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Around the League Thread part V

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terrorinthebang said:
You have got to be f***ing with me right now.

I can't believe this shit.

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That's a f***ing joke......the Coyotes have been an abomination in the post Khabibulin/Roenick era. They were competitive for a while when they first moved but never drew. They should have moved long ago.

One of my really good friends is a Jets fan......he despises the Coyotes with a passion.

The Jets and Nords should have never left.
 
King of Town said:
If Eichel comes back healthy and as good as he's ever been, a lot of teams are going to look stupid for not acquiring him.

f***ing Vegas....
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Just sucks that he ended up in our division. It's just so rare for a guy of his talent level and age to be traded, almost all those guys sign huge 2nd contracts and end up playing until their late 20's with the team who drafted them.

BringTheReign said:
I still believe in Turcotte, and no one had any idea how their sophomore season was going to go after the disaster of their freshmen year + the pandemic, but damn I wish he'd stayed at UW another season.
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Just tough to see almost the entire league handle things differently and get immediate results. I think Turcotte may have been able to be a realistic option in that current Kings 3rd line spot had he been able to grow another year offensively in school. You just hope Blake and the development team learned from their mistakes, and Faber going back to school is maybe a sign they did, Faber could easily have been playing in the AHL this season. Then again who knows, maybe they did send out feelers and Faber just has better people advising him than Turcotte did. It does take 2 to tango, Buffalo tried hard to sign Owen Power and he didn't budge.
 
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Stimpythecat said:
Dwight King is an UFA. Just pointing that out for the Flames. Can't be the true Kings in the North without someone named King.
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Man, did it fall off pretty quickly for King. He was only 22 and 24 on the Kings two championship teams and then it was over at 27.

Just a guy who didn't skate well enough to keep up with how the game quickly changed. He would have had a long NHL career in the dead puck era.
 
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Herby said:
Man, did it fall off pretty quickly for King. He was only 22 and 24 on the Kings two championship teams and then it was over at 27.

Just a guy who didn't skate well enough to keep up with how the game quickly changed. He would have had a long NHL career in the dead puck era.
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Didn't LA end up getting a 4th from the habs for him?
 
Kudelski37 said:
Top 3 in each division and then the top 2 remaining teams in the conference are wild cards. A division could have 3, 4, or 5 teams make the playoffs. I think if a wildcard beats the winner of the other division, they stay in that division's bracket. Not quite sure on that though.
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Ok. So many rule changes.
 
Herby said:
Man, did it fall off pretty quickly for King. He was only 22 and 24 on the Kings two championship teams and then it was over at 27.

Just a guy who didn't skate well enough to keep up with how the game quickly changed. He would have had a long NHL career in the dead puck era.
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King had such an underrated hockey IQ. The guy was an absolute playmaker. I think on a speedy line, he could've done some real damage in the NHL. Hands weren't all there, but the guy had some hockey sense.
 
YP44 said:
Didn't LA end up getting a 4th from the habs for him?
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Yup, even when the game had passed him by the Kings were able to get a mid round pick for him, and he never played a game in the league beyond that season.

It's amazing what teams will give for players with championship experience, no matter their current abilities. There were rumors the Kings had an offer from (Calgary I think) for Mike Richards at the 2015 draft.
 
apocalypse said:
King had such an underrated hockey IQ. The guy was an absolute playmaker. I think on a speedy line, he could've done some real damage in the NHL. Hands weren't all there, but the guy had some hockey sense.
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the guy couldn't shoot worth a damn except into the goalies logo! His best year, 2/3rd of his goals came off body parts. :laugh:
 
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terrorinthebang said:
They also have Marco Rossi still in the A. Kaprizov has really elevated everyone in the lineup on nightly basis.
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It's seriously amazing what Kaprizov has done to that franchise. One dude changed the whole outlook of the future the moment he stepped on the ice. Reminded me of Bure when he started with the Canucks. And well I guess he can thank the Kings for jump starting his career the way we played him. LOL. They're only getting better, younger and bigger cuz Boldy is a big damn kid to go along with the whole team. (Besides Rossi but kid is skilled).
 
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Herby said:
Man, did it fall off pretty quickly for King. He was only 22 and 24 on the Kings two championship teams and then it was over at 27.

Just a guy who didn't skate well enough to keep up with how the game quickly changed. He would have had a long NHL career in the dead puck era.
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King and Nolan were really nice complementary players for the Kings. King was big for us in the 2012 and 2014 playoffs and in the 2013-14 regular season. Had 15 goals. I thought he had some pretty nice chemistry with Richards too. And how can you forget that smile?
 
Raccoon Jesus said:
He sure as shit wouldn't be in our top six and that's not a slam at Boldy nor is it an indictment of our prospects but rather an observation (and direct admission) of utilization.
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He didn't say that though, he said he'd be in the AHL. The same thing people have said about Stutzle, Seider, Zegras, Raymond . Just don't get why that narrative continues to exist on this board when the Kings have played younger players quite a bit.

As far as his usage, who knows, but he certainly wouldn't be in Ontario based on how he's looked so far. I think ideally the Kings would love to see Moore on Byfield's left wing as Moore is a perfect linemate for a young center, but they just don't have anyone that they could play up with Kopitar or Danault right now on the left wing. I don't think its out of the question to say a guy who has played as well as Boldy could possibly fill that hole if he were a King.

But it's also fair to say he wouldn't look this way in LA because had the Kings drafted him they probably would have neutered his offensive development by pulling him out of school early. In that case, then yes, maybe he would be in Ontario trying to discover an offensive game.
 
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Herby said:
He didn't say that though, he said he'd be in the AHL. The same thing people have said about Stutzle, Seider, Zegras, Raymond . Just don't get why that narrative continues to exist on this board when the Kings have played younger players quite a bit.

As far as his usage, who knows, but he certainly wouldn't be in Ontario based on how he's looked so far. I think ideally the Kings would love to see Moore on Byfield's left wing as Moore is a perfect linemate for a young center, but they just don't have anyone that they could play up with Kopitar or Danault right now on the left wing. I don't think its out of the question to say a guy who has played as well as Boldy could possibly fill that hole if he were a King.

But it's also fair to say he wouldn't look this way in LA because had the Kings drafted him they probably would have neutered his offensive development by pulling him out of school early. In that case, then yes, maybe he would be in Ontario trying to discover an offensive game.
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I'm merely being facetious to a point who knows how Boldy develops in the Kings organization but just by looking how they usually develop forwards the A looks like a path he may have to take just like every forward coming up. And I really don't think he'll being doing what he's doing if he's on the Kings. No way he gets PP time and he'll be playing with Brown. He's put in a position to do well with really good players on the Wild.
 
ru4reals said:
I'm merely being facetious to a point who knows how Boldy develops in the Kings organization but just by looking how they usually develop forwards the A looks like a path he may have to take just like every forward coming up. And I really don't think he'll being doing what he's doing if he's on the Kings. No way he gets PP time and he'll be playing with Brown. He's put in a position to do well with really good players on the Wild.
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Right, it's obviously a half-joke, but that's all we're saying when we say silly things like "no one would even know Trevor Zegras' name if he were in the Kings' org."
 
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