I'd rather not have either and do a full rebuild if we're doing contract comparisons on the Kings. If I was GM i would have loaded up on picks and ended the charades a while ago. We dont have the draft pick talent to build something meaningful from within and we dont have the UFA talent to push the team over the edge to something viable.
We’re not getting a rebuild as long as Luc, Doughty, Kopitar, and Blake are here. That’s the ownership’s decision.
If Beckerman is replaced by a builder, change may occur. But it’s unlikely anything like that will happen as long as the team is generating massive revenue. Any owner would stay hands off if all the hard work was done and your empire needed investment in other areas.
The franchise was at a historical low point when Lombardi was hired. Unfortunately we need to wait for the next low point for any serious changes to occur.
This focus on today’s problems are a symptom of poor short term thinking. And today, Byfield is not a problem. He’s a plus. It’s good the management was able to convince ownership that investing in a long term solution is the right philosophy. It’s the same situation as when Frolov was drafted, played as a rookie and was a real reason for hope.
It wasn’t that Frolov was the savior. And QB might not be. But if we’re tracking wins and losses, QB is a win.