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Raccoon Jesus said:
I cant imagine being a player on the Yotes and wanting to stay at this point. Unless you’re a plug that can’t get a job elsewhere, in which case you have guaranteed employment for at least like three years.
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Eh, some also like/don't mind being a big fish in a small pond.
 
Reclamation Project said:
Eichel just dominated a shift and then scored off a great pass from Stephenson. He's not 100% yet but he is flying. His vision, hands, and footwork are insane. Elite sequence there. Sabres clowned themselves, should have allowed him to get the surgery. But that's what lousy organizations do.
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This dude is going to need a kissing booth with a picture of John Robert on the other side soon.
 
Reclamation Project said:
Eichel just dominated a shift and then scored off a great pass from Stephenson. He's not 100% yet but he is flying. His vision, hands, and footwork are insane. Elite sequence there. Sabres clowned themselves, should have allowed him to get the surgery. But that's what lousy organizations do.
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Just insane they let it get to that point with a player like Eichel. Imagine the Kings trading Kopitar in 2010.

And ofcourse he ends up in our division.
 
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Reclamation Project said:
Eichel just dominated a shift and then scored off a great pass from Stephenson. He's not 100% yet but he is flying. His vision, hands, and footwork are insane. Elite sequence there. Sabres clowned themselves, should have allowed him to get the surgery. But that's what lousy organizations do.
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Is this Vegas' Jeff Carter deal? I think it could be, only better.

Colorado is still the team to beat in the West. I wonder if they can add something to their roster that will make a big difference before the deadline.
 
KINGS17 said:
Is this Vegas' Jeff Carter deal? I think it could be, only better.

Colorado is still the team to beat in the West. I wonder if they can add something to their roster that will make a big difference before the deadline.
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Colorado hasn’t made it past the second round since 2002. They have a great team but they haven’t proven shit. The two teams I’d want to face the least in the playoffs are the Blues and the Golden Knights. The real cup favorites come from the East.

Since the Kings and Blackhawks went back-to-back-to-back-to-back from 2012 to 2015, the Blues are the only Western team to win the cup. In that time, the Sharks, Predators, Golden Knights, and Stars (and Canadiens I guess, though they beat Vegas to get there) made it to the Finals representing the West.

Given two healthy rosters (and potentially reacquiring Fleury), my money’s on Vegas over Colorado.
 
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While we want to catch up to Vegas, them taking out the Sharks was a net positive for us. Keep those behind us down as much as possible.

Jesus, Montreal has a -83 goal differential.
 
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kingsholygrail said:
While we want to catch up to Vegas, them taking out the Sharks was a net positive for us. Keep those behind us down as much as possible.

Jesus, Montreal has a -83 goal differential.
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Yet they insist letting both Danault and Kotkaniemi go were the right moves.

Edit: also, last night is the night for the FIRST player on their team hitting double digits in goals.
 
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King'sPawn said:
Yet they insist letting both Danault and Kotkaniemi go were the right moves.

Edit: also, last night is the night for the FIRST player on their team hitting double digits in goals.
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Overall they likely were the right moves. The Price and Weber situations have probably sunk the team for a while, and the contracts given to Danault and Kotkaniemi make zero sense for the Habs in that context.
 
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KingsFan7824 said:
Overall they likely were the right moves. The Price and Weber situations have probably sunk the team for a while, and the contracts given to Danault and Kotkaniemi make zero sense for the Habs in that context.
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Agreed. Matching on Kotkaniemi at that price would be silly and Danault isn't going to turn the tides of a -83 goal differential. The real dumb move they made was having a standoff with Kotkaniemi into the off-season so that Carolina was in a position to make that type of offer. They should have locked him up on a bridge deal before the off-season started.
 
DrHansReinhardt said:
interesting
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Interesting graphic, never seen anything like it. Do you know what those odds are based on?
 
AbsentMojo said:
Interesting graphic, never seen anything like it. Do you know what those odds are based on?
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I believe the graphic is from MoneyPuck. Their model is pretty solid, and if I recall it puts more emphasis on strength of schedule than some of the other public models out there. The Kings had a top 5, most difficult schedule in the first half, but have one of the least difficult schedules in the second half (though there's an odd home-road split, but arguably that might play in our favor given our road record this year).
 
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BringTheReign said:
I believe the graphic is from MoneyPuck. Their model is pretty solid, and if I recall it puts more emphasis on strength of schedule than some of the other public models out there. The Kings had a top 5, most difficult schedule in the first half, but have one of the least difficult schedules in the second half (though there's an odd home-road split, but arguably that might play in our favor given our road record this year).
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Looking at the schedule though, we have 4 games against the Ducks, 3 against the Sharks, another in Arizona, and a road game in Buffalo. 9 games that look favorable from a strength of schedule point of view but nobody around here is penciling in W's on those match ups given how tough those games always end up. 32 games left and only 12 of them are against teams currently in a playoff spot, so its not surprising to see these types of projections but the team has to figure out how to show up against inferior opponents and secure those points.
 
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kingsholygrail said:
While we want to catch up to Vegas, them taking out the Sharks was a net positive for us. Keep those behind us down as much as possible.

Jesus, Montreal has a -83 goal differential.
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The Sharks are cooked this season, not a playoff caliber team. I think we would have preferred them winning that game.

As for Montreal, they will get a very good (but probably not great) prospect at the top of this draft and probably be awful again next season and hope to land one of the really big franchise changers at the top of that draft. Somebody will be let down by goaltending in this years playoffs (Colorado, Vegas, Edmonton, Minnesota) and feel like Price will be the difference, there will be a market for him this summer.
 
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KingsFan7824 said:
Overall they likely were the right moves. The Price and Weber situations have probably sunk the team for a while, and the contracts given to Danault and Kotkaniemi make zero sense for the Habs in that context.
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I will never subscribe to the idea that letting a core player walk, in his prime, when they can afford to sign him, is a good move.

Plus, they had no idea about Price and Weber.
 
King'sPawn said:
I will never subscribe to the idea that letting a core player walk, in his prime, when they can afford to sign him, is a good move.

Plus, they had no idea about Price and Weber.
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They knew about Weber during the playoffs. I would also doubt, with the investment they made in Price, that they wouldn't know what's going on if the guy is going to take an entire season off. If not end his career.

Not like Montreal was all that good last year. Below the middle of the pack, negative goal differential, and down 3-1 in the 1st rd. Then went on one of those runs that happen sometimes.

What they should've done was just kept the 1st they got from Carolina, but they weren't planning on sucking as much as they have. It's not terrible that teams don't actively tank.
 
Herby said:
The Sharks are cooked this season, not a playoff caliber team. I think we would have preferred them winning that game.

As for Montreal, they will get a very good (but probably not great) prospect at the top of this draft and probably be awful again next season and hope to land one of the really big franchise changers at the top of that draft. Somebody will be let down by goaltending in this years playoffs (Colorado, Vegas, Edmonton, Minnesota) and feel like Price will be the difference, there will be a market for him this summer.
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Yeah, I thought the Sharks were closer than they actually are.
 
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