Kings News: Byfield signs 5 year, $6.25M per extension

[Lt Dan]

Russell the Love Muscle has spoken

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807787241273712878

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[kilowatt]

Lock him up long term ASAP

 

[FSL KINGS]

Don't do it 55! Don't give this crap club UFA years you will never get back!!!

 

[funky]

Need this news to drop to wash the dirty taste of today’s Edmundson signing out of my mouth

 

[FSL KINGS]

6 years 6 million?

 

[johnjm22]

If I'm Byfield, I won't sign long term for anything less than 9M.

 

[Sol]

Would have preferred a bridge deal just so we can see if he actually does well at center. But this is the LA Kings where nothing makes sense.

 

[MonkeysUncle]

I bet closer to 7x 8.25

 

[shuchukfan]

I'm not too well-versed on things like this, but can another team offer sheet him?

 

[KingsHockey24]

Two years max please god.

Last thing I want is to commit 64 million dollars to QB and have him score 40 points next season.

 

[BaileyFan]

QB will be close to 30 by the next time this team will even begin to contend at the earliest. An offer sheet would unironically be the best option for both team and player. QB gets paid, gets to go to a better organization, and develop at C without being jerked around. Kings get a boatload of picks that a competent GM could use to draft the next core as we will soon be rebuilding anyway.

 

[KingsOfCali25]

I'm not too well-versed on things like this, but can another team offer sheet him?

Yes. But I think it's highly unlikely someone would try it. It rarely happens and there are other teams in worse cap position that have multiple RFAs to sign (Carolina).

Edit: best option for both player and team is a 2 year bridge deal around 5m per.

 

[Choralone]

Quinton, I hope you like the smell of Bengay because there are a lot of old dudes in the LA King locker room.

 

[Master Yoda]

Possibly something similar to Slafkovsky.
$7.6M AAV max term.

 

[Gjwrams]

QB will be close to 30 by the next time this team will even begin to contend at the earliest. An offer sheet would unironically be the best option for both team and player. QB gets paid, gets to go to a better organization, and develop at C without being jerked around. Kings get a boatload of picks that a competent GM could use to draft the next core as we will soon be rebuilding anyway.

Of the silly things said and done today, you stating the Kings would be better off with QB were offer sheeted is up near the top. Step back from the ledge my friend, it ain't worth it. .

I know you're just frustrated, as we all are.

Quinton, I hope you like the smell of Bengay because there are a lot of old dudes in the LA King locker room.

That and the view of saggy ball sacks

 

[kings11]

If I'm Byfield, I won't sign long term for anything less than 9M.

Based on what? Slaf nearly matched his totals and just signed for 8 x $7.6.. but it’s Blake so maybe you’re right, he’ll add another mil or two

 

[johnjm22]

Based on what? Slaf nearly matched his totals and just signed for 8 x $7.6.. but it’s Blake so maybe you’re right, he’ll add another mil or two

Because I know I could make more long term if I take a bridge and become a star player.

If I'm him I want:

1 year at 5M+

or

8 years at 9M+

 

[BaileyFan]

Of the silly things said and done today, you stating the Kings would be better off with QB were offer sheeted is up near the top. Step back from the ledge my friend, it ain't worth it. .

I know you're just frustrated, as we all are.


That and the view of saggy ball sacks

IMO Byfield is in the same situation that DeBrincat was in Chicago. Good player, great even, but his team stupidly went down a win now path for old team legends and when it all blew up, he was stuck in the beginning of a multi year rebuild and too old to be part of the new 18-20 year old core. Byfield will be there in a few seasons.

 

[Shellz]

How soon is soon, LT Dan?

 

[Statto]

How soon is soon, LT Dan?

The TDL.

 

[Telos]

This is the deal everything hinges on It is a gamble either way for both sides and there is no clear answer. Though, the spending today makes me feel like a bridge is coming and not a Slafkovsky deal, but if that happens and Byfield truly emerges and solidifies himself then the Kings are going to be hurting sooner rather than later.

Personally, in this case, I would bet on the player and give him the 8-year ~$7-8M per season deal. Yeah, it could blow up in the Kings' faces, but they have to roll the dice on him. I think they'll regret it if they don't lock him up here, but they may have backed themselves into a corner they can no longer get out of cap wise. Don't want to give him Edmundson's money

 

[DoktorJeep]

Give the man at least 7 x $6.8M. Same as Kopitar on his second deal. Please do one good, long-term thing Rob Blake before you are fired.

 

[SmytheKing]

QB will be close to 30 by the next time this team will even begin to contend at the earliest. An offer sheet would unironically be the best option for both team and player. QB gets paid, gets to go to a better organization, and develop at C without being jerked around. Kings get a boatload of picks that a competent GM could use to draft the next core as we will soon be rebuilding anyway.

The only way the Kings don't match would be if a team went over probably $10 million a year. If they do that, the Kings would get 2 1st round picks, a 2nd, and a 3rd. Here are the teams that could give those picks up. Totally unclear on whether or not their cap space would allow for it.

A couple of those teams might be worth getting the 1sts from but in all likelihood, the Kings would lose out.

The only way the Kings don't match is if a team gives up $11.5 million a year and there isn't a team in the league doing that because they'd be giving up 4 1sts and QB isn't worth the cap hit or draft capital.

There's no world where the Kings don't sign him.

 

[MonkeysUncle]

The only way the Kings don't match would be if a team went over probably $10 million a year. If they do that, the Kings would get 2 1st round picks, a 2nd, and a 3rd. Here are the teams that could give those picks up. Totally unclear on whether or not their cap space would allow for it.View attachment 891097

A couple of those teams might be worth getting the 1sts from but in all likelihood, the Kings would lose out.

The only way the Kings don't match is if a team gives up $11.5 million a year and there isn't a team in the league doing that because they'd be giving up 4 1sts and QB isn't worth the cap hit or draft capital.

There's no world where the Kings don't sign him.

10 or more is only 2 firsts?

 

[tigermask48]

10 or more is only 2 firsts?

It's based on the league average salary so it's a shifting scale year to year.
I think the 2 firsts, a second and a third cutoff is a little north of 11.4 million AAV now. Above that is 4 firsts.

As an example when Penner signed his offer sheet in 2007 it was an AAV of 4.3 mil and Edmonton gave up a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. But now, that same offer sheet of 4.3 AAV would only be a 2nd round pick because the average salary has increased significantly since 2007.