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shuchukfan
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Well, there's a good chance we get another game 7 or two this round as well. Great. I know it's a pipe dream, but it's making a buyout look a lot less likely. Was it Racoon Jesus who sarcastically said, "What was Blake supposed to do?" Here's another one coming down the line.
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They’ve already said they aren’t doing it so there’s no likelihood already.
Herby
How could Blake have known?
"What was Blake supposed to do" and "How could Blake have known" are brought up because they are the common excuses that a certain few continually use to defend all the terrible moves, rather than placing any blame at all on Kings management. The good moves such as the trades with Toronto and the Faber pick, are of course all a credit to Blake and his staff, while the terrible moves like the PLD/Fiala trades, PLD extension, Turcotte pick, Kovalchuk signing, TMac hire, Bjornfot development are met with those two things.
Geez, I always thought the Quebecois and you Maritimers had a good relationship, I guess not.
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johnjm22
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The FO should be focused on trying to trade him before that NMC kicks in.
But they're probably not.
Most likely he's in the lineup on opening night and we're stuck with his fat ass for the rest of the decade.
But they're probably not.
Most likely he's in the lineup on opening night and we're stuck with his fat ass for the rest of the decade.
shuchukfan
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I know, but I doubt they would come right out and say they were exploring the buyout option. They don't want to tank his worth even more (can it go lower?) since they SHOULD be looking at trading him. With this org, they're probably looking to make him captain.
Kingspiracy
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Yep, he should be deployed way the f*** away from LA
tny760
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"the team needs to do more for PLD" lmao
a luxury extended to no one else
a luxury extended to no one else
Ziggy Stardust
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The team needs Dubois to cross the Canadian border with drugs on him.
Raccoon Jesus
We were right there
Drugs not his MO
But we could probably nail him for sweatshop practices with his high fashion shit
Edit: now that I think about it what a boring team this has become. If they won they'd probably just have a team lunch and be in bed by 9 instead of getting busted with 100s of pills at a vegas pool. They dont' deserve fun!
Frank Seravelli thinks the Kings might still buy him out.
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unicornpig
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tny760
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panthers smacking the oilers and doing it quickly enough to enable the buyout would certainly be a gift
still somehow doubt it happens though, too much pride in this FO
still somehow doubt it happens though, too much pride in this FO
Not bad for the kings fans who want him gone? That's alot of money for anyone to fork out for not having a player around. I believe if they were going to do it, should've been done by June 1st as it would been less on cap, so to do it now would show another level of incompetence by management.
I would just see if this coaching staff and management team can just look out how and where he succeeds. Just watch tape the last 2 years from the Jets . This should not be rocket science.
If not management is gone at end of year after missing playoffs or exit in first round.
Then nw management can evaluate team
unicornpig
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kings have had dead 3-4 million in cap for who knows how long now. worse case buyout scenario PLD is highest cap hit is 3.8 for 3 years.
that said even with having the extra cap from a PLD buyout does not make the kings a contender me thinks. probably best to just bite the bullet or try to find a trading partner.
You could eat like 3-3.5 mill bring his cap hit to around 5. I would think there are teams that would be interested and would think they would know how to use him better than the Kings do. I would see if Montreal is still interested to start
BigKing
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If they were going to keep him anyways, a quick SCF is awesome since they can't hide behind the cutoff date when the numbers get worse.
Blake's Mike Richards moment, except Richards was the antithesis of PLD.
unicornpig
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unless the kings are getting something significant back for eating 3-3.5 then it would just be better to buy him out.
Correct I was not thinking of giving him away, I think he could still be a very good player, especially in Montreal.
I was thinking around one or two of these players like Newhook, Luke Tuch, Xhekaj, Filip Mesar, Stuble. Of course Montreal fans will object.
HabsAddict
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There is zero chance the Habs will trade assets to get him.
ZERO.
I understand the fantasy but it's utterly removed from reality. No one in Montreal media even bother with him anymore. The French factor is actually a liability because Quebecois media will chew him alive.
Sorry
that why I said start with Montreal then you move on, but a good Gm could find someone, just not sure Blake is that Gm. I think it's a mute point anyway I think they will keep him at least another year.
Except Mike Richards came in, helped change the culture, pushed all the chips in that he had left, and showed this team how to play with heart to win.
He at least was worth his salt. PLD is the flip side of that.
FrozenKing18
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Sucks that Richards’ body couldnt keep up with his play. Imagine if he had Brown’s “f*** you” checking durability.
