GDT: 2024-25 season game 2 LA Kings vs Boston Bruins @10:00am 10/12/24

[johnjm22]

I love Fiala as much as the next fan, but Kings could really use Faber right now.

Imagine...

Anderson-Faber
Gavrikov-Spence
Edmundson-Clarke

It wouldn't happen though, the Kings assests were RHD and now they are all gone. Walker to dump the horrible Peterson contract, Durzi for a 2nd then flipped in the PLD deal, and Faber for Fiala.

Really, the Durzi trade is the worst. Anything related to PLD is terrible. Even with Kuemper playing well he is not worth Durzi, Iafallo, Vilardi, and Kupari.

Kings needed to dump the 4 million in AI and Kupari is likely a bust, but Vilardi and Durzi for a player even the fans knew was toxic and lazy. Terrible.

We'd also have additional prospects in the system right now because we gave up a 1st for Fiala as well. And if we had to move some RHD to make room we'd have had other picks too.

 

[tbrown33]

Which brings us back around to the original premise... they're paying SOMEONE so why NOT pay the younger players?

The organization tells us what they value by spending the money WHERE they indeed spend it. And they do not invest a significant amount into their younger players vs tenured vets compared to the rest of the league. And when everyone else is signing their young studs to 8x8s, Byfield gets a bridge. Meanwhile, Kopitar gets 7 mill/year at the age of 37.

 

[chris kontos]

This is a perfect opportunity to demonstrate why wacko conspiracy theories are just that... wacko.

It's not that there couldn't be any truth to it it's just that you don't really need any inside info to see why it's flawed.

The Kings are a cap team.

Why should they care who they pay the money to?

What difference does it make if the money goes to Brandt Clarke or Joel Edmundson?
What difference does it make if the money goes to Quinton Byfield or Pierre Luc Dubois?

This isn't a case of a team NOT spending money... the team spends money all over the place on and off the ice.

The issue is where and how the money is spent.

The point i attempt to make is that the present kings management is more interested in having a money making hockey organization and keeping thier jobs than the on ice product being competitive. Its hard for me to believe that moves made regarding the team are due to incompetence or stupidity.
Also its spelled Hanlon's. Also its a law and not a razor. You may be thinking of occam's razor witch deals with simplicity

 

[chris kontos]

Tradition wins is a raft of shit