Speculation: LA Kings News, Rumors, Roster Thread 2022-23 Season Part 2

[All The Kings Men]

If you waived him, it's unlikely he would get claimed.

Amadio and Wolanin were both waived, unclaimed, then traded for one another.

 

[Sleeping Dog]

Just saw Jack Hughes entered the transfer portal, still not a fan of that pick.

Who knows if he pans out or not, but I’m not going to hold his transfer against him. Did anyone hear if he gave a reason for him wanting to move? I’d hate to speculate without knowing more about how he came to this decision. I hope he moves somewhere he’s happy and can continue his development.

 

[tbrown33]

Just saw Jack Hughes entered the transfer portal, still not a fan of that pick.

I wanted Lane Hutson at the time of the pick. His talent jumps off the tape too. Really a misfire to take another middling forward with that pick when BPA AND position of need were both LD:

 

[Docgonzo]

I wanted Lane Hutson at the time of the pick. His talent jumps off the tape too. Really a misfire to take another middling forward with that pick when BPA AND position of need were both LD:

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Yeah I thought with that pick you swing for the home run. My 2 were Huston and Trikozov.

 

[Schrute farms]

Going to have to eat some salary to move Cal and probably one of our mid to low prospects along with him. I can't see Blake paying a guy 5 mil to play in the AHL .

Assuming he's not our backup. Couldn't the Kings eat say $2-3M each year and offer Cal up that way in a trade? I'd have to think another team would be interested in taking Cal at $2M/year for two years as their backup. We get hit with $3M for next two seasons, but that's better than a buy-out, etc.

 

[tbrown33]

Yeah I thought with that pick you swing for the home run. My 2 were Huston and Trikozov.

Yep, the Canes draft very well and seem to utilize NHLe heavily. Should be noted that the Kings employ the guy who invented the metric (Rob Vollman).

 

[Trash Panda]

Assuming he's not our backup. Couldn't the Kings eat say $2-3M each year and offer Cal up that way in a trade? I'd have to think another team would be interested in taking Cal at $2M/year for two years as their backup. We get hit with $3M for next two seasons, but that's better than a buy-out, etc.

Why would anyone be interested in him at 2mil?

He was outperformed by a journeyman on a sub-million dollar contract. He is less than worthless at anything beyond an AHL deal at this point.

 

[Lt Dan]

Assuming he's not our backup. Couldn't the Kings eat say $2-3M each year and offer Cal up that way in a trade? I'd have to think another team would be interested in taking Cal at $2M/year for two years as their backup. We get hit with $3M for next two seasons, but that's better than a buy-out, etc.

Buyout is the better way to go, but wait one season. He costs is 3.875 next season to bury and then,,,

 

[All The Kings Men]

Should be noted that the Kings employ the guy who invented the metric (Rob Vollman).

Everytime I bump into Rob at the office I beg him to come on the podcast.

But he won't.

But he's great. Really great.

 

[tbrown33]

Everytime I bump into Rob at the office I beg him to come on the podcast.

But he won't.

But he's great. Really great.

Ah man, that would be a great get.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Everytime I bump into Rob at the office I beg him to come on the podcast.

But he won't.

But he's great. Really great.

Yeah, seems like a good dude. I would LOVE to know how far private analytics have developed, I'm sure he's (and others of course as well) come a long way since the publicly facing ones without proprietary data. Though I'm not sure there's a way to do that without trade secrets anyway. All the stuff we play with (read: bicker about) is so surface level.

 

[LAKings88]

How does a trade after the deadline work? Just curious.

 

[Scottkmlps]

How does a trade after the deadline work? Just curious.

The player(s) acquired can't play for the team this season.

 

[Trash Panda]

The player(s) acquired can't play for the team this season.

They can play in the regular season, they are just ineligible for the playoffs, is my understanding.

 

[All The Kings Men]

All the stuff we play with (read: bicker about) is so surface level.

Yes.

 

[Brodeur]

They can play in the regular season, they are just ineligible for the playoffs, is my understanding.

That was my initial impression as well, but then I had a vague memory of it getting debunked last year. Found a tweet from player agent Allan Walsh:

 

[apadilla]

I wanted Lane Hutson at the time of the pick. His talent jumps off the tape too. Really a misfire to take another middling forward with that pick when BPA AND position of need were both LD:

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Nice chart and stats, thanks! 148 lbs, Jesus Christ. 3% probability, Jesus Christ. Both have great obstacles. Would of stayed away from both (in the 2nd round).

 

[apadilla]

Just saw Jack Hughes entered the transfer portal, still not a fan of that pick.

Was pretty disappointed with that pick too. I thought, great, another average skater that's 6' or 6'1. I was hoping for a bigger guy who plays like he has a hair up his ars.

 

[johnjm22]

Amadio and Wolanin were both waived, unclaimed, then traded for one another.

Wolanin. There's another decent comp for Walker. Except Walker has more than triple the cap hit.

By the logic of some posters around here, that should mean Wolanin is worth a 2nd round pick.

 

[tbrown33]

Nice chart and stats, thanks! 148 lbs, Jesus Christ. 3% probability, Jesus Christ. Both have great obstacles. Would of stayed away from both (in the 2nd round).

clearly you havent watched Lane Hutson play hockey. here:



also, he’s not 148 anymore. they dont stay babies forever.

 

[psych3man]

Yes.

Give us some meat, man.
We ingest and emit what we are fed.

 

[All The Kings Men]

Give us some meat, man.
We ingest and emit what we are fed.

I am particularly careful about what I repeat with my conversations with Rob.

The last one was very very long and while I asked him for permission to repeat a few key talking points I forgot what they were and I don't want to say something I shouldn't.

He's awesome.

 

[Sybil227]

Delete

 

[Lt Dan]

The last one was very very long

 

[Herby]

Hughes had a terrible season, no way to sugarcoat it, for a 2nd round pick you expect a lot more as a sophomore player. You just have to hope he can transfer somewhere else and find his game. But it's certainly looking like an awful pick at this point.

Nice chart and stats, thanks! 148 lbs, Jesus Christ. 3% probability, Jesus Christ. Both have great obstacles. Would of stayed away from both (in the 2nd round).

Well, if he were draft eligible this season Hutson would be 100% going in the 1st round, so staying away from him in the 2nd probably wasn't a very wise move.