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BaileyFan said:
And he paid for it by being health bombed and banished to the AHL for almost a full year. By all accounts Gabe was a new man last year and it showed in the on-ice results. It's not surprising that he'd be pissy about all things Kings after he was dumped and insinuated to be greedy/looking for an unreasonable raise only for the Kings to turn around and give a guy like PLD a max contract more than twice his salary.
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You mean a proven commodity vs what could be a flash in the pan? HArdly surprising

Brownie to Pancakes said:
I did not have 'kings fans turn on gabe--and it has nothing to do with PLD' on my bingo card this season
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True, but it's not even about turning on him, he chose to make stupid statements to the media, acting as if Lizotte did that on purporse, or does that all the time, is just pure unadulterated bullshit and speaks volumes to character
 
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GoldenBearHockey said:
You mean a proven commodity vs what could be a flash in the pan? HArdly surprising



True, but it's not even about turning on him, he chose to make stupid statements to the media, acting as if Lizotte did that on purporse, or does that all the time, is just pure unadulterated bullshit and speaks volumes to character
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Yeah, his comments rubbed me wrong too. It was a hockey play fighting for a puck that went bad, and he fell the wrong way. There was no intent, and all Valardi is doing is crying about it and looking like a bitter ex-King.
 
mbar said:
Vilardi seems like a good guy to get out of a locker room.
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Guys... correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a few months...

But wasn't it Bernstein who leaked that Vilardi's camp hadn't reached out for contract talks at all? The dude was gone before we traded him from how I understood it.. probably why we had to throw Kupari in, once Chevy found out Gabe wasn't wanting to return to LA anyways, tanked his value a bit

But it's comments like these and the other ones he made towards LA that really drove the point home. He was gone

Is my timeline off?
 
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Ziggy Stardust said:
I remember when Todd once spoke out about a certain player with negative body language was bringing that negative energy to the rink, and how that hurt the team. It was pretty clear to me that the player whom Todd was talking about was Gabe Vilardi.

Funny enough, Pierre-Luc Dubois has had that same vibe in the past, but at least he’s exhibited some clutch performances in the playoffs and has produced 25+ goals and 60+ points consistently.
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Oh what? Really ?
 
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Glad this guy had a "breakout" & Blake was able to dump him for a good player. Too bad Vilardi's value wasn't higher & it cost Iafallo & Durzi too.

PL's contract gunna look good when the cap starts going up after escrow is over.

Got injured by a friggin pygmy.
 
King'sPawn said:
If it was right after the game and he was still heated? Sure. It's been weeks though, and he's talking like Lizotte's some headhunting goon.

Plus, he talks **** to the media then claims it's between them?

Big Vilardi fan, but I can't agree with that.
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Sometimes guys have beef.

I just think it's lame for us to be inferring negative things about Gabe simply based on those comments.

And Lizotte ain't no angel. He cross checked Vilardi's now-teammate in the mouth. He may have been referring to that.
 
johnjm22 said:
Sometimes guys have beef.

I just think it's lame for us to be inferring negative things about Gabe simply based on those comments.

And Lizotte ain't no angel. He cross checked Vilardi's now-teammate in the mouth. He may have been referring to that.
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i don't think we're inferring things about him, as i recall that "negative body language" comment mentioned earlier was very much directed at him
 
kingsboy11 said:
I think its one thing if you're commenting on a player you've never played with before, someone like Tkachuk for example. But to do it in the media against your former teammate and the player in question is Blake Lizotte? I think that's a bit uncalled for to air this out in the media like that.
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Gabe might've given us a window into why Blake felt comfortable moving on from him after a breakout year. He's always seemed to be a bit of grumpy guy, but skewering a former teammate with no reputation of intent to injure is certainly a choice.

I could also be overreacting because, you know, "my team's player good guy, other team's player bad guy."
 
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BringTheReign said:
Gabe might've given us a window into why Blake felt comfortable moving on from him after a breakout year. He's always seemed to be a bit of grumpy guy, but skewering a former teammate with no reputation of intent to injure is certainly a choice.

I could also be overreacting because, you know, "my team's player good guy, other team's player bad guy."
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Doesn't help that Lizotte cross checked Vilardi's now teammate in the face. All the Jets players were probably in Vilardi's ear about how dirty Lizotte is and he's bought in, especially since he's already sour about getting traded. I'm guessing the two never had a great friendship even though they were teammates.
 
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