Proposal: Kings liquidation. GavrikovDanault, and Fiala

[kilowatt]

Imagine quitting on your team 10 games in

I’m quitting on eight years of inept management and three straight first-round exits to our biggest rivals with zero accountability

 

[LeonDraisaitl]

Gavrikov would be massive for Edmonton even playing his off-side. Sam O'Reilly (2024 1st) and Phil Kemp (6'3 RHD prospect)?

Absofruitly not. No thanks

 

[KingPuckChoo]

Interestingly, Danault changed agents a few days ago

 

[benfranklin]

Retain half and you can have the Avs 2026 first for Denault. I love his game.

 

[McHelpus]

Oilers would love Danault, it would be a luxury to have a guy that can play 2nd line center when we run McDrai.

 

[HFpapi]

The Kings are a solid team that can make playoffs and maybe even surprise a team and win a round but they aren't winning a cup with Dallas/Oiles/Avs/Jets in the conference and their window is going to close sooner rather than later as Kopi and Doughty can't go on forever.

People always scoff at these kind of suggestions because selling off every vet for draft picks and prospects is what you do every 5 years in a video game cause you're bored but in this instance it makes sense for LA IMO.

Kempe, Danault, Fiala, and Gavrikov are genuinely very valuable pieces that can each return a 1st + prospect.

Sell them off, let Doughty and Kopi ride off into the sunset in LA if they so choose or trade them cheaply to their desired destination if they want another crack at it and build around Byfield, Clarke, and your new boatloads of picks and prospects.

What good is being a playoff bubble team for 2 more years?

 

[L4br3cqu3]

LA is 2nd in the Pacific, and 7th overall in the league.

But if you really think something's wrong with the team, I'd start with the administration, not the players.

 

[BKarchitect]

Gavrikov seems like the only guy to move this early and only at the deadline if you aren’t planning on-resigning him.

The market for him at the deadline would be massive. He’s stepped up big after an uneven year last season and with Doughty out, he’s out there 25 minutes a night and like any good prototypical Russian defender, he can play both sides. He’s also smack in his prime and not simply some stay at home oaf. That is an elite level TDL rental for any team and should extract a very high-end price. Definitely a 1st+ kind of rental.

 

[johnjm22]

Danault is worth more than Gavrikov IMO.

 

[BKarchitect]

Absofruitly not. No thanks

Edmonton would be foolish to turn that down. It’s teenage prospect in SOR for a guy who could make a monumental difference on that blueline in any number of top pairing/top 4 roles. I’d be salivating at adding Gavrikov if I were an Oilers fan.

 

[FSL KINGS]

Danault is worth more than Gavrikov IMO.

Agree.

Gavrikov working on the Right could up his value also.