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Maroon back to back cups. Stamkos plays 2.5 minutes and scores a goal. That scrub Brayden Point. Jamie Benn going back to practicing law.
 
kingsfan28 said:
Well, when they had him ranked so low on the depth chart, considering he was a 2nd round pick, I'd say it was a mistake. Where is Gravel now?
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What was the mistake exactly? Cernak wasn't gonna do it in LA. Maybe getting traded motivated him. This is like when people complained about trading Brian Boyle because he learned how to skate in New York.
 
When the window's open, prospects are expendable.

Hand wringing over Schenn last year, Cernak this year? Come on.

And I get it because the Bishop trade ended up looking like and being one of the sillier trades but that's the deal you make with the devil to keep the good times rolling. Ask TB how they feel about giving up multiple 1sts and Foote for Goodrow and Coleman. On paper those trades look stupid as hell.
 
kingsholygrail said:
Wait for the handwringing to return over Kubalik next season.
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At least credit the Kings’ scouts for seeing something in a player like Cernak and drafting him. Hopefully they can find the next Cernak in the 2nd round next Wednesday.
 
kingsholygrail said:
What was the mistake exactly? Cernak wasn't gonna do it in LA. Maybe getting traded motivated him. This is like when people complained about trading Brian Boyle because he learned how to skate in New York.
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You don't know that. He was drafted 43rd, and the dude played a handful of games right out of his draft year then was traded. That's it . How do you properly evaluate a kid like that? Soon as he got to Tampa, all they did was rave how good he was. Talk about bad asset management and evaluation ... again by DL. So many mistakes in 2015-16. His situation is completely different than Boyle who had 4 years of college then a few more in the ahl and was a hot mess. I have no issues with Boyle the way his situation played out.That was all on him.
 
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Ziggy Stardust said:
At least credit the Kings’ scouts for seeing something in a player like Cernak and drafting him. Hopefully they can find the next Cernak in the 2nd round next Wednesday.
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Don’t get cheap on us! We want the next Pareyko in the 3rd round, no less than that!

;)
 
Raccoon Jesus said:
Victor Hedman getting the Conn Smythe only highlights how hard Drew was robbed of it in 2014.

-10.13% CFrel, -35% GF% rel, worst on the team by counting and advanced stats in the final, and that's with the softest deployment of all d-men but Sergachev. Drew was knocked for a 'bad' game 1, even when it was literally just one visible turnover!
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They always forget the insane move he made later in the game to tie it up too.
 
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I didn't watch a minute of the Conference and Stanley Cup finals but I'm so glad Dallas didn't win the cup!!! Congrats Tampa.
 
Also I love Cernak and I'm only sick of talking about him because he's like the perfect example of the "lol Kings can't draft" "lol Kings keep trading all their valuable assets" oxymoronic criticism of the era.

See also Nic Dowd, guys draft a late rounder and put him in the NHL but he doesn't make the big splash we prayed would come to save our 2nd line scoring, then he becomes a contributing member as depth on a Cup winner.

Kings have drafted and developed like madmen since the DL era started, and dumped assets in pursuit of a third cup. Most of the league is envious of that, but here we are crying over spilled champagne.
 
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Raccoon Jesus said:
Also I love Cernak and I'm only sick of talking about him because he's like the perfect example of the "lol Kings can't draft" "lol Kings keep trading all their valuable assets" oxymoronic criticism of the era.

See also Nic Dowd, guys draft a late rounder and put him in the NHL but he doesn't make the big splash we prayed would come to save our 2nd line scoring, then he becomes a contributing member as depth on a Cup winner.

Kings have drafted and developed like madmen since the DL era started, and dumped assets in pursuit of a third cup. Most of the league is envious of that, but here we are crying over spilled champagne.
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You think the 2017 Kings were in a Stanley Cup window?

I can kind of understand this excuse for the Lucic deal in June 2015, but the Bishop deal in February, 2017?

To me it seems the Kings roster was pretty horrible in 2017.

kingsholygrail said:
What was the mistake exactly? Cernak wasn't gonna do it in LA. Maybe getting traded motivated him. This is like when people complained about trading Brian Boyle because he learned how to skate in New York.
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Why was Cernak, who the team used a 2nd round pick on not even two years previous never going to make it in LA?

I don't quite follow.
 
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Herby said:
You think the 2017 Kings were in a Stanley Cup window?

I can kind of understand this excuse for the Lucic deal in June 2015, but the Bishop deal in February, 2017?

To me it seems the Kings roster was pretty horrible in 2017.
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It was pretty clear that was DL's last gasp with the Cup roster team. No I think most of us by that point had resigned ourselves to our fate and that was arguably the silliest trade DL made even with the reasoning but it doesn't invalidate my point. Every move we made was met with the same junk.
 
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