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

[ScoreZeGoals]

Ekholm will take a 1st plus before trying to send back any bad contracts or retention. At 33 with his contract I'm just not interested

 

[ru4reals]

Can we trade for these guys?

Ekholm getting up there, but how old were Mitchell & Scuderi when we got them?

Daaaayum I felt that from here. Ouch.

 

[Kingspiracy]

wow I never guessed lucic would win against MacDermid. Goes to show though that Mac couldn’t make contact with Lucics face but lucic was able to hit him.

Doesn’t matter how tough you are at times, sometimes all you need is more reach and one punch to connect.

It looked like Lucic caught him early with a right that rattled him. Just shows Looch has still got it, must have concrete hands

 

[Seattle King]

An interesting under the radar LHD option could be Nick Seeler of Philly. There's grit here and it could be useful on the 3rd pair.

 

[kilowatt]

An interesting under the radar LHD option could be Nick Seeler of Philly. There's grit here and it could be useful on the 3rd pair.

I’d love if we targeted Hart and got Seeler as a throw in.

 

[aceofpace]

I’d love if we targeted Hart and got Seeler as a throw in.

Hart? That'd take a king's ransom. Why not just concentrate on Seeler? He looks affordable and could be a nice bridge LHD.

 

[unicornpig]

If Nashville is selling, that just puts even more defensemen on the market and potentially lowers their value.

Gavrikov, Karlsson, Chychrun, Ekholm/McDonagh, Parayko/Krug, Edmundson, McCabe

Armstrong f***ed up

 

[Statto]

wow I never guessed lucic would win against MacDermid. Goes to show though that Mac couldn’t make contact with Lucics face but lucic was able to hit him.

Doesn’t matter how tough you are at times, sometimes all you need is more reach and one punch to connect.

Quite. Once guys get past a certain size it’s about who makes good contact first. That was a fight where the first guy tagged on the jaw is dropped… the right contact an it’s almost physically Impossible to stay on your feet I think it’s the trigeminal nerve, but my physiology is a bit rusty. It drops you but you don’t lose consciousness. Obviously no idea if it applies here.

As much as I think fighting should be removed from the game that was a pretty good tilt. I fully recognise the hypocrisy but curiosity always comes into play

 

[Johnny Utah]

Lucic is the number one in the league. Reaves and MacDermid were tied, but MacD edged Reaves.

He’s actually a UFA but the odds of the Kings signing him are sadly slim. Well, fingers crossed…

 

[KingsFan7824]

Ekholm will take a 1st plus before trying to send back any bad contracts or retention. At 33 with his contract I'm just not interested

If a soon to be 33 year old, with that term, that hit, and that cash requires a 1st, that pick has to be the only thing of value going back. The rest has to just be cap/roster filler to make the logistics work.

 

[Cook24]

Sharks better charge Vegas a f***ing premium if they send them Meier instead of sending him to NJ. Meier is a king killer and I want him far away

 

[CanadianKingsFan19]

Ekholm will take a 1st plus before trying to send back any bad contracts or retention. At 33 with his contract I'm just not interested

Unless Nashville is willing to retain some salary. Only way I'd be interested.

 

[kovacro]

Sharks better charge Vegas a f***ing premium if they send them Meier instead of sending him to NJ. Meier is a king killer and I want him far away

Apparently Barbashev is on his way to Vegas so they are likely out on Timo.

 

[Trash Panda]

Ekholm will take a 1st plus before trying to send back any bad contracts or retention. At 33 with his contract I'm just not interested

I’ll take a bet that no 1st round pick is involved with any trade involving Ekholm, if you’re interested.

He will be cheap to acquire at his age/salary, retention or not.

 

[Peter James Bond II]

I’ll take a bet that no 1st round pick is involved with any trade involving Ekholm, if you’re interested.

He will be cheap to acquire at his age/salary, retention or not.

Regher got 2 2nds and for that matter, so did Arvy. Maybe a 2nd and a decent propect...and take Walker and / or retaining % on Nashville's part.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Someone wake Rob up.

 

[LAKings88]

I wouldn’t mind McCabe if Domi comes with him.

 

[johnjm22]

Polie seems pretty reasonable when making trades. Perhaps Ekholm wouldn't be as expensive as we think.

But Ek is more of an offensive minded guy. If you're looking for a lockdown Dman, he ain't it.

 

[KingsHockey24]

I wouldn’t mind McCabe if Domi comes with him.

Not a fan of McCabe; 4 million for 3 more years is a LOT for a #6 guy having a career year.

He's also not much of a presence back there as he's literally a punching bag.

 

[johnjm22]

Does anyone have an updated player card on Lauzon?

Signed for 3 more years at 2M/per. Could make some sense for us. Looks like he's a decent PKer which we need. 25 years old so he's just hitting his prime.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Does anyone have an updated player card on Lauzon?

Signed for 3 more years at 2M/per. Could make some sense for us. Looks like he's a decent PKer which we need. 25 years hold so he's just hitting his prime.

Lauzon would be an ideal target.

#3 in the NHL in hits and 13.23 Hits/60.

If not I still think Provorov would be a good addition , 5th in the NHL in blocked shots.

 

[LAKings88]

Not a fan of McCabe; 4 million for 3 more years is a LOT for a #6 guy having a career year.

He's also not much of a presence back there as he's literally a punching bag.

Eh, don’t need him to be a fighter but he at least stood up for a teammate. I don’t like the idea of giving a first for him alone.

 

[Schmooley]

Polie seems pretty reasonable when making trades. Perhaps Ekholm wouldn't be as expensive as we think.

But Ek is more of an offensive minded guy. If you're looking for a lockdown Dman, he ain't it.

How about Lauzon? What would the cost be something like Grundstrom and a 3rd round pick? Him and Durzi would be a good third pair if they also go big on a 2nd pair guy to play with Roy.
So a cheap left dman and a guy like Korpisalo would be nice if they wanna roll with 3 goalies just in case.
Chychrun-Roy would be a really good second pair but I understand if Blake doesnt want to pull the triggar on such a steep deal at this point in time.

 

[LAKings88]

Does anyone have an updated player card on Lauzon?

Signed for 3 more years at 2M/per. Could make some sense for us. Looks like he's a decent PKer which we need. 25 years hold so he's just hitting his prime.

He’d be good packaged with Jeanot

 

[KingsHockey24]

Lauzon is definitley an under the radar scrapper too. He'll back down from no one and wins a majority of his scraps.