Around the League 2024-25 season

[AbsentMojo]

Andreas Englund just bloodied up Matt Rempe for a dirty hit.

Well done.

saw that.. very nice job

here it is for others viewing enjoyment



in other news, JQ with a nice 34 save shut-oot

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

Yea I'm kind of wondering this as well, although I thought these guys all got tested for that stuff?

Peptides are amazing. Steroids and hgh have become so boutique and designer you can really tailor make them for your goals and needs.

 

[fivehole32]

He's just taking "supplements" ...

Coca-Cola and Subway sammies

 

[johnjm22]

Edmonton had a terrible offseason.

Losing Mcleod, Holloway and Broberg (cheap young players on the cusp of their prime), in favor of old guys like Arvidsson, Skinner, Perry and Henrique might be the difference between winning the cup and not for them.

They actually lost to Buffalo in a trade. That says alot.

 

[Omni Owl]

Edmonton had a terrible offseason.

Losing Mcleod, Holloway and Broberg (cheap young players on the cusp of their prime), in favor of old guys like Arvidsson, Skinner, Perry and Henrique might be the difference between winning the cup and not for them.

They actually lost to Buffalo in a trade. That says alot.

Didn't they have a pretty good interim GM and then some old hat came back and f***ed up everything? (sounds familiar)....Either way, good news for us and the rest of the division. They really f***ed up in not keeping Broberg and Holloway. Broberg was especially impressive filling in on D during the playoffs, he didn't look out of place at all.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Of course the Kings would pass this type of talent up for a vanilla prospect like Jack Hughes.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Of course the Kings would pass this type of talent up for a vanilla prospect like Jack Hughes.

Would be in the AHL with no PP time here though

But I remember a few of us being miffed at that draft

 

[raswilliam]

Looks like Kaliyev has been healthy scratched the last 5 games for the Rangers.

 

[KingsHockey24]

PLD scored again and Matt Roy just dropped the gloves.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Would be in the AHL with no PP time here though

But I remember a few of us being miffed at that draft

It was lining up perfect for LAK to get Hutson and let the dad pick his kid Jack in MTL.. its almost like they went out of their way to burn him.

 

[kingsfan28]

Would be in the AHL with no PP time here though

But I remember a few of us being miffed at that draft

Pretty much, this is a pretty common thing not just in LA. Everyone gives Clarke shit for his defensive lapses, this guy is worse . He'd be getting lit up around here like Durzi use to. The Habs don't teach defense and his metrics show this, including the -15 . But he can score though...

 

[Herby]

Pretty much, this is a pretty common thing not just in LA. Everyone gives Clarke shit for his defensive lapses, this guy is worse . He'd be getting lit up around here like Durzi use to. The Habs don't teach defense and his metrics show this, including the -15 . But he can score though...

What is common?

People said the same thing about Hughes his rookie year, to small, can't play defense, blah blah blah. And then he, you know, got better, like most young players do.

To many people (including those in the Kings org) hyper-focus on deficiencies and ignore world-class skills that players have, not realizing that the deficiencies can be way more easily fixed or worked around than the world class skill can be taught.

But when you want an organization of vanilla "well-rounded players" lets not complain when the team can't score goals and has one of the worst PP's in the league, what do you expect when you just don't have players like this on your draft board.

 

[ru4reals]

saw that.. very nice job

here it is for others viewing enjoyment



in other news, JQ with a nice 34 save shut-oot

LMAO I'm so late didn't even realize England is now with then Preds. Please keep Turcs away from Andreas.

 

[Herby]

 

[SettlementRichie10]

Just one more Blake failure to add to the dung heap.

 

[kingsfan28]

What is common?

People said the same thing about Hughes his rookie year, to small, can't play defense, blah blah blah. And then he, you know, got better, like most young players do.

To many people (including those in the Kings org) hyper-focus on deficiencies and ignore world-class skills that players have, not realizing that the deficiencies can be way more easily fixed or worked around than the world class skill can be taught.

But when you want an organization of vanilla "well-rounded players" lets not complain when the team can't score goals and has one of the worst PP's in the league, what do you expect when you just don't have players like this on your draft board.

Pretty common as in if there isn't a spot available or you don't make the team, you either go back to junior or the AHL. Or like when you get called up do to injury and then go back down when the player returns

Hughes was the #1 pick in the draft and after watching his first season, could've used some extra playing time elsewhere. He looked scared most night, but when you go #1 it's straight to the NHL whether your ready or not. But he did get better as you said, good on him.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I'm not usually big on revisionist draft picks, and I think a lot of us agree on that because everyone has 'misses' in that regard but I seem to remember it being nearly universal here that the Hughes pick was dumped on with--for me personally anyway--Hutson right there, as well as Tristan Luneau and Adam Sykora. And the Hughes pick in partiuclar being a smallish left handed center that was years off at best was a headscratcher.

 

[SmytheKing]

I'm not usually big on revisionist draft picks, and I think a lot of us agree on that because everyone has 'misses' in that regard but I seem to remember it being nearly universal here that the Hughes pick was dumped on with--for me personally anyway--Hutson right there, as well as Tristan Luneau and Adam Sykora. And the Hughes pick in partiuclar being a smallish left handed center that was years off at best was a headscratcher.

Yup. I very clearly remember a lot of folks in here who though the pick was "curious" at best and a mistake while Hutson was there. This isn't even an exaggeration in the slightest. Pretty sure you could still find the posts here.

 

[King'sPawn]

Yup. I very clearly remember a lot of folks in here who though the pick was "curious" at best and a mistake while Hutson was there. This isn't even an exaggeration in the slightest. Pretty sure you could still find the posts here.

Admittedly, I wasn't big on Hudson in his draft year. But I wasn't a fan of the Hughes pick either. I was excited for Sykora.

Though if I remember hearing, the Kings also liked Luneau. I would have been happy with him too.