Speculation: 2020-21 News/Rumors/Roster Thread Part III

[driller1]

AA is so meh he doesn't even deserve his own thread!

 

[Steve Zissou]

Hits keep on coming for The Hawks

 

[Albi]

AA is so meh he doesn't even deserve his own thread!

because this board is meh

 

[kovacro]

Rumor has it Kings signed JF Berube.

Wouldn’t be surprised seeing as teams will carry three goalies this year.

Leave Villalta and Grosenick sharing starts the AHL and Ingham in the ECHL taking on a heavy workload.

 

[mbar]

AA sure has some glaring weaknesses, but he potted 30 goals just 1 season ago.
It's a gamble and he might not stick longer than the upcoming year, but I like this signing.

Watching that video it sure sounds like the pronunciation of this name is "happy to see you"...

 

[Oilers in NS]

Kings can afford to be patient and develop him right. Some concerns about the WJC but I think most realize this tournament doesn’t define his whole career.

He was a force tonight. 6 pts

 

[Statto]

The AA move makes sense with the Taxi squad. There will be players we don’t want sitting in the stands every week waiting for the odd game so are better off playing mostly in the AHL. Any call up from Ontario will need a quarantine period, so we need to carry a couple of extra bodies just in case of injury. I’d much rather have someone like AA in the stands rather than Turcotte, for example. These prospects have already missed far too much hockey, so they should only be on the NHL roster if they are expected to get significant playing time. I’d much rather see the likes of AA and Amadio go in and out of the lineup.

 

[lumbergh]

AA sure has some glaring weaknesses, but he potted 30 goals just 1 season ago.
It's a gamble and he might not stick longer than the upcoming year, but I like this signing.

He’ll be valuable just for the shootouts alone.

 

[Sleeping Dog]

He’ll be valuable just for the shootouts alone.

Hope he returns to that form - speed, driving the net and an incredible shot. Hope that drives the other players to better levels.

 

[RaymondReddington]

Perhaps the best analogy I can think of for Athanasiou is he’s what happens in the NHL 2020 video game when you create a player with high stats (top 10 fastest player in the league, a hard shot, above average hands), but let him be played by your 7 year old Nephew.

Tools are there, but the game sense isn’t

Hilarious!! Read this and laughed so hard wife asked me what's so funny. Took a couple minutes to explain in full. She hung in there...love that woman.
Thanks for the laugh, bro.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Kings have second to last payroll.

 

[kingsboy11]

Training Camp roster announced which start tomorrow. Will be weird seeing someone else wearing 22 and 27

 

[cyclones22]

Interesting jersey number selection for Tyler Madden. Not high enough IMO to designate temporary camp invite number, but maybe it is. I certainly don't see him making the Kings roster this season, but any significance to #37 for him?

 

[pepperjack]

Anze Kopitar: Emmy winner!

 

[Yog S'loth]

Not invited to training camp:

Hults
Sodergran

Contracted players playing in the WJC, and not accounted for as invites yet or not:

Bjornfot
Spence
Turcotte
Kaliyev
Byfield

No non-contracted prospects invited, nor any PTOs.

 

[Yog S'loth]

Our defense is thin as tissue paper.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Not invited to training camp:

Hults
Sodergran

Contracted players playing in the WJC, and not accounted for as invites yet or not:

Bjornfot
Spence
Turcotte
Kaliyev
Byfield

No non-contracted prospects invited, nor any PTOs.

 

[funky]

Interesting jersey number selection for Tyler Madden. Not high enough IMO to designate temporary camp invite number, but maybe it is. I certainly don't see him making the Kings roster this season, but any significance to #37 for him?

I like the fact he iS listed are 180 lbs. I could swear the last time I looked it was 155lbs

 

[KingLB]

Whew, was really concerned why Hults wasn’t there.

Though guess now I’m worried about the hip of a big guy.

 

[Bandit]

Kinda feel bad for Trevor Lewis. Oblivious end to a solid career.

this year might be the first year in over 30 I don’t watch the Kings at all. Having a real hard time paying up for a way to watch them. And no I don’t want to dick with a VPN for my Apple TV or Xbox.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[All The Kings Men]

 

[Stimpythecat]

7:30 - talking about weaponizing cap space.
8:06 - interest in extending Iafallo once the season starts
8:47 - Byfield
9:45 - Andreas Anthanasiou
11:25 - OHL exemption for Byfield or taxi squad or?
13:38 - roster spots. 23 players and taxi squad.
14:38 - not foreseeing adding anyone to camp.
19:20 - Kupari, Madden, and Carter cleared to play
21:07 - playoffs? results oriented business
21:41 - 7 game limit for turcotte, byfield, etc. but really take it as we go. They have to be ready.
22:43 - Clague and Bjornfot
23:23 - Lias Andersson
24:04 - vets told plan. vets have more certainty. tear down is done.
25-16 - Brad Doty. Have better players to surround him with.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Kings have second to last payroll.

Second to last cap hit. Dead last payroll from what I see. By a good margin too. Which it should be.