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.

 

[FSL KINGS]

They did that one time they drafted Gabe Vilardi.

Necas, Suzuki

Blake gambled on the injured kid who continued to have injury issues throughout his time with the King's.

Turcotte, gambled on the injured kid.

 

[Peter James Bond III]

Necas, Suzuki

Blake gambled on the injured kid who continued to have injury issues throughout his time with the King's.

Turcotte, gambled on the injured kid.

Yannetti on the 2019 draft: “Bjornfot and one other F were on our tier, but we knew Bjornfot would go before our #32 pick, so we took him”
I wonder if that was Conner McMichael.
Probably. Oh well.

 

[Peter James Bond III]

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

Agree. And he sees the ice well and makes plays. A new report says he’s improved his acceleration.

Ziemmer 19 goals in 17 games.