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Kings5thComing said:
This take from DJ is batshit if you have seen more than the last 5 games of the regular season



"On the decision to go with five forwards, leading to the shorthanded goal against
Our power play, I don’t know what the exact percentage is, but we’ve tried it all. We’ve had Clarkie at the top, we’ve had Juice at the top. I think part of it, going to the five forwards is, I think Quinton Byfield not being on the ice when the game is on the line, it plays into it. I think Q is as good a player in this series, when you’re covering both teams. I think he’s a big-time player. I think, when the game on the line, I’m not saying we’re going to do it every time and what the case may be, but I think he’s earned that right to be on it. Juice has also done good things at the top as well. So, you look at the results and say, okay, that’s what happened. Juice shoots in, we score, it’s great. But, I think a lot of it goes into, I think Byfield with the game on the line sometimes needs to be out there. "
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Translation: management is telling me to play Byfield in critical situations so management (Holland) can evaluate him.
 
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They are what almost everyone think they are, Just not good enough.

Can't go into next season with Doughty as a #1. If he is, then expect more of the last 12 years.
Can't go into next season with Byfield as a #1. Just not his lane.
Can't go into next season with Luc in his position. Can I get an "Amen"?
Can't go into next season with DJ as HC. Have to learn from past mistakes
Can't go into next season with the same 6 defensemen. Been explained in every single thread why.
Can't go into next season with the whole "we're right there" mentality. It's NOT F***ing good enough.
If LA goes into next season with these 6 things still in place, than the team is no more than background music.
 
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For over 40 years I was blindly following the Kings and a fan. Then came Dean Lombardi and he opened my eyes to what happens when you aren't following the "just make the playoffs and anything can happen" BS this franchise had been pushing and actually have a plan for being a contender.

Now contenders don't always win a Stanley Cup, but until you are a contender, you have no chance. Ever since Dean was fired, I have not blindly followed this franchise. I have better things to do with my time than give it to fools like AEG and Luc Robitaille that waste it.

Fire Robitaille, and maybe AEG should sell too.
 
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I will always root for the Kings to win. But I also understand that the best thing for the franchise right now is a total overhaul starting at the very top (Beckerman and Robitaille are two sides of the same shit smeared coin).

Also, please understand that some of us have been talking about these management and culture issues for literally years. To see it all play out now exactly like we predicted is just depressing.
 
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The Butcher said:
In my opinion, hate watching is still better than just losing interest and not caring at all, which is a lot easier and probably what has happened a lot over the last 10 years.
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Two things greatly contribute to my interest in carving out time to watch the team consistently.

Young & upcoming players on the roster playing, or the team progressing in a truly competitive direction.

The aimless wandering around of the last decade has been pretty lean on both fronts, so I definitely understand the fans who have lost the ability to give a damn.
 
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Trash Panda said:
Two things greatly contribute to my interest in carving out time to watch the team consistently.

Young & upcoming players on the roster playing, or the team progressing in a truly competitive direction.

The aimless wandering around of the last decade has been pretty lean on both fronts, so I definitely understand the fans who have lost the ability to give a damn.
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Yeah I’ve watched maybe ten total regular season Kings games beginning to end over the last half decade. It’s just the same old show. Can’t score. Apathetic. No identity. Etc. Truly boring product.

I have watched all of the playoff games over this stretch, though. So maybe I am a part of the problem.

I still believe that 2023 team with Vilardi was the best squad of this Blake Luc era. They had every opportunity to put Edmonton away and they failed. And then Vilardi was traded for f***ing PLD lmao.

Robitaille just needs to go. It’s a bare minimum.
 
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KINGS17 said:
For over 40 years I was blindly following the Kings and a fan. Then came Dean Lombardi and he opened my eyes to what happens when you aren't following the "just make the playoffs and anything can happen" BS this franchise had been pushing and actually have a plan for being a contender.

Now contenders don't always win a Stanley Cup, but until you are a contender, you have no chance. Ever since Dean was fired, I have not blindly followed this franchise. I have better things to do with my time than give it to fools like AEG and Luc Robitaille that waste it.

Fire Robitaille, and maybe AEG should sell too.
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Wouldn’t be surprised if Mark Walter and Co buy them in the next year or two.. that group seems like they want to own all things LA in the sporting world
 
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kings11 said:
Wouldn’t be surprised if Mark Walter and Co buy them in the next year or two.. that group seems like they want to own all things LA in the sporting world
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That might be fine, but unlike MLB, the NHL has a salary cap. If Walter is willing to spend money in the right places like scouting, player development, management, etc., he could make an impact. You can't just buy a Stanley Cup, like you can a WS championship.
 
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KINGS17 said:
That might be fine, but unlike MLB, the NHL has a salary cap. If Walter is willing to spend money in the right places like scouting, player development, management, etc., he could make an impact. You can't just buy a Stanley Cup, like you can a WS championship.
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I think it goes without saying that the reason for that isn't simply the deep pockets for salaries but the vision for reshaping of the whole organization
 
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Fat Elvis said:
They are what almost everyone think they are, Just not good enough.

Can't go into next season with Doughty as a #1. If he is, then expect more of the last 12 years.
Can't go into next season with Byfield as a #1. Just not his lane.
Can't go into next season with Luc in his position. Can I get an "Amen"?
Can't go into next season with DJ as HC. Have to learn from past mistakes
Can't go into next season with the same 6 defensemen. Been explained in every single thread why.
Can't go into next season with the whole "we're right there" mentality. It's NOT F***ing good enough.
If LA goes into next season with these 6 things still in place, than the team is no more than background music.
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Amen!
 
kings11 said:
Wouldn’t be surprised if Mark Walter and Co buy them in the next year or two.. that group seems like they want to own all things LA in the sporting world
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They purchased majority ownership of the Lakers and is the CEO of the organization that owns the Dodgers AND (to the best of my knowlesge) Dodger Stadium.

AND he already owns the Sparks...

I have believed for a while that every Forbes valuation of the LA Kings that lists them around $3B HAS to be due to AEG's ownership of the arena.

There's no way a hockey team in Southern California is worth $3B otherwise. They don't have enough of an audience to maintain a paying terrestrial radio presence there's no shot the team itself is worth #3B.

The BUILDING however... in downtown LA with almost 30 years of history, multiple luxury suites etc etc etc LA Live the whole shebang.... say what you will about it's age... THAT'S worth something and if I just spent a bunch of money loaned to me by Abu Dhabi to purchase the flagship franchise in the NBA and one of the most visible brands in global sports to go along with the Dodgers, Dodger Stadium and the Sparks... I think I would try and purchase the building as well instead of just paying rent as two separate tenants.

Wether or not AEG wants to sacrifice the kind of advertising power that management of the building surely entails is another story all together but given Phil Anshutz's age... the diversification of AEG over the last 30 years and the recent sale of the Celtics in a similar family dynamic... I have believed for over a year that a sale is going to happen and that there have been signs already.

I've been wrong about plenty of things over the years and perhaps I'm wrong about this as well... but I've been paying attention to this possibility for a while.
 
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KINGS17 said:
That might be fine, but unlike MLB, the NHL has a salary cap. If Walter is willing to spend money in the right places like scouting, player development, management, etc., he could make an impact. You can't just buy a Stanley Cup, like you can a WS championship.
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Trust me how you spend the money in the NHL is preposterously more important than how much money you spend.

Not just on the ice but everywhere else...
 
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Raccoon Jesus said:
I think it goes without saying that the reason for that isn't simply the deep pockets for salaries but the vision for reshaping of the whole organization
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and THAT is my great fear even in the event of a sale... there's too much institutional knowledge collected behind the walls of LA Kings LLC to just totally clean house.

the logistical nightmare of a proper top to bottom sweep out would be virtually impossible

so much easier to simply change out one or two people at the top middle and keep everything else in place if for no other reason than to reduce the amount of headaches the rest of the middle has to experience

I dont know how Dean Lombardi oversaw a total overhaul of so many departments but he was a passionate lunatic.
 
kings11 said:
Wouldn’t be surprised if Mark Walter and Co buy them in the next year or two.. that group seems like they want to own all things LA in the sporting world
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AEG seems to enjoy the prestige of owning sports teams. It would have to be one hell of an offer too. Still might not change things, you can't offer Mcdavid 25 mil to play in LA and try and buy a cup as someone pointed out, not with a cap. You'd also have to staff it right, bring in top talent to run it, etc.
 
kingsfan28 said:
AEG seems to enjoy the prestige of owning sports teams. It would have to be one hell of an offer too. Still might not change things, you can't offer Mcdavid 25 mil to play in LA and try and buy a cup as someone pointed out, not with a cap. You'd also have to staff it right, bring in top talent to run it, etc.
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AEG owns and operates entertainment venues more than they own franchises.

There was a day when AEG owned half the MLS I think but as of today I think AEG owns less than 10 teams across the globe and some of them are feeder teams (Kings/Reign, Galaxy/Galaxy II)
 
SettlementRichie10 said:
I’ve been asking for this for months now.

Watching them buy the Lakers and immediately clean out the leftover Buss morons was a special day.
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How much additional cleaning did they do tho?

they kept Pelinka no? I suspect they probably left the majority of the front office staff in place and running SOP
 
HockeyEsoterics said:
How much additional cleaning did they do tho?

they kept Pelinka no? I suspect they probably left the majority of the front office staff in place and running SOP
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You’re an adult with Google you can figure it out. It was a significant change in direction and multiple longtime executives were immediately let go.
 
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