Kings News: Fiala to for 2022 first-round pick and Brock Faber

[GoldenBearHockey]

Gonna be interesting, hope that chemistry is there......but if it's not, you have 4 solid lines.....

Faiala/Kaliyev - Kopitar - Kempe
Moore - Danault - Arvidsson
Iafallo - Byfield - Kaliyev/Fiala
Lemiuex - Lizotte - Grundstrom
Whoever I missed as 13th F etc,

Top 9....really, can play up and down the lineup.....I think someone said something earlier about McCellan f***ing it up with the minutes.....I think that's going to come down to, how much work did Byfield put it in over the summer, and how much it shows and TM trusts.....

I like the trade buttttt….Why not use 1st and Faber to get Chychrun and then just sign Forsberg for 8 mil a year?

No guarantee Forsberg signs here......

 

[Ryan120420]

I don't think he can. I think only the Wild can offer him an 8 year deal.

Isnt it still technically the 21-22 season? So wouldn't Blake be able to give him 8 years?

 

[Reaper45]

I mean if Iafallo and Walker were moved that would be a good chunk of salary…

Love the trade by the way but Fiala and Roy need to have a conversation…

 

[kilowatt]

a lot of money, guess Blake wasn't confident in signing forsberg

I bet Forsberg re-signs with Nashville.

 

[johnjm22]

Isnt it still technically the 21-22 season? So wouldn't Blake be able to give him 8 years?

I think only the team he was previously signed by can offer an 8 year deal.

 

[tomd]

ya our team midget, but at 5' 10" he actually ups the average

They're 3 inches taller than they would have been with Debrincat

 

[KingsHockey24]

I like the trade buttttt….Why not use 1st and Faber to get Chychrun and then just sign Forsberg for 8 mil a year?

Chychrun is a liability.

Get Provorov instead.

 

[57special]

I heard he only played w Kaprizov 5% of the time.. from my kid - have yet to verify

YUp, barely played with him except on the #1PP. the only talented player Fiala played on a line with during his three years in MN was 20 yo Matt Boldy(40gp), after which he was scoring at a 100 point pace. Before that, he played with guys like F Gaudreau, Victor Rask, Nick Bjugstad, Marcus Johansson, Donato, etc... a who's who of nobodies.

 

[KingLB]

I don't agree with him there but they DO have some flexibility with moves, ie Iafallo, Kempe, etc...our Cap isn't as locked as a team with a bunch of NMCs, our assets are eminently moveable, keep in mind there are some outgoing free agents as well...and in the next few years some dead cap is leaving as well

In other words if they wanted to do some big fish hunting they'd just have to send a good roster player out.

I think all Rosen is saying is that if Blake really wants to go for something big this summer, he can.

I mean, unless you are moving AI+Kempe, only 2 moves to open up space would be DD or Kopi…

And while forsberg is an upgrade on Kempe, not sure he is enough. (Unless you got some really good pieces for AI/Kempe)

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

I like the trade buttttt….Why not use 1st and Faber to get Chychrun and then just sign Forsberg for 8 mil a year?

Faber's value to anyone but Minny is likely a lot less

 

[KINGS17]

Ok with this deal if Fiala plays with Byfield, and not Kopitar or Danault.

 

[Lays]

Need to trade iafallo even more now can't pay 4 million for a third line winger

As a Rangers fan, what’s the cost and can he play C

 

[Axl Rhoadz]

Ok with this deal if Fiala plays with Byfield, and not Kopitar or Danault.

They ain't paying a player 8-mil to babysit the kids.

 

[Matt13]

I like the trade buttttt….Why not use 1st and Faber to get Chychrun and then just sign Forsberg for 8 mil a year?

While I do think the team needs improvement on D, does the team really need a player with as large a cap hit as Chychrun though?

Looking at the stat lines for last year, The Kings were #20 on Goals for at 235 compared to The Panthers at #1 with 337. However on the Goals Against, The Canadians had the most at 317, The Hurricanes had the least 200, The Kings were at 9th with 232, in fact we gave up the same amount of goals at The Avalanche, except they had 308 goals.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

Plus side:

He scored 85 pts
He Good on Powerplay
He like a hard worker I think

Minus Side:

He sign for lot money
Kevin Fiala is a stupid name that sounds like a nobody grinder like Scott Parse or something
He maybe no good next season
Our team is midget

I wanted Forsberg but whatevs I guess

Plus side
Agreed
Didn’t scratch the surface
Hard work!!!!

Minus
-I don’t care if he’s getting our as king as he’s scoring.
-no offense but your name sounds like a gay pornstar
-sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe shit it happens
-I hope a midget bites your knee


All in jest homie funny takes

 

[KINGS17]

Well that answers that.

Fiala - Kopitar - Kempe
Moore - Danault - Arvidsson
Iafallo - Byfield - Kaliyev
Lemieux - Lizotte - Grundstrom

Nope.

Fiala - Byfield - Kempe

Kopitar likes playing with Iafallo, let him keep doing it.

They ain't paying a player 8-mil to babysit the kids.

They ain't paying Fiala $8M to make sure grandpa takes his meds. The Kings aren't getting past the best in the West for at least a couple more seasons. Playing Fiala with Kopitar = Waste. Of. Time.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

While I do think the team needs improvement on D, does the team really need a player with as large a cap hit as Chychrun though?

Looking at the stat lines for last year, The Kings were #20 on Goals for at 235 compared to The Panthers at #1 with 337. However on the Goals Against, The Canadians had the most at 317, The Hurricanes had the least 200, at 9th with 232, in fact we gave up the same amount of goals at The Avalanche, except they had 308 goals.

I like the fact that Kevin plays full seasons vs Jacob being the walking triage.

 

[TwzKing]

FFS someone hire Jon Rosen to cover the Kings exclusively.

Can the hf kings community make a gofund me so we can buy him

 

[Little Psycho]

YUp, barely played with him except on the #1PP. the only talented player Fiala played on a line with during his three years in MN was 20 yo Matt Boldy(40gp), after which he was scoring at a 100 point pace. Before that, he played with guys like F Gaudreau, Victor Rask, Nick Bjugstad, Marcus Johansson, Donato, etc... a who's who of nobodies.

We have a huge supply on bunch of nobodies!

 

[KingLB]

As a Rangers fan, what’s the cost and can he play C

He can not.

 

[Schrute farms]

Ok with this deal if Fiala plays with Byfield, and not Kopitar or Danault.

Give it a year and he will be....2023-2024 season+

 

[cyclones22]

Because people are curious. Fiala at even strength:

Num	Time	%	Players	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	432:04	38.0	KEVIN FIALA - FREDERICK GAUDREAU - MATT BOLDY	33	18	15	260	234	52.6	427	404	51.4
2	87:09	7.7	MARCUS FOLIGNO - KEVIN FIALA - JOEL ERIKSSON EK	6	5	1	58	38	60.4	104	56	65.0
3	67:46	6.0	VICTOR RASK - KEVIN FIALA - FREDERICK GAUDREAU	2	3	-1	26	29	47.3	52	48	52.0
4	45:24	4.0	MATS ZUCCARELLO - RYAN HARTMAN - KEVIN FIALA	2	0	2	23	27	46.0	51	45	53.1
5	36:13	3.2	KEVIN FIALA - FREDERICK GAUDREAU - TYSON JOST	2	2	0	18	22	45.0	39	42	48.1

As you can see, TOI with KK is minimal at Even Strength. They played 4 forwards on the PP, so he's out there with KK, but his Even Strength production cannot be minimized. Remember Danault also had strong ES numbers in Montreal.

 

[TwzKing]

I like the trade buttttt….Why not use 1st and Faber to get Chychrun and then just sign Forsberg for 8 mil a year?

Faber to minny connection IMO

 

[Schrute farms]

I simply can't imagine someone not liking this deal. Welcome to the internet and fan boards i guess

 

[jgs]

We will see if playing with Kopitar is a blessing or a hindrince. Kopi is slowing down.