This is what I want to know. Why are we even talking about them? Kempe's on track to be the first player since Palffy in 01-02 and 02-03 to have back-to-back 30-goal seasons with the Kings. In what universe is he expendable? If we should be moving anyone, it's players performing poorly relative to their cap hit.
We have three key players that aren't living up to their contracts: Edler, Quick, and Petersen. That's almost $15 million in cap space!
Where might we be with, say, Darcy Kuemper and Jakob Chychrun?
Anyone know what Edler’s bonus structure is? Just wondering how much cap space je will actually take up.
Is that only if we don't have the cap space to pay for it this year, or is it deferred to next year no matter what?
I honestly don't remember why I thought it was deferred to next year but I did.
Pretty sure any bonus gets deferred to the following season (since there are times a player may not meet the bonus, so a team can't account for a bonus that's never met).
seems like every time they show the bench pre/postgame fiala is one of the guys going out of his way to fistbump the kids around there, one of those things that's left a character impression on me
Thanks for digging this thread up, look at what @Herby thought of it! Crazy, huh? It's almost like the exact opposite of what he's saying now.
But I still like this deal. Fiala is a game-breaking player (jokingly either way just to head off all those ready-to-reply) but his value and deal are fine despite Faber's development or now becoming a top player in the NHL already to some eyes. It reminds me of the reaction to losing Cernak.
Trying to avoid the Fiala/Faber circle jerk
I am fine about arguing the timing of the deal and the philosophy of the rebuild which obviously has many questions surrounding it right now given this ridiculous swing of a season, but Fiala is locked into a solid number in his prime and has been good enough even during arguably one of his worst and most divisive seasons. Last year he was a literal superstar for us.
The deal that broke the team is still the PLD deal, the direction is debatable, but there was only one deal that truly broke the camel's back. Outside of that, sure everything Blake has done can be picked a part as the full plan is laid out and easy to criticize right now, but I don't have much to complain about for this deal in a vacuum.
The trade value is still fine even though Faber wasn't going to be thrown out there ahead of Doughty, Clarke, Spence, Roy, and so on. He would have toiled in the AHL for four seasons and been treated like Moverare if he had stayed. That is a bigger crime than dealing him and getting value while we could which turned into the most talented player on the team who, like most, are oft misused.
Hes had some rough nights this season. The giveaways for no reason that lead to goals against and late in the game penalties are much too frequent. He has been benched multiple times because of it so its not just the fans upset but the coaching staff as well.
I would say he is given far too much credit and is a much bigger part of the problem here than acknowledged.
