tbrown33
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The 2024 playoffs and contention is a far more reasonable expectation. This is Blake's third draft. Keep in mind Lombardi took six years to get there, and Blake probably started with less talent in the system.
Sure, and maybe I was being a little drastic with my language, but I have a feeling they'll be contending in 2022. It took Lombardi six years, but big big difference is Blake inherited Kopitar and Doughty in their primes.
Yes, Blake had less talent in the system, but he had more talent on the pro roster, and still does, compared to what Lombardi had in the mid aughts, in the non playoff years. Big difference is Kings have proven cup superstars on the team in Kopitar and Doughty who are still within their peak years, and I think they'll both be productive players into their mid-to-late 30s, at least. And now they have the best farm system by leaps and bounds, and that's without having the #2 prospect in the NHL in our system yet. IMO things will start to snowball, in a good way.
Not to mention, I have a lot of confidence in the goaltending moving forward.
And gobs of cap space. And like a million draft picks.
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