Well none of that is encouraging in my eyes. Ownership pays attention to what people say. Well if that was the case They would have removed Luc and Blake and bring in fresh people outside Kings family. They have their own analytics, well maybe that's why we are where we are at. If they compared to Matt Greene, love greener, but we dont need 3 of them. Willie Mitchell, not even in same ballpark.
Just my opinion, but the way I see it ownership doesn't get it
He said "we (as in the organization) go over what people say on social media." I'm not sure if he meant ownership.
He said ownership and fam (even mentioned the kids) pay close attention to the team. I'll assume since the kids are younger they're probably on social media and see stuff.
They also looked at Ian Cole, BTW.
Regarding the Kings' analytics, he said they go over 70K events per game: 1st pass, finishing checks and winning battles are some of the stuff they look at. Seemed to place a heavy emphasis on winning puck battles. Also said the analytics you see online are 5-10 years behind. (Personally I don't believe that). He said it's not just the Kings, but every NHL team
The Edmundson you saw on Montreal's' cup run is the guy they want.
Anecdotally, I have to give the Kings and ownership a lot of credit on this one. They had no reason to talk to me. But not only did they give me a response, they literally had someone from the Kings' organization give me a call. I sure as hell wasn't expecting that. It showed they care. I was pretty critical, and they were still nice about it and even encouraged it.