Dubois

[ChicagoBlues]

@David Lunch Is that Michal Handzuš in your avatar blended with the Eraserhead guy?

 

[King'sPawn]

No I didn't.

The team was worse after the Richards trade.

The Kings were a worse team after the Richards trade. It's not a "take". It's just a fact.

The turn around didn't happen until Sutter and Carter got here.

Sutter is probably main reason IMO.

So you mentioned the team being worse after the trade, and pointed out where the team "factually" got better, but you aren't saying Richards made the team worse.

Okay.

I don't think there's anything to discuss then.

 

[kilowatt]

End of an error

 

[Seattle King]

End of an error

Only after Blake is gone

 

[johnjm22]

So you mentioned the team being worse after the trade, and pointed out where the team "factually" got better, but you aren't saying Richards made the team worse.

Okay.

I don't think there's anything to discuss then.

Saying I'm blaming Richards for the team being worse makes it sounds like I'm implying something personal, or that I'm saying he was playing poorly.

He was good during the regular season (up until the Bergheim concussion), and he gave his all. It wasn't his fault. He's just not the impact player people think he was at that point in his career.

 

[HabsAddict]

As an outsider looking in....this thread should be burned, then buried, then salted, then a string of garlic strung over it.

Congrats guys...

BTW...I'll still hang around to see what happens with Kaliyev.

 

[Surf Nutz]

As an outsider looking in....this thread should be burned, then buried, then salted, then a string of garlic strung over it.

Congrats guys...

BTW...I'll still hang around to see what happens with Kaliyev.

Blake just flipped the switch for the runway lights on several runaways.

Captain Kaliyev has turned the plane around and Kopitar is waiting on terminal line 2.

Other planes are in route as well.

LAKX (Pending unknown passengers on inbound flights):

Fiala - Byfield - Kempe

Laferriere - Kopitar - Kaliyev

Moore - Danault - Fagemo

Turcotte - Lizotte - Grundstrom

Thomas , Lee

MA - DD

Gvrikov - Spence

Englund - Clarke

Moverare


Rittich - Kuemper

 

[David Lunch]

@David Lunch Is that Michal Handzuš in your avatar blended with the Eraserhead guy?

Yes! Handzus always had this thousand yard stare in his team photos, and I just couldn’t help myself

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Yes! Handzus always had this thousand yard stare in his team photos, and I just couldn’t help myself

Love that!!

Most fanbases get a little nostalgic from time to time. Our Slovak Pak line was super fun back in the day.

Nagy-Demitra-Handzus

Anyway, I know we love to hate each other, but glad PLD is gone and wish nothing but the best for the Kings.

Used to live in TO, but happy Del Woods got burned down.

 

[DoktorJeep]

/thread

 

[Gjwrams]

Can someone eradicate this thread from existence, though I know it will probably resurface when PLD scores 46 goals and 100 points. lol

 

[kingsholygrail]

PL Doesn't play here anymore didn't even make it a year.

 

[Rorschach]

As an outsider looking in....this thread should be burned, then buried, then salted, then a string of garlic strung over it.

Congrats guys...

BTW...I'll still hang around to see what happens with Kaliyev.

First we must remove the head bone and drive a stake through the chest.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

First we must remove the head bone and drive a stake through the chest.

Jokes on us, no heart

 

[Seattle King]

I aint gonna miss the French clown, he sucked ass here.
But we shouldnt be celebrating.
Dubois wasnt the problem. He was a symptom of the larger problem.
BLUCEVIN is terminal cancer for this organization. I am deeply afraid of what the Unholy Trinity will saddle us with now that they have cap space and were able to relatively easily dispose of Dubois. I doubt they learned any sort of lesson here and are already in line for something just as nasty.
Kuemper is not the answer in net. He lost his job to a journeyman this year, despite a starter's contract. He will suck, perhaps as much as Talbot did in the 2nd half last year. At least his buyout will be relatively cheap next year.
We are the same flawed, mid team we were before Dubois got shipped out, just with a few million more under the cap.

 

[Rorschach]

Hmm, this just went from a horror-show of a buyout into a semi-reasonable one for LA. And I even got the numbers from the "Caps website"

Cap Hit Calculations​

SEASON	INITIAL BASE SALARY	INITIAL CAP HIT	SIGNING BONUS	BUYOUT COST	POST-BUYOUT EARNINGS	SAVINGS	CAP HIT ( LAK)
2024-25	$4,000,000	$5,250,000	$2,000,000	$916,667	$2,916,667	$3,083,333	$2,166,667
2025-26	$2,500,000	$5,250,000	$2,000,000	$916,667	$2,916,667	$1,583,333	$3,666,667
2026-27	$1,750,000	$5,250,000	$2,000,000	$916,667	$2,916,667	$833,333	$4,416,667
2027-28	$0	$0	$0	$916,667	$916,667	-$916,667	$916,667
2028-29	$0	$0	$0	$916,667	$916,667	-$916,667	$916,667
2029-30	$0	$0	$0	$916,667	$916,667	-$916,667	$916,667
TOTAL	$8,250,000	$15,750,000	$6,000,000	$5,500,000	$11,500,000	$2,750,000	$13,000,002

 

[tny760]

Hmm, this just went from a horror-show of a buyout into a semi-reasonable one for LA. And I even got the numbers from the "Caps website"

Cap Hit Calculations​

[TABLE=collapse]
[TR]
[TD]SEASON[/TD]
[TD]INITIAL BASE SALARY[/TD]
[TD]INITIAL CAP HIT[/TD]
[TD]SIGNING BONUS[/TD]
[TD]BUYOUT COST[/TD]
[TD]POST-BUYOUT EARNINGS[/TD]
[TD]SAVINGS[/TD]
[TD]CAP HIT (

LAK)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2024-25[/TD]
[TD]$4,000,000[/TD]
[TD]$5,250,000[/TD]
[TD]$2,000,000[/TD]
[TD]$916,667[/TD]
[TD]$2,916,667[/TD]
[TD]$3,083,333[/TD]
[TD]$2,166,667[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2025-26[/TD]
[TD]$2,500,000[/TD]
[TD]$5,250,000[/TD]
[TD]$2,000,000[/TD]
[TD]$916,667[/TD]
[TD]$2,916,667[/TD]
[TD]$1,583,333[/TD]
[TD]$3,666,667[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2026-27[/TD]
[TD]$1,750,000[/TD]
[TD]$5,250,000[/TD]
[TD]$2,000,000[/TD]
[TD]$916,667[/TD]
[TD]$2,916,667[/TD]
[TD]$833,333[/TD]
[TD]$4,416,667[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2027-28[/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]$916,667[/TD]
[TD]$916,667[/TD]
[TD]-$916,667[/TD]
[TD]$916,667[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2028-29[/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]$916,667[/TD]
[TD]$916,667[/TD]
[TD]-$916,667[/TD]
[TD]$916,667[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2029-30[/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]$916,667[/TD]
[TD]$916,667[/TD]
[TD]-$916,667[/TD]
[TD]$916,667[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]TOTAL[/TD]
[TD]$8,250,000[/TD]
[TD]$15,750,000[/TD]
[TD]$6,000,000[/TD]
[TD]$5,500,000[/TD]
[TD]$11,500,000[/TD]
[TD]$2,750,000[/TD]
[TD]$13,000,002[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

i don't see any reason to buy him out, you ride with him next season to see if he can put it back together, he can be LTIRetired

 

[Rorschach]

i don't see any reason to buy him out, you ride with him next season to see if he can put it back together, he can be LTIRetired

I'm not saying we just buy him out. I'm just saying 4 years (after next year) is way better than say...14 year buyout for way more money.

 

[tny760]

I'm not saying we just buy him out. I'm just saying 4 years (after next year) is way better than say...14 year buyout for way more money.

for sure, it's like making PLD disappear for his 1/3 buyout but much faster