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Doughty has quite a few years left on his deal.

Walker and Roy are here to stay unless something with Seattle happens but I’m sure the Kings are more value in Roy since Clague is a Walker clone.

Anderson and Bjornfot are the other young guys - that makes 5 right there.

Strand and MacD are 6-7 for the next few years.
 
Johnny Utah said:
Doughty has quite a few years left on his deal.

Walker and Roy are here to stay unless something with Seattle happens but I’m sure the Kings are more value in Roy since Clague is a Walker clone.

Anderson and Bjornfot are the other young guys - that makes 5 right there.

Strand and MacD are 6-7 for the next few years.
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MacD should be gone in a year or so. I would rather extend Maatta then have MacD
 
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I had high hopes for Durzi but I’m thinking he never really makes the Kings. Sounds like the offense is there but he is prone to too many mistakes. I think he is falling down the chart. Brickley is another guy that likely won’t make the big team. Hults is still my dark horse tho.

I wonder if MacD can be converted to wing? Still love his grit. Would make a decent alternate forward.
 
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I think Hultz and Moverare (if he gets healthy) could and should be part of the conversation for next season. It's tough to know until they play some games with LA like Strand has shown. I also think Seattle takes one of our available dmen in the expansion draft. It's good to see the defense isn't a smoldering dumpster fire and that huge changes need to happen. Seems like there's options. Looks like the team is heading in the right direction.
 
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If anyone gets the label of a guy you’re worried about not having NHL level hockey IQ, unfortunately, I think Durzi has demonstrated that at the AHL level in the games I’ve watched this season.
 
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The Pens have a surplus at LD right now. One of Marcus Pettersson or Brian Dumoulin will likely be traded this year.

Dumo is a top pair for the next several years. MP is more of a second pairing guy.
 
molon labe said:
The Pens have a surplus at LD right now. One of Marcus Pettersson or Brian Dumoulin will likely be traded this year.

Dumo is a top pair for the next several years. MP is more of a second pairing guy.
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No interest in MP.
For Dumoulin, on the fence with him. We need to pay Roy next year hoping to get a bridge deal under 4.

What the Kings need is a big LD, mobile, eat minutes, PK, and QB the PP2. Not easy to find or trade for but it will slot Mikey Anderson down with Walker so he won't get overmatched against the top lines.
 
Mats26 said:
No interest in MP.
For Dumoulin, on the fence with him. We need to pay Roy next year hoping to get a bridge deal under 4.

What the Kings need is a big LD, mobile, eat minutes, PK, and QB the PP2. Not easy to find or trade for but it will slot Mikey Anderson down with Walker so he won't get overmatched against the top lines.
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So what you are saying is welcome to the LA Kings Mattias Ekholm.
 
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Pelech might be in a cap crunch with the Islanders needing to pay Beauvillier too. He or Ekholm would be awfully nice.

As for the Bjornfot comparisons above, as much as I'd love a Cale Makar on the Kings, he might be the most elusive player on his edges, in all four directions, that I have ever seen. You can't just magically develop that at this age, and while Bjornfot is a fluid skater, he is not on that level. Honestly, I'd love to see Bjornfot just turn into another Matt Roy. They've been excellent together.
 
DryIslandBartender said:
Too early to write Durzi off, way too early. Defensemen are always late developers.
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This is true of course. I just think LA has a young d core already. Clague does what he does. Hults was excellent in college and is already nearer than farther to making a push as well. Durzi could get a sniff if there are injuries maybe.
 
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King'sPawn said:
It's not so much where he is, but how he's been trending/developing.
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Up vote. Yes, it's too early to write him off, but his game definitely needs considerable improvement and the progress has been slow to seemingly non-existent many nights. We know it's not the player the Kings wanted in trade, it's who they settled for.
 
Power or Hughes Doughty
Bjornfot Roy
Anderson Strand
Hults Grans
Clague Faber
Nousiainen Meehan
Moverare

going off memory (probably left some off) and lotto gods smiling on Kings again...oh, and Walker traded. Need size and want to see Strand in the lineup.
Nousiainen having a big year...18 pts so far and team leading plus 13 in Kalpa.
 
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Peter James Bond II said:
Power or Hughes Doughty
Bjornfot Roy
Anderson Strand
Hults Grans
Clague Faber
Nousiainen Meehan
Moverare

going off memory (probably left some off) and lotto gods smiling on Kings again...oh, and Walker traded. Need size and want to see Strand in the lineup.
Nousiainen having a big year...18 pts so far and team leading plus 13 in Kalpa.
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Spence is a player to keep an eye on. Could definitely look to compete with Durzi for RHD in Ontario next season.
 
Fat Elvis said:
Spence is a player to keep an eye on. Could definitely look to compete with Durzi for RHD in Ontario next season.
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True! I honestly had him written down as a RHD on the list,....and then thought maybe Grans and Faber should be higher than him...and removed Spence and forgot to add him back on.
Yes, Spence has done well and looked good in the WJC, the little icetime he had. Too difficult, to really rate many of them.
 
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