News: Kings will not buy out Marian Gaborik (injured, offseason surgery)

[caley]

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[Reaper45]

Dreadful news either way.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Interesting. We will see if he is something near his old self next season.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

When did we get a new prefix?

 

[nikolai19]

So he starts LTIR?

 

[caley]

When did we get a new prefix?

I just found it!!

 

[KingCanadain1976]

I'm happy the king will give him a chance. He still has the ability to play well He did in the world cup then got hurt. I think under a update Stevens system Gaborik has a chance to recover as long as he stays healthy

 

[thrillhous]

I'm happy the king will give him a chance. He still has the ability to play well He did in the world cup then got hurt. I think under a update Stevens system Gaborik has a chance to recover as long as he stays healthy

As long as he stays healthy. How many times have we said that about Gaborik

 

[izzy]

its NEWS!

 

[mouser]

Kinda confusing tweet, makes it sound like the team decided not to buyout Gaborik. But if he just had surgery and won't be ready for training camp then they couldn't buy him out even if they wanted to.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

As long as he stays healthy. How many times have we said that about Gaborik

yes that seems to be the magic question. Even a 60 game 20 goal season would be ok from my pov

 

[Stuzchuk]

When did we get a new prefix?

When I screamed a little too loud for a Mod Supervisor

as for OP, I really hope that he can comeback as a decent player

 

[Nucker101]

Sounds like they were considering it, but the surgery gave them no choice. At least that what that 1st tweet reads as. 2nd one sounds more reassuring.

 

[tigervixxxen]

So he starts LTIR?

LTIR is even better than a buyout. Lucky Kings.

 

[ManofSteel55]

I bet Blake is hoping for LTIR here.

 

[Lunatik]

I have a feeling they would have bought him out of they could.

ALso he might not be getting bought out, but could still be traded @ 50% plus a sweetener.

 

[Langdon Alger]

its NEWS!

It's not good news if you're a Kings fan.

 

[Osprey]

It'd be a little foolish, IMO, to buy him out before seeing if a change of system helps him (on top of, potentially, being healthy). He has the skill and the speed that the team desperately needs in the top 6 and wouldn't be easy to replace. The trick is to find a way to get it out of him. A new coach and giving him a better opposite winger to work with (which Lombardi severely failed to do last Summer) could go a long way.

Kinda confusing tweet, makes it sound like the team decided not to buyout Gaborik. But if he just had surgery and won't be ready for training camp then they couldn't buy him out even if they wanted to.

That's how I read it at first, too. On reconsidering it, though, I think that Helene Elliott meant it as two separate thoughts, that Blake told her that he won't be buying out Gaborik and that Blake told her that he had a procedure and won't be ready for camp. I doubt that the two were linked in Blake's mind, even though she used a comma to separate them. I think that it's an unintended result of trying to cram a bunch of info into a single tweet.

 

[go4hockey]

Kinda confusing tweet, makes it sound like the team decided not to buyout Gaborik. But if he just had surgery and won't be ready for training camp then they couldn't buy him out even if they wanted to.

Yea the vibe is the club wanted to move him or buyout this offseason but with the injury they will not be able to.

 

[go4hockey]

LTIR is even better than a buyout. Lucky Kings.

Only if he could stay there until the contract is up. The sad part is he will be ready by early next season so then would no longer be on ltir.

 

[Beautvillier]

not going to lie, the blue prefix got me excited

 

[Legionnaire]

Dreadful news either way.

Bad news for sure.

 

[Mr Positive]

Kinda confusing tweet, makes it sound like the team decided not to buyout Gaborik. But if he just had surgery and won't be ready for training camp then they couldn't buy him out even if they wanted to.

yup that's what it must be

But at the same time, if you're GM, and you can't buy out a player anyway, Blake has the right attitude. Gaborik is on the team, and maybe this procedure will make him a great player to have next season so might as well embrace the optimistic view in this case.

 

[Vitto79]

Well it's a bad contract so what's another year ? Brown bad too. So lucky they got Richards off the books with only a small hit

 

[Breakers]

"won't" or "Can't"