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Yes the Kings didn't pay Lucic 7m. They never where going to be able to hence the stupidity.

Did anyone think he'd stay in LA for 3-5 million?

Context people.
 
Johnny Utah said:
The whole thing about Lucic is why did they sign him when they already had Maroon? If they (EDM) thought Maroon wasn't tough enough or they didn't want him fighting and scoring, they also did re-sign Kassian.

I just don't get it. Kassian and Maroon are def enough in the line-up. We can beat the Taylor Hall for Larsson deal to death, but the Lucic signing seems weird with Maroon killing it and making a lot less coin.
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They just wanted to get bigger on the wing period and Maroon was a good, cheap option with upside. I know they look sort of redundant, but look at their lineup without those two and before Draisaitl, Pouliot, et. al. No one knew Maroon would be able to hang with McDavid and be a high-end option.
 
Knight of the Realm said:
Yes the Kings didn't pay Lucic 7m. They never where going to be able to hence the stupidity.

Did anyone think he'd stay in LA for 3-5 million?

Context people.
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Lucic is making 6M. Brown's making 5.75M. I'd say the way he outplayed Brown for the Kings last year he's well worth the 6M he signed for.
 
Trolfoli said:
Lucic is making 6M. Brown's making 5.75M. I'd say the way he outplayed Brown for the Kings last year he's well worth the 6M he signed for.
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Not gonna compare the two contracts and Lucic is fine right now but we'll see how the world feels about that contract when it starts costing the Oilers to keep their players. Good youngsters aren't RFAs forever, and all these GMs revered as geniuses are already starting to show cracks.
 
This Penguins/Capitals game is the polar opposite if the excruciatingly boring Kings game we had to suffer through earlier today.

Pens were trailing 3-0 in the 2nd and quickly mounted a comeback to draw even. It's been a physical contest as well with a great pace. These type of games are fun to watch.
 
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Wow, BOS has 47 GP. TOR and OTT have 41. Don't recall such wide gap(s). Bye bye. Do we need to go to Points Percentages in the standings?



Maybe they should consider that, 6 games within a division is terrible.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
This Penguins/Capitals game is the polar opposite if the excruciatingly boring Kings game we had to suffer through earlier today.

Pens were trailing 3-0 in the 2nd and quickly mounted a comeback to draw even. It's been a physical contest as well with a great pace. These type of games are fun to watch.
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Crazy game. Tied 5-5 now.
 
LOL @ the Pacific Division. Look at the true W/L record of the current playoff teams. Ducks at 24-22 is ahead of the 26-18 Sharks. Oh yeah, we're at 22-22. I used to hate tue idea if bringing ties back but I just think it's embarassing to call someone a winning team when in reality, it's a .500 team.
 
Raccoon Jesus said:
Not gonna compare the two contracts and Lucic is fine right now but we'll see how the world feels about that contract when it starts costing the Oilers to keep their players. Good youngsters aren't RFAs forever, and all these GMs revered as geniuses are already starting to show cracks.
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Really that's what I was looking forward to. The horror when he turns into Brown 2.0! :laugh:

 
That wasn't Kings/Hawks in Game 7, but you won't find too many games crazier than Caps/Pens tonight.

Ziggy Stardust said:
This Penguins/Capitals game is the polar opposite if the excruciatingly boring Kings game we had to suffer through earlier today.
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Maybe that's why all the Pittsburgh scouts were in LA; they just didn't want the heart attack.

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Wow, BOS has 47 GP. TOR and OTT have 41. Don't recall such wide gap(s). Bye bye. Do we need to go to Points Percentages in the standings?



Maybe they should consider that, 6 games within a division is terrible.
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Not sure it matters either way. Boston has those points, and Toronto and Ottawa still need to play those games. They'll all eventually play 82 games. Should Toronto and Ottawa take advantage in their 6 extra games, they'll be fine.

It's like a player. Do you look at total points, or what they're on pace for? Like anything, it depends on what argument you're trying to make. Can make stats say anything you want. Speaking of which...

Vamos Rafa said:
LOL @ the Pacific Division. Look at the true W/L record of the current playoff teams. Ducks at 24-22 is ahead of the 26-18 Sharks. Oh yeah, we're at 22-22. I used to hate tue idea if bringing ties back but I just think it's embarassing to call someone a winning team when in reality, it's a .500 team.
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If you really want to get deep into it, the Kings are 12-18-14 in the 60 minute sample size of a regulation game. That's 10th in the West in points%, and 11th in just points. 24th and 25th overall in the league. The Ducks are 21-13-12, the Sharks 20-16-8. They're fine. The Kings aren't really a winning team. They have a great 3v3 OT record, and Calgary, Dallas, Nashville, Winnipeg, and Vancouver aren't great.

If they weren't losing must win games in Edmonton, or giving up a 3-0 lead at home to the Jets with the division on the line, and then couldn't even beat them in OT, or giving up a 12 point division lead in the 2nd half, it wouldn't be that big of a deal. But, for one reason or another, they've sort of been a bit of a paper tiger for the last 213 games.
 
Man I wish I attended that Pens vs Caps game... 9 goals in the second period alone. Those fans got their money's worth.
 
YP44 said:
Had to say, I men Ray Rice never found a home right?
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Ray Rice was declining and no longer a good player. Freaking Greg Hardy signed with the Cowboys and he bragged about his DV incident. Jose Reyes in baseball got a standing ovation his first game back from his suspension. If Ray Rice was good enough, someone would've signed him.
 
Rumors and Rumblings:

Hawks are looking for a LW for the Toewes line and have inquired about JVR . Apparently, they don't have the ammo for Landy but JVR could be had for the right defenseman (Seabrook?) going back as part of a package. And is signed thru next summer, so they'd have him for 2 years potentially.

Or a rental UFA like SHarpe, Iggy, Vanek or Hanzel.

I get teams calling to ask about JVR but I don't expect the Leafs to move him now, he's playing well, producing goals and leadership on a young team who might be in the playoffs. Off season, maybe if the right package for a defenceman comes along.


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NHL has issued memo to all clubs/goalies saying all netminders must be wearing the "new" re-designed/size appropriate pants by Feb 4.
 
Butch 19 said:
Well, I'dd add my .02: if Voynov was American or Canadian, he would be back on the Kings, right now.

He would have done a bit more time, then been released (like what happens to 90% of others charged with spousal abuse for the first time)

But by being Russian, it was easy for the gov to just kick him out of the country and say "we've done good work here." :shakehead
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The thing is nobody even knows what the league would've done had he not been deported. They were still conducting their own investigation during the trial.
 
kingsfan28 said:
The thing is nobody even knows what the league would've done had he not been deported. They were still conducting their own investigation during the trial.
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Where that's true it's not unreasonable to guess that the most they would have done was a 1 year suspension.
And that would have been appealed. And arbitrators are notoriously pro employee.
But this is all speculation and mute since he was deported.
 
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