That’d honestly secure the W 100 percent. But the Kings are too cowardice to ice McDavid whenever the oilers have no issuing icing the Kings.Oilers are a one player team. Target that player & they crumble.
The Oilers haven't made it past the King's healthy enough to go anywhere. Sure we didn't win, but neither did the Oilers.
Get a couple of goons for the playoffs & let's roll.
If you move Roy, you do it to expand the teams offensive potential while suffering a stout defensive loss. Does the likely increased offensive game offset the loss of Roy’s defense, I say yes..
I’m not even sure that would be a smart move in an alternate form of reality.
Yeah, that inevitable first round exit with or without Roy and Arvidsson is worth so much more than adding some quality picks to the withered asset list.
Zzzzzz…..5-1 in last six, GO KINGS!
I'd agree if the team was was progressing annually with developing players as the 2009,2010 Kings but you have declining assets in 8 and 11 and a blown out cap due to the PLD trade..still with big holes in goal. This looks more and more like many predicted which is the black hole. So sometimes you have to fold em and I agree with the idea of selling as the wisest move. I still would be OK with small moves that dont hurt the future like moving Roy for a goalie and trying to get past the 1st round, but the right thing to do would just be sell.
Those buffoons you refer to as the ‘many’ are the same ones that predicted Vilardi would never play in the NHL, Kempe would regress last season, Byfield and Turcotte would be busts…the list goes on. You need new friends.
2012 looked to be a playoff miss. We should have traded Penner for a 7th round pick.
Without Spence and Clarke in the lineup, the current D corps is very vanilla in its impact on pushing the pace of play.
Zzzzzz…. No playoff series wins in 10 years. 5 total playoff games won in the same span.
Having your tough guy on defense is not a good way to go. MacDermid, Englund, these are not good NHL level players that can help you win. If they don't fight they're generally a minus for your team.
I don’t know what business classes you are taking, but the NHL is about selling tickets. And when you win games, you sell more tickets.
Thats not what Im getting at. My point is that 2010s core were all ascending..8,11,32,26,23 etc, while this versions "core" is much older and noticeably declining. 8 and 11 are considered the top D and F respectively and are falling off. In other words, we cant expect improvement from 8 and 11 next season - the opposite. Without more cap to work with and having to give QB a contract the team cant buy more talent... and seems destined for a decline. Edit: I do think Byfield and Clarke could offset their decline but its even at best.
As long as you have a playoff team, SOMETHING is working. Your argument has absolutely zero credence until they are a team that misses the playoffs.
No we can't expect improvement from 8 and 11, and that's fine, I want my improvement to come from Byfield, Laf, Kaliyev, PLD, Turcotte, JAD, Spence, Clarke, Andersson etc,
Maybe he will bring me some of the pot-chocolates that people must be eating to be happy with the direction (lack thereof) this franchise finds itself headed.
