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

[FSL KINGS]

I feel like you can pretty clearly see the difference between “analytics moves” (goalies, Englund, Burroughs, Foegele) and “Luc moves” (PLD, Edmundson)

PL had good analytics at the time the King's traded for him.

Fancy Stats, you create a model, it pumps out numbers & everyone is amazed at the awesomeness.
1) Models have points they don't work past & break.
2) The data needs to be analysed. With PL, why does he have a high xGF? How is that going to fit? Will the coach be able to use him?

Hearing that the King's are developing their "crown" fancy Stats is great. Still have no faith in the clowns running this thing to understand what the numbers mean, or apply those numbers to benefit the team in some Money Ball situation.

I don't post enough to understand how to quote in this forum, but building off of something Telos posted regarding Luc's comments, and yes this is going to be nothing more than me going blah blah blah.

I look at the Dodgers and Lakers and they make those league shaking moves. Obviously this is off the heels of the Doncic trade but the Dodgers signed Ohtani and basically every other major free agent they want. The Kings don't seem to have that same appeal or ability. Yes hard cap, yes top end players are rarely available via free agents or trades blah blah blah. But I see this organization as unwilling or unable to go out of their way to push for top 10 players. Maybe it's a management thing, maybe it's an ownership thing, I dunno I'm simply a fan but this is freakin Los Angeles. Players should WANT to come here.

...damn this forum has gotten me to post twice in a calendar year.

"Superstar", very few true Superstar are available. The fear being, does Superstar mean someone the King's can use to sell tickets. With Kopi & Doughty getting old & Byfield still looking like a project Luc needs to be able to slap a face on the team ads.

Are we talking about a MacKinnon or can we sell Laine as a Superstar for casual LA fans that don't know what snow is? Can't wait for Marner being signed to a ridiculous contract & sold as a "Superstar".

 

[lumbergh]

"Superstar", very few true Superstar are available. The fear being, does Superstar mean someone the King's can use to sell tickets. With Kopi & Doughty getting old & Byfield still looking like a project Luc needs to be able to slap a face on the team ads.

Are we talking about a MacKinnon or can we sell Laine as a Superstar for casual LA fans that don't know what snow is? Can't wait for Marner being signed to a ridiculous contract & sold as a "Superstar".

Connor McDavid's contract runs out at the end of next season. The Kings have poached a superstar from the Oilers before. Just sayin'.

 

[Trash Panda]

Connor McDavid's contract runs out at the end of next season. The Kings have poached a superstar from the Oilers before. Just sayin'.

Unless he comes to LA at his current salary? Pass.

Poaching UFA stars doesn’t lead to championships in a cap world. It just extends the purgatory of being first round fodder. Ask the Rangers & leafs how being perpetual “free agency champs” has gone.

 

[JTeller97]

Connor McDavid's contract runs out at the end of next season. The Kings have poached a superstar from the Oilers before. Just sayin'.

I thought we might've had a chance before Leon resigned but with him locked up gotta McD stays with his running mate

 

[SettlementRichie10]

Imagine if we had the Kopitar that made $7m back in 2010.