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

[Chazz Reinhold]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807073660785881154

 

[Schrute farms]

So per DB:
Tyler Toffoli not target due to term ask (3/4 yrs) -- Yes!
Kids priority to play, don't count out Lizotte back. -- Yes! (No to Liz)

 

[tny760]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807073660785881154

"Best case: 2 right shot middle 6 wingers in 3-4M range, not top 3. Would look at left shot if no right avail."

middle six left shot winger

if only we had one of those, and cheaper to boot

 

[dman3474]

Tanner Jeannot!

 

[LAKings88]

According to Bernstein LA is out on Toffoli.

 

[Reaper45]

Kempe-Kopitar-Fiala
Moore-Danault-Turcotte
Jeannot-Byfield-Domi
Thomas-XXX-Laferriere

Sign Domi, 4th line center or Lewis, and a dman, trade Kaliyev and Spence.

Anderson-Doughty
Gavrikov-Clarke
Englund-XXX
Burroughs

 

[Steve Zissou]

Sergachev would have been interesting (if he can bounce back from all the injuries last year).

Always loved his game.

 

[Schrute farms]

Yeah, Utah make be a sleeper playoff pick this coming year.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Today I learned Brady Skjei is a UFA.

Must've passed by his name every time I looked at the lists.

Could be another target for us.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

Byfield and Fiala need to anchor a scoring line.

 

[kovacro]

Woolley is a solid pick! Kid is a good prospect given time. Never go wrong with a selection from London. Very well run organization

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I think if they do nothing with Kaliyev by the 2nd day of free agency it’s a huge failure

They already f***ed him all around and depreciated him to the point of worthlessness now it’s just disrespectful

 

[tny760]

I think if they do nothing with Kaliyev by the 2nd day of free agency it’s a huge failure

They already f***ed him all around and depreciated him to the point of worthlessness now it’s just disrespectful

what was blake supposed to do?!

 

[killermiller]

Blake probably gonna sign Jeff Skinner now that he's bought out by the Sabers

 

[kovacro]

Today I learned Brady Skjei is a UFA.

Must've passed by his name every time I looked at the lists.

Could be another target for us.

Brett Pesce is another solid option. Someone is going to pay him a handsome sum.

 

[MonkeysUncle]

Kempe-Kopitar-Fiala
Moore-Danault-Turcotte
Jeannot-Byfield-Domi
Thomas-XXX-Laferriere

Sign Domi, 4th line center or Lewis, and a dman, trade Kaliyev and Spence.

Anderson-Doughty
Gavrikov-Clarke
Englund-XXX
Burroughs

Byfield should 2nd line with Fial ufa winger . Thomas should be with Danault to start with Moore. Turcotte should be given every opportunity to play lw with Kopi, sign 4th line center with Jeannot and Laffy

 

[unicornpig]

kempe-kopitar-laferriere
moore-danult-marchesssault
jeannot-byfield-fiala
turcotte-thomas-lafferty/clutterbuck

anderson-doughty
gavrikov-spence
skej/zadorov-clarke
burroughs

byfield making 5.5
spence 1.5
skej/zdorov 5
marchessault 5
clutterbuck/lafferty 1.3

 

[Omni Owl]

kempe-kopitar-laferriere
moore-danult-marchesssault
jeannot-byfield-fiala
turcotte-thomas-lafferty/clutterbuck

anderson-doughty
gavrikov-spence
skej/zadorov-clarke
burroughs

byfield making 5.5
spence 1.5
skej/zdorov 5
marchessault 5
clutterbuck/lafferty 1.3

Looks better than the projected lineup right now. I have a feeling Vegas is really going to try hard on re-signing Marchessault. If that happens I say we go after Stephenson, he'd give us some depth at C and can play wing. They can't re-sign both.

 

[DoktorJeep]

RFAs due their QOs tomorrow, right?

 

[tny760]

RFAs due their QOs tomorrow, right?

monday i believe

 

[Johnny Utah]

Kempe-Kopitar-Fiala
Moore-Danault-Turcotte
Jeannot-Byfield-Domi
Thomas-XXX-Laferriere

Sign Domi, 4th line center or Lewis, and a dman, trade Kaliyev and Spence.

Anderson-Doughty
Gavrikov-Clarke
Englund-XXX
Burroughs

Love you Reaper but pencil Spence in - he’s a stud. All the Kings execs and reporters are high on him. Think he has a very high ceiling.

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Jeannot-Byfield-Domi

Why do you hate Byfield like that?

 

[Johnny Utah]

Kings are probably out in Domi now. Bernstein says no on Toffoli.

I would assume they shift toward Debrusk, Atkinson, and Skinner.

 

[johnjm22]

Something to keep in mind.

When Jeannot had his good season (21-22), he was playing on a line with Trenin.

Trenin is a UFA, and fits the toughness / physicality attributes the Kings are clearly looking to add.

 

[JTeller97]

Pretty happy with the off season so far. Getting out of the Dubois contract without any retention was obviously a major W, then moving back from 21 to 26 and getting a second while still being able to get a player that I would've been happy with at 21 in Greentree, a player who's profile the Kings have had continual success with being akin to Toffoli and Vilardi in that they're deficient in skating department but have everything else. Then essentially using the free second to pick up Jeannot a player type that we've been needing for the better part of a decade now. The biggest shoe to drop will be the Byfield contract but, after that I still think we need 3 more adds including a top 6 winger, 4th line C and a quality LHD.

Teravainen? 6M-Kopitar-Kempe
Fiala-Byfield 5M-Laferriere
Moore-Danault-Thomas
Jeannot-Trenin?2M-Turcotte

Anderson-Doughty
Gavrikov-Clarke
Kulikov? 1.5M-Spence

I don't really see any right handed wingers worth going for since the only top 6 ones are realistically Stamkos/Marchessault/Toffoli who are all a little too long in the tooth,
so I'd like to see us go after Teravainen/Bertuzzi/Debrusk. I think Trenin would be a great fit for 4C given thats who Jeannot played a lot with in Nashville plus that duo would give Turcotte some good protection. LHD I like Dillon or Kulikov as opposed to targeting Zadorov or Skej since I'd rather allocate most of the cap space towards a top 6 winger. It's hard to really forecast what we can do until we know the Byfield extension but, assuming he gets bridged this what I'd like.