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

[Peter James Bond III]

Blake's biggest issue appears to be a lack of a scouting background. He can't evaluate players skill levels. Doesn't understand how they will fit or how much he should pay on a contract. Next GM should have some scouting experience.

Just look at the 22 draft. The following 3 should have had growth and putting up big numbers: Hughes, Kenny Connors and Jared Wright.
Hughes was small and not that talented. Has not progressed or added any muscle - unless he has in the last few months. 0 goals in 12 games. His Sr year, too. Connors. 0 goals in 14. (12 assists) if you can’t score more goals than Carter George, in your 3rd yr of NCAA, you don’t deserve a contact.

Wright, 4 goals, 1 assist, 14 games. 2024 draftee James Reeder outscoring him there as a Freshman
4 G, 5 A.

The Kings need to contact all 3 of their agents and tell them their client is not getting an NHL contract , unless they can score 10 goals. Advise your client to study the 54 goal Zach Hyman video, in which all 54 goals are shown…apx 40 of them 8 feet or closer to the goal. How a perennial 20-25 goal scorer netted 54 goals. Oh, make all the Kings and Reign players study it.

The Kings need to start drafting talent that can score. They don’t need a bunch of JADS that can’t score goals.

 

[Peter James Bond III]

The epitome of the 2024-25 Los Angeles Kings:

Byfield and Fogele on a clean, 2 on 0 breakaway.
They manage to barely get a weak shot off.

 

[tbrown33]

The Kings need to start drafting talent that can score. They don’t need a bunch of JADS that can’t score goals.

They did that one time they drafted Gabe Vilardi.

 

[MonkeysUncle]

Mr. Anschutz it's been 8 years since you had Luc and Rob take over and we are in worse shape now, than just 3 years ago. How many kick at the can do you allow? Do you allow this much failure in your other businesses, I don't think so, if you did you'd be broke.

 

[Johnny Utah]

They did that one time they drafted Gabe Vilardi.

Greentree is a stud. They better not trade him. He's averaging 1.6 points per game.