scored 10 goals in 34 games last season.
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Gotta give Dave Taylor a lot of credit in turning the Kings around in his first summer as Kings GM. The Kings had not qualified for the playoffs since 1993, in comes Taylor, who signs Garry Galley, reacquires Luc Robitaille, and adds a 70+ point #1 center and turned them into a playoff team yet again.

Some of McMaster's last transactions also helped, like obtaining Glen Murray from Pittsburgh for Ed Olczyk and also acquiring Norstrom, Lappy, Ferraro and LaFayette from the Rangers for two washed up rentals in Kurri and McSorley.

Maybe bringing Cammalleri back will provide a similar impact ;)
 
fsanford said:
So Drew is going to move for her job? What a guy :laugh:

I would wager that she will be quitting her job, and house shopping for a winter home in Hermosa or Manhattan Beach.
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As a married man myself , I'd hate to admit it but Women play a huge role in decision making unfortunately , because we like to keep them happy.
 
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