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Around the League 2018-2019 Part 3

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Perry's numbers have dropped since he turned 30 but his numbers aren't that bad. His shooting percentage since 30 is 8.8, 10.1 and 10.2, ice time dropped 3 full minutes last season. 19 goals, 17 goals then 6 last season where he was injured. I think he can bounce back if he chooses the right landing spot. His skating last season was really bad but coming off surgery that's to be expected. He will be training rather than re-habbing this summer so he should be better next season.
 
I’ll be shocked if Perry or Phanuef play another NHL game. With their career earnings, no way they take an ego hit by playing for near the league minimum. They’ll expect $2-3m on at least a 1 year deal just based on their reputation. Otherwise there is zero incentive for them to even bother trying. Any GM who pays that money for either of them is a true idiot.
 
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I'm the one who thinks the only element of the plan is stockpiling picks??? Seriously?!?!? You're the one who literally wants to trade every player over 23 for draft picks. You're the one who has no problem throwing away the remaining career of a Norris Trophy winning defenseman who is still just 29. You're the one who doesn't even want to TRY to improve the team by filling a couple of holes in the roster. You're the one who doesn't give a d@mn if the team culture is toxic or not. You're the one who will not hold management responsible for righting the ship...and starting over is NOT righting the ship. You're the one who thinks the only job of the newly hired expensive coach is to build a system that players in Ontario can use. You're the one who scorns other teams trying to put themselves into a POSITION to win the SC because it doesn't align with YOUR view of the world. You're the one who is in love with the idea of winning the SC but hates this team more than I ever did.
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There is so much wrong with this post I am not sure where to begin, so I will start with the obvious.

For some reason I can't fathom you had a huge hard on for Dean Lombardi from day one and decided not to be a Kings fan anymore. I have never hated the Kings, and never will. Through it all I have been a Kings fan, which is more than you can say. Throughout the first five seasons of Lombardi's tenure I was one of the few optimists around here, preaching patience and sticking to the plan. Dean always said when the Kings had enough assets he would use them to get the missing pieces. Acquiring those assets required some losing seasons, and placing the right vets on the roster for the youngsters to learn from about being a pro in the NHL.

Let's talk team culture now. Sometimes a player can be talented and not be the best for the "culture". I will give you a case in point. Lombardi's first year as GM he brought in Scott Thornton. At 36 years of age Thornton was pretty much done being a productive player in the NHL. You probably thought that was a terrible idea, but what did Scott Thornton bring to the organization? The idea that if you were his teammate and you were busting your ass to get better every day, he had your back. It was well publicized that after getting fed up with Sean Avery's antics, and his constant riding of Dustin Brown for having a lisp, that Thornton broke his hand fighting Avery. There's a Lombardi guy in Thornton showing Brown he belonged and what it meant to stick up for one another. The next season Thornton was back, and Avery was gone. I don't see going out and getting more talent as necessarily improving the "culture" to help guys who should know how to help themselves by now, but don't seem to be interested in putting forth the kind of effort it takes to win in the NHL.

I think your opinion regarding the Kings having just a couple of holes to fill to get back into contention is utterly ridiculous, and it is obviously not the course Blake is going to set. For that I give him credit. Honestly, if you think filling a couple of holes puts the Kings in a position to win a Stanley Cup, then I don't value your opinion at all.

Yes, I love the idea of the Kings competing for a Stanley Cup. I don't think they will win another one with this core, and almost certainly not before Kopitar's time as a King runs out. Doughty doing it again with the Kings is also a bit of a long shot. A lot will depend on the next draft lottery, that is if the Kings don't find themselves in the black hole next season.

Why was McLellan brought in and given a 5-year contract? The answer is so obvious I thought even you might see it. It sends a message to the vets that there are no more excuses. This is the last coach you as a player are going to have in LA, so either get with the program or GTFO. A hiring like this is the start of fixing the culture, and if McLellan does half the job Terry Murray did in teaching the youth the Kings are going to be acquiring in the next few drafts, I think it's a good move.

Anyway, I am hoping the Kings management rights the ship and does so in a way that has been proven to work in Los Angeles and Chicago, which built the two most dominant teams in the NHL over a four or five year span. I look forward to the day the Kings start rebuilding. Maybe it will mean you disappear from the Kings board again. I know I will still be here, because I am a Kings fan.
 
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KINGS17 said:
Why was McLellan brought in and given a 5-year contract? The answer is so obvious I thought even you might see it. It sends a message to the vets that there are no more excuses. This is the last coach you as a player are going to have in LA, so either get with the program or GTFO. A hiring like this is the start of fixing the culture, and if McLellan does half the job Terry Murray did in teaching the youth the Kings are going to be acquiring in the next few drafts, I think it's a good move.
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I was lukewarm on MacLellan to begin but honestly with the term, 'the plan', and what's on paper honestly a monster coaching staff with Yawney (look what he did with Anaheim's young D and his AHL team) and Sturm (Europe), I totally agree.

Todd is probably the perfect coach for the job with his experience in general and with these players.
 
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The NHL awards went as expected. No real surprises and it really wasn't close on any ballots, especially the MVP and Norris.

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Looking over the voting, I couldn't find a single King who got a vote, not even a 5th. FWIW, none deserved any. #bums
 
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*US federal government has left the group*
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You don't need a budget when you can crank up the gain on the printing press. It's going to be a race to see if economic growth can outpace the debt.

If we are looking at the long game, if the economy can outlive baby boomers (big maybe), maybe deficits shrink when there are fewer payments for social security and medicare benefits.
 
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Looks like the Cap is going to be around $81.5 million for the upcoming season.

I bet Kyle Dubas sphincter just tightened up a bit more. Very interested to see how things shake out in Toronto.
 
kovacro said:
Looks like the Cap is going to be around $81.5 million for the upcoming season.

I bet Kyle Dubas sphincter just tightened up a bit more. Very interested to see how things shake out in Toronto.
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Dubas doesn't have to show Marner all the money.
 
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He does if he wants to keep him.
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Let someone give him an offer sheet, then decide. I don't like the idea that every GM has to be a greater fool, even if the GM in question was a fool in the first place.

Very few teams if any can clear the cap space it would take to offer sheet Marner without the Leafs just matching it. The teams that can are probably on a budget and won't.
 
So somewhere between not even the trade deadline but MAY and now, doctors suddenly found a back disease? It's not more than a little fishy that he's talking about how he put roots down in TB and doesn't want to play elsewhere but he's mad he's not playing?

Five potential destinations for Ryan Callahan, who is 'on...

My hot take is that he just has his family settled and doesn't want to go anywhere and decided to exercise his NMC, but TB doesn't want to play or pay him.

Whatever, their perogative and they aren't the first team nor will they be the last, but people aren't even trying to mask it anymore. It's like the Chris Pronger to Arizona trade. Open abuse of the system is such trash. Not really that outraged about it and I don't doubt a warrior like Callahan has taken a beating but come on.

I mean, not even a month ago: "Agent Stephen Bartlett said he has had no talks yet with the Tampa Bay brass this summer on their potential plans for Callahan, but he acknowledged they’ll have to submit an updated 15-team list (per the terms of his modified no-trade clause) next month of places he’d be willing to be traded without permission. It is unknown what teams are on that list, but one would think the Rochester, N.Y., native would be open to moving back to the Northeast for teams like Buffalo, New Jersey, etc. A prideful player, if Callahan knows he’d get a real opportunity to contribute, I’d imagine he’d be open to others, as well."
 
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