Speculation: Fire Rob Blake Blow it Up Offseason Thread (update: Robitaille, Blake and Hiller stay)

[King'sPawn]

This picture is of Koehn Ziemmer - my fav Kings prospect besides Helenius.

They need players like Ziemmer and Helenius on this roster. These are the type of players needed to beat Edmonton.

Yeah, the quote tweet is the original article which discusses Ziemmer and Jamsen coming to So Cal.

Agreed on Ziemmer. Hopefully he can make use of summer and recover completely and getting in game shape.

 

[Telos]

To be honest, I feel bad for Hiller to work his way up to a being a head coach in the NHL and he has to do it with this team and this assignment given to him by BLuc. It is even worse than being given a bottom-dwelling team on a rebuild. He is damned to try to compete with this roster, get more out of these stunted and chained prospects, with two aging stars demanding success, all while being told they are top contenders that are almost there.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

I’m just gonna continue shouting this from the rooftops. The emperor has no clothes and not enough people are talking about it.

Over the final 64 games of the season, the Kings went 29-27-8.

They went 15-17-7 against playoff teams.

This is not a good team, and they do not have the assets nor cap space to get better.

They will miss the playoffs in 24/25.

For further context, this pace would have been good enough for 84 points across a full season, which would have tied LA with Buffalo for 22nd in the league.

They would have missed the playoffs in the west by 14 points.

 

[Sol]

honestly shout out to my boy Rob Blake, has his head so far up his own ass or Lucs, and some how manages to maintain a previously an unthinkable 100% Shooting yourself in the foot accuracy.

Truly the goat.

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

Everyone get your "King of the Hiller" jokes ready

Dat Der, Rob Bluc’em can kiss my…som bitch can’t win no games you know what I mean!!!!!!

 

[FrozenKing18]

Everyone get your "King of the Hiller" jokes ready

I just had a lightbulb moment lmao give me some time and i’ll post something potentially hilarious

 

[RocketKing]

The first thing Lombardi would do if he were in charge now would be to trade Fiala.

In a hot minute

 

[BigBrown]

Three year extension for head coach Hiller.

 

[tny760]

 

[FrozenKing18]

Right on time for the big signing

EDIT: Sorry, I didn't have my full arsenal of photo editing software. Best I can do on my work laptop

 

[tny760]

next on the agenda: talbot/englund 5yr extensions, permanent 11/7 roster change

 

[Mattias]

@Lt Dan you should use your AI chatbot to start making some country club kings pictures for us all.

That or a black hole theme photo.

 

[Bandit]

next on the agenda: talbot/englund 5yr extensions, permanent 11/7 roster change

Nah, we'll be going 10/8 and they'll still figure out a way to bench Clarke.

 

[Trash Panda]

“Multi year”

*uncontrollable vomiting.

 

[KopitarGOAT420]

3 years is a bit crazy but I still don't really see it being that harmful / anything to freak out about.

Head coaches get fired alllllllllll the time in the NHL. If Hiller doesn't deliver results, he'll be fired before that 3 year contract is done. And if Blake & Luc really do get canned at some point, I'm sure a new president & GM will look to name a new head coach they've hand picked.

The real question/concern is how will Hiller approach this team from a systems perspective and is he given full control over lineup decisions?

Hiller may have frustrated many (myself included) with the 11/7 and 1-3-1 but that was in a season where the team was falling behind the 8 ball and his job was to get them in the playoffs by any means necessary. Will be crucial to see how he approaches next season.

 

[Johnny Utah]

The 11-7 was annoying as what not playing young players.

 

[Little Psycho]

Well it’s been nice knowing you guys

 

[BigKing]

Three years. Got to be so cheap on the dollars that they feel comfortable going out that long.

 

[tny760]

Well it’s been nice knowing you guys

they certainly haven't been making it easy lately..

i'll see what happens with the contracts in the offseason but i can already feel interest waning

 

[SaltyElkHunter]

The moves you make aren’t just about what happens on the ice it’s about reputation and culture and logic. These guys really just throw shit at the wall and it is more and more apparent as desperation and a larger body of work is exposed. If Blake didn’t have the holdovers from Deans cup teams this would be McMasteresque!

Worst front office since the previous Edmonton regime. Same country club blueprint!

The feeling of wanting to tune in because you see a wave about to crest is completely absent. It’s like sitting in the water during a riptide!

 

[Lt Dan]

Right on time for the big signing

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EDIT: Sorry, I didn't have my full arsenal of photo editing software. Best I can do on my work laptop

You won the internet today

 

[ibleedkings]

Are you f***ing kidding me

 

[Brownie to Pancakes]

Adios kaliyev

 

[KINGS17]

Don't worry i saw exactly this coming since 5 years, the pain will easy at some point and will become a very comforting dull

Sorry, but BLuc has wrecked the interior of this organization!

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Three years. Got to be so cheap on the dollars that they feel comfortable going out that long.

My first thought--what's the minimum head coach salary