I'm on board with roster tweaks, getting some young blood in there.
But any talk of replacing the GM and/or coach at this point is beyond short sighted imo.
I don't think anyone is "turning their backs" on the guys that helped bring this franchise its only glory but rather the fact this is an internet message board so there isn't going to be a bunch of flowery words in front of "get rid of him" or "move on from him" but rather quite the opposite.
It goes without saying that all Kings fans are forever grateful to DL, Sutter and everyone else that played a part in the 2012-14 run: including Richards and even Voynov. It doesn't need to be said really and, actually, it has been said by most posters but we have posters that said nice things about Greene or others two years ago while saying they should move on but they are still here so the niceties have ceased.
As a season seat holder, I don't want to be forking over money for a 12th place club come 2019 because they won the Cup five years earlier. At some point, you don't get a mulligan for horrible moves. 2015 and '16 were the mulligans so fans should be examining management and coaching when you go from winning two cups in three years to winning one playoff game since.
I'm not so much on the get rid of DL train since he's kind of ****ed himself with his "all-in" moves. When you go all-in and play a bad hand, you bust. Well, this roster is busted from a supporting players/depth standpoint but DL is hamstrung by the cap, just like the next guy will be. The way to be competitive is to have ELC producers but the impact pickings are slim due to wasting 1st round picks. I couldn't really tell you what the next guy would do outside of maybe moving lower-tier guys for prospects/picks but I do know that ownership is not looking to start a rebuild soon and definitely not during this 50th anniversary deal so what would getting rid of DL accomplish?
I do think, however, that Sutter is not entirely here because he has a continued passion to coach the LA Kings. He's a competitor and will tell you that he expects to win this and that, but he knows this roster isn't what it was and he knows DL is screwed with the cap. There was Chris Sutter front and center for his dancing segment on Friday Night. Chris loves the Kings and being part of the team probably more than anything from what I've read so here we are with DS. He doesn't have the horses necessary to run his style of play but they are going to go ahead and continue to do it.
I hate to start down the road of follow the money, but the Kings have an identity in this town and I don't believe ownership wants to disrupt it since the money train is still humming along. Keep the same coaches and basically the same roster and hope to make the playoffs with the casual fan not seeing how scary things are cap and prospect wise. I think that has already gone to **** with Gaborik and now Quick out. If they continue to play like Friday throughout the season at Staples, that sell-out streak will end and that season seat wait list will get a lot shorter. I think it will only be then that there will be a change at the DL or Sutter levels.
Everything done since the '14 Cup has been based on winning another one ASAP without much care for the future. The future is now here and the moves pretty much all seriously backfired. Unless the young guys step up--since we know what we have with the current roster--this team is going to slide into black hole status where I'm afraid it already resides this season without Gaborik and Quick. Then comes the decision to blow it up or not: not sure if DL would be the guy to blow up his own team. I definitely know Sutter is the wrong coach for a non-contender: especially at this stage of his career.
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<-- those eyes are moving damnit lol
I'm going to say that's a wash. I don't even want to waste time analyzing that. 
