Speculation: Another year of this Bluc **** (The 2024-25 season thread)

[Sol]

I still can’t believe we kept Lewis. He’s “good” at PK. Really? I wonder how good the oilers thought he was when they made him their bitch.

 

[KINGS17]

I still can’t believe we kept Lewis. He’s “good” at PK. Really? I wonder how good the oilers thought he was when they made him their bitch.

What? You mean the current Trevor Lewis isn't this version of Trevor Lewis? You need to get in the spirit in this thing and hang your 2012 calendar back on the wall.

 

[BaileyFan]

Enjoy the AHL press box bud. Up until Blakey manages to trade you along with a 2nd for a backup goalie with term.

 

[bland]

I like Lewis. I think he works well as a 13th forward, but you know that's not how they're going to use him.

He's one of the those players where coaches just can't help themselves. He's going to be in the lineup.

Trevor Lewis is a positive influence on this team both on and off ice.

You NEED role players. You NEED penalty killers and safety first players who know how to mitigate momentum. Having offensive players forced into those roles only hurts your team AND the player you are trying to develop. Lewis has been nothing but a positive throughout both stages of his career in Los Angeles.

 

[KINGS17]

Trevor Lewis is a positive influence on this team both on and off ice.

You NEED role players. You NEED penalty killers and safety first players who know how to mitigate momentum. Having offensive players forced into those roles only hurts your team AND the player you are trying to develop. Lewis has been nothing but a positive throughout both stages of his career in Los Angeles.

I really have nothing against Trevor Lewis. He can fill a role on this team better, if it was a team without Kopitar and Doughty.

 

[johnjm22]

Trevor Lewis is a positive influence on this team both on and off ice.

You NEED role players. You NEED penalty killers and safety first players who know how to mitigate momentum. Having offensive players forced into those roles only hurts your team AND the player you are trying to develop. Lewis has been nothing but a positive throughout both stages of his career in Los Angeles.

I don't care about winning NOW.

Lewis turns 38 this season. He's not the same player, and shouldn't be playing 82 games.

He should be a 13th forward who can occasionally sub in.

 

[theMajor]

I don't care about winning NOW.

Lewis turns 38 this season. He's not the same player, and shouldn't be playing 82 games.

He should be a 13th forward who can occasionally sub in.

he should be a coach/staff member and not playing at all, he's just....too slow. and i LOVE mr. stone hands

 

[Statto]

You can't rely on Turcotte and Thomas to stay healthy.

If Kaliyev is still here, he'll get some opportunities I think. He'll need to outplay Fagemo.

It seems like he's pissed off. I kind of like that.

Gonna suck seeing Lewis in the lineup over him.

Thomas’ health issues were specific. Two shoulder surgeries and one needed a second operation. I don’t think it’d be fair to therefore call him injury prone and he’d played through the shoulder issues for some time before the surgeries were done. I take the point though and the extra depth is only a good thing.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

Logo is so f***ing big lol

 

[Chazz Reinhold]

Has anyone seen a broadcast schedule for the preseason games?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Did I miss it somewhere? starting to get full lists of camp invites and PTOs for a lot of the other teams but no Kings yet.

 

[johnjm22]

Thomas’ health issues were specific. Two shoulder surgeries and one needed a second operation. I don’t think it’d be fair to therefore call him injury prone and he’d played through the shoulder issues for some time before the surgeries were done. I take the point though and the extra depth is only a good thing.

You ever had shoulder problems before?

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

Good to know we are right there tied for first place as of today. Have you all thanked Luc Robitaille this morning.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

Did I miss it somewhere? starting to get full lists of camp invites and PTOs for a lot of the other teams but no Kings yet.

Coaching staff:
A lot of of these guys I have never heard of and the ones I have are way past their prime. Hey… this guys f***ing dead!

Luc
Then cross him off the list.

 

[DAkings20]

Did I miss it somewhere? starting to get full lists of camp invites and PTOs for a lot of the other teams but no Kings yet.

I've been looking for days!

BLuc are probably trying to figure out how to convert a Word Doc to PDF.

 

[Statto]

You ever had shoulder problems before?

Yep. Two screwed ones atm. Bad injury 30 years ago too.

I've been looking for days!

BLuc are probably trying to figure out how to convert a Word Doc to PDF.

They have it in .xls format… it’s right there!

 

[KINGS17]

Coaching staff:
A lot of of these guys I have never heard of and the ones I have are way past their prime. Hey… this guys f***ing dead!

Luc
Then cross him off the list.

Just make sure he stays on the voter rolls.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Coaching staff:
A lot of of these guys I have never heard of and the ones I have are way past their prime. Hey… this guys f***ing dead!

Luc
Then give him an 8 year contract

Fixed for you

 

[johnjm22]

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It's mind boggling how far they went in "reimagining" these jerseys. In 2019, they did this "Heritage Era" throwback jersey, a literal picture perfect blueprint in the vault.

All they had to do was create a black version.

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If I was a billionaire I would've outbid Mercury Insurance for the ad patch and made it say "Fire Luc"

 

[Sol]

We have random shit like neurolink and some random ass shit about colonizing Mars but we can’t repair shoulders and do knee surgeries correctly. Weep for humanity.

 

[Surf Nutz]

Now where would Kaliyev slot in?

Laferriere-Kopitar-Kempe
Foegele-Byfield-Fiala
Moore-Danault-Jeannot
Turcotte-Thomas-Lewis
Kaliyev

Having a signed Kaliyev possibly makes it more accommodating to move him, though would be nicer if he actually was utilized, produced, and they got max value in return for him. But for him to produce, he needs to play with skaters who are a bit more skilled than Trevor Lewis.

Try him up and down the lines.

Soon as A Ko and A Ke play in pre season, I would try Kaliyev there to start.

I would like to see as many possible combinations in pre season as possible.

After trying these I would have a default guy in mind for each pair to start the season.

Anyone who excelled with a pair would go up against the default guy for that wing.

Seems like pre season got a game or 3 shorter so you are gonna have to really throw lines together and they will have to show some promise in the first game.





Seems like the Kings are gonna need goals looking at the roster overall.

It's the reset taking QB and putting him at C.

It's exciting to have established pairs and a new promising one and just needed to slot a young guy or one of the acquisitions.

Game one the vets might not suit up.

 

[shuchukfan]

Good to know we are right there tied for first place as of today. Have you all thanked Luc Robitaille this morning.

No, because we are also tied for last place.

 

[MonkeysUncle]

I still can’t believe we kept Lewis. He’s “good” at PK. Really? I wonder how good the oilers thought he was when they made him their bitch.

Of course they kept Lewis, it's more important to say and have Lewis play his 1000th game as a King than giving a legit shot or even risk losing a young player to waivers.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Don't forget about Fagemo.

At this rate, the Kings will have extra forwards - Fagemo and Kayilev and two extra D in Burroughs and Englund.

I have to imagine one of those four will be traded or waived.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Here’s the official number on Arthur.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1836525708358881460