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

[kingsholygrail]

Excellent point. So it tells you Kings dont advance scout properly or adjust well to their opponent. There was an article posted from some Edmonton site that pointed out that the tight diamond was wrong for EDM power play and that Dallas had figured it out.

Did some quick math while thinking. In their season series, the Oilers had a 23%PP and 80% PK. They elevated in the post season for sure. It does make you wonder what happened. The Oilers shouldn't have been able to nearly triple their success rate on simple preparation.

 

[Sol]

Yeah but Matt Roy is what happens when you build a faulty dcore

He's an excellent player that will get paid and deserves it, he's a stellar #4 and a still near top tier #3, people are letting recency bias rip him apart, it's stupid

He should also not be your volume PKer based on size and net presence alone

He may not be missed on THIS team as Clarke/Spence bring a different dynamic that's needed but he was the first guy in a half decade to remotely plug what we've affectionately called "the voynov hole"

that voynov hole was never plugged.

 

[King'sPawn]

that voynov hole was never plugged.

Kinky

 

[Sol]

They would've been better off having Englund lay down in front of the crease like a beached whale on the PK than having Roy defend. Roy let every pass just go right through him.

John keep making comments like this. This is the right stuff I want to see. Roy was atrocious. He might have well not played with a stick the amount of pucks that were going through him and he was just doing ZERO.

Kinky

Yeah. A gaping Russian hole that a submarine wouldn't be able to fill in.

 

[Sol]

When is Roberto El Flakeo going to say




Silver Haired DoucheBro is joining too.

 

[King'sPawn]

"Hi Blake, why has an expansion team had better success in half the time you've been a GM?"

 

[johnjm22]

"Hi Blake, why has an expansion team had better success in half the time you've been a GM?"

Was mentioned on SDPN yesterday that LA, Detroit and Buffalo are the only 3 teams in the league without a single playoff series victory since 14/15.

Rarefied air.

 

[Statto]

An Elite D AND a 1st rd pick for a top 6 forward is anything but fair

however i can see kings fans are entering a compromising phase, willing to accept stuff for stuff supported w/ some good old cognitive dissonance

At the time no one expected Faber to become ‘Elite’, and he’s not that yet, so in the context of the trade and how the players were viewed in the moment it was ‘fair’. Although I’d say lot was the upper end of fair. I’d have been much happier with a 2nd + a 3rd.

Of course it’s looking like MN will win the trade but there you go.

 

[King'sPawn]

At the time no one expected Faber to become ‘Elite’, and he’s not that yet, so in the context of the trade and how the players were viewed in the moment it was ‘fair’. Although I’d say lot was the upper end of fair. I’d have been much happier with a 2nd + a 3rd.

Of course it’s looking like MN will win the trade but there you go.

Not to belabor the point, but a few of us (namely me, Herby, and bland) got a lot of flak for saying Faber would be elite. We just didn't know how fast he'd get there.

But as also discussed, the timing of the trade was the bigger issue. Blake left the rebuild too early, which was before a new core established the team's identity.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Not to belabor the point, but a few of us (namely me, Herby, and bland) got a lot of flak for saying Faber would be elite. We just didn't know how fast he'd get there.

But as also discussed, the timing of the trade was the bigger issue. Blake left the rebuild too early, which was before a new core established the team's identity.

Will vouch for you three saying that strongly, not even waffling on it.

I can say myself I always talked about how he was a sponge and adapted so well to situations, my dougt was his upside on the top pairing due to 1. offensive ability and 2. size. But he's obviously answering very well to that so far.

My bigger problem as the timing as you say. It's not that Fiala isn't a great player (to whatever degree one agrees) it's that it signaled we were crowbar-ing the window open for...reasons. And if that was questionable, almost everything since then has been doubling down on miserable failure after miserable failure.

 

[DAkings20]

Hope the reporters brought their knee pads to Blake’s press conference

 

[Seattle King]

I didnt think I would have any new criticisms of the front office at this late date in the season, but:
Are you French clowns going to hire a coach this decade or what?
You have waited (months!) yourselves into a situation where now half the league is looking for a new coach and competing with the Kings for the limited talent available.
I will refer to the Kings front office as Cirque de Soliel hereafter, because what else do you call the premier French clown show on the planet?

 

[The Butcher]

Is there a way to watch this charade Luc and Blake are doing today?

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Is there a way to watch this charade Luc and Blake are doing today?

Embarrassingly not live, it will be up later. An absolute joke for a professional franchise in 2024

 

[Lt Dan]

Not to belabor the point, but a few of us (namely me, Herby, and bland) got a lot of flak for saying Faber would be elite. We just didn't know how fast he'd get there.

But as also discussed, the timing of the trade was the bigger issue. Blake left the rebuild too early, which was before a new core established the team's identity.

I was fully on the Faber train

I even had a "Brock out with your cock out" joke ready to go for every time he scored a goal

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

 

[Little Psycho]

It ain’t deep. Get rid of it.

 

[Sol]

How come no one is asking about him possibly deviating from his job before the season starts

Blake says they’re not buying out PLD LMFAOOOOO

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

so so far, all the most depressing shit, attended only by their handpicked screened media, not streamed to the public

all my worst fears confirmed, cannot enjoy the franchise I love in 24-25.

 

[The Butcher]

 

[Statto]

Not to belabor the point, but a few of us (namely me, Herby, and bland) got a lot of flak for saying Faber would be elite. We just didn't know how fast he'd get there.

But as also discussed, the timing of the trade was the bigger issue. Blake left the rebuild too early, which was before a new core established the team's identity.

You guys did tbf… did you at the draft? I don’t recall. I thought he might be a top pairing guy but had him as a #3, most likely when he was drafted. The speed of his development caught everyone out, probably even himself.

I agree on the timing though and the strategically dumb exiting of the rebuild.

 

[johnjm22]

The fact that he even has to answer a question about PLD being bought out is at least pretty funny.

It can't feel good.

 

[Statto]

Will vouch for you three saying that strongly, not even waffling on it.

I can say myself I always talked about how he was a sponge and adapted so well to situations, my dougt was his upside on the top pairing due to 1. offensive ability and 2. size. But he's obviously answering very well to that so far.

My bigger problem as the timing as you say. It's not that Fiala isn't a great player (to whatever degree one agrees) it's that it signaled we were crowbar-ing the window open for...reasons. And if that was questionable, almost everything since then has been doubling down on miserable failure after miserable failure.

IIRC we were fairly close in our (now wrong) assessment

 

[Sol]

So AEG is balls deep in so much money that they don’t give a f*** what this absolutely dimwit moron with 40 IQ does

 

[King'sPawn]

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Sucks. But it appears without Luc gone, it doesn't matter anyway.

Though frankly, if Luc is the driving force, Blake should have some self-respect and resign.