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

[Herby]

It also dead ends into a retirement home.
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What is a better joke, Rob is going to be living there next season, or Rob is going to look for a left-shot defenseman or a 2C there at this years deadline?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

that cannot be real, can it?

reality is better than fiction, omg that's incredible

 

[JonathnTaylorTavares]

purely out of curiosity...

have you ever met Jim Fox?

Jim Fox bought me a margarita in Palm Springs a few months ago. No joke. Nice guy

 

[chris kontos]

For general interest:
Jim fox made those statements about fiala on sirius xm the power play with steve kouleus yesterday During an on air phone interview.
I was very surprized at jim's content and my opinion of him as a commentator changed alot for the better.

 

[FSL KINGS]

Kings needs currently.
Top 6, preferably, top line wing.
Top 15 goalie
D should stabilize with Doughty back.

King's need couple years down the road
Top line center (Kopi replacement)
D, second pair
Goalie

The goalie should sort itself out once the team is good. Scrivens & Jones looked great when King's won the Jennings.

D
Mikey, Clarke
???, ???
Edmundson, Spence

Doughty may re-sign, may chance cups. (37 in a couple years)
Mikey, Edmundson signed to term.
Gavrikov may resign. He may be too pricey.

Center is hard, not enough good centers. Tank, draft, develop for 3 years isn't a viable plan. Need to figure out how to snag the best center possible with few assets. Offer sheet?

Jeannot: lacks jump in his game. Don't see reason to ice him over Lee. Philly is about the only team that might trade for him.

 

[Omni Owl]

Wingers take a back seat behind Center and D as far as I'm concerned. No matter his development woes, I have a feeling Byfield takes Kopi's spot at C once he retires. There's really no one else in the pipeline that can go there, unless they luck out at free agency or a trade (not happening with Blucgevin as GM). I don't picture Turcotte even being in the league at that point, dude is one concussion away from retirement. Its too bad they didn't try to land O'Reilly when he was a free agent, though I doubt Blake could've even swung that.

 

[tigermask48]

Regarding Fox's comments about Fiala, I see we've reached the time to crater the players value so there's no value in a trade part of the divorce ala Kovi, Kaliev, Quick, and Vilardi.

 

[KINGS17]

Jim Fox bought me a margarita in Palm Springs a few months ago. No joke. Nice guy

Jim and his wife are very nice people.

 

[Surf Nutz]

Fox is not trying to get Fiala traded especially now because his value has dipped with this talk/

He is holding him accountable and hoping for improve on his undisciplined play.

Something he did last season.

 

[bland]

Regarding Fox's comments about Fiala, I see we've reached the time to crater the players value so there's no value in a trade part of the divorce ala Kovi, Kaliev, Quick, and Vilardi.

Where did these comments take place?

 

[Surf Nutz]

Where did these comments take place?

At a vineyard presumably.

 

[kingsfanman]

Didn't Fox make the exact same comments last year and Fiala improved the second half of the season (according to Fox)?

 

[FSL KINGS]

Trade for Risto already, you coward!!!!


Edmundson, Risto pair would be unstoppable!!!!

It's fine to include the first. Like Magellan burning his boats. No tanking because we don't have picks!!!

It's only Thursday & not Friday? Damn, tomorrow's going to suck.

 

[Statto]

Trade for Risto already, you coward!!!!


Edmundson, Risto pair would be unstoppable!!!!

It's fine to include the first. Like Magellan burning his boats. No tanking because we don't have picks!!!

It's only Thursday & not Friday? Damn, tomorrow's going to suck.

We should trade Lewis in the deal, instead of the 1st

 

[Schrute farms]

Kings needs currently.
Top 6, preferably, top line wing.
Top 15 goalie
D should stabilize with Doughty back.

King's need couple years down the road
Top line center (Kopi replacement)
D, second pair
Goalie

Kings needs currently:
* New GM (not Berg)
* New Team President (not Berg)

 

[FSL KINGS]

Kings needs currently:
* New GM (not Berg)
* New Team President (not Berg)

That's the conclusion I came to a little after typing it. The team needs don't matter. What matters is what Blake thinks this team needs to compete & what player Blake believes will fill that hole. Blake is going to go for it. No retool is coming.

Got to get a lot of losses on the board to get the clowns at the top canned.

Can do some fun trades like Risto or EK65. Sure they're not going to help, but their contracts aren't that long & the goal is to get rid of Blake.

 

[chris kontos]

team needs:
new owners? i mean if aeg is happy with the present kings management and competitive results isnt the current brain trust going to stay in place? the boys have insulated themselves from any sort of interior revolts or palace coups so as long as aeg is good with the status quo why should they change anything?

 

[kingsholygrail]

I think Fiala can be fixed. I'm just not sure if this is the team that can rein him in. Do we have that kind of leadership in the locker room?

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Kuemper back to IR

fantastic medical work as always gentlemen

 

[Fat Elvis]

I think it's way past due for a culture change.
Coaching and/or personnel changes don't mean anything if the Culture is the same.
A freshly painted pig is still a pig.
Time for a new culture because the cups from 11-13 years ago don't mean crap going forward.
Remembering is great, but nostalgia doesn't win you games and cups today.

 

[King'sPawn]

 

[KingsOfCali25]

Portillo and Moverare called up to the big club today. Hopefully Portillo gets a start.

Edit: beat me to it ^

 

[AbsentMojo]

I think it's way past due for a culture change.
Coaching and/or personnel changes don't mean anything if the Culture is the same.
A freshly painted pig is still a pig.
Time for a new culture because the cups from 11-13 years ago don't mean crap going forward.
Remembering is great, but nostalgia doesn't win you games and cups today.

"legacy moves us forward" bro - you need to get on board /s

 

[AbsentMojo]

OK just when i think they got it right w QB on PP1, I see they moved Clarke to PP2? File this under Make it make sense

https://x.com/i/web/status/1857496830994768091

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

That first unit is already minus 2