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

[Schrute farms]

You have Durzi and Spence available to you -- and yet you still run with Walker as a RHD.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Gavrikov on the 3rd pair with f***ing Sean Walker.

Im fine w that for the 1st game slotting into a new system and new partner... Durzi in the end needs to be on the 3rd pair ideally, or paired w Gavrikov on his right side.

 

[Seattle King]

Todd's a fkn idiot.
That's the spot that will need an upgrade before the team really goes marching.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Nowhere close to that deal. I love Quickie, but it looks like he’s come to the end of the road in the NHL. Jones was just starting and Boston played Dean like a fiddle.

DL knew what the deal was. Jones wasn't re-signing here, and he wanted Lucic. Adding Jones may have helped increase the retention. DL wasn't oblivious. Boston got a 4th liner and a 1st a year later from SJ. The Kings were losing Jones, and SJ wanted him. The contract he got was I think the equivalent of a 2nd rd pick or something for a non-matched offer sheet, which SJ likely would've given him. Jones had the leverage because of Quick's 10 year deal. Could've traded him to Buffalo and he still probably signs an offer sheet from SJ.

 

[BigBrown]

Well, you can either put durzi where he belongs or you can bench Edler, but you can't do both

Yep. Had Todd split Durzi/Roy people would be complaining about Edler still playing instead.

 

[Little Psycho]

So like when is Blake gonna hire a coach with common sense,

 

[KingsHockey24]

So like when is Blake gonna hire a coach with common sense,

"Ilya Kovlachuk is not producing on a line with Trevor Lewis and Michael Amadio so we'll be scratching him the next 7 games."

 

[King'sPawn]

You have Durzi and Spence available to you -- and yet you still run with Walker as a RHD.
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Eh, they had Bjornfot all season long and he's played, what, 8 games?

Copley outplayed Petersen and Quick in preseason and he didn't come up until, when? December?

I'd say it's a Gerontocracy, but then a nut licker will point out that Copley is older than Petersen and completely miss the point.

 

[Shellz]

 

[bland]

"Ilya Kovlachuk is not producing on a line with Trevor Lewis and Michael Amadio so we'll be scratching him the next 7 games."

More like "Ilya Kovalchuk has made it clear he has no interest in playing Kings' style hockey after saying he had no problem doing so, so we need to keep him away from the team, eat his deal and learn to do our homework next time".

 

[KingsHockey24]

More like "Ilya Kovalchuk has made it clear he has no interest in playing Kings' style hockey after saying he had no problem doing so, so we need to keep him away from the team, eat his deal and learn to do our homework next time".

Kovalchuk was not brought in to play a two way game. He was signed to be a scorer for us; something he was his first 20 games for us being a point per game player before John Stevens was canned.

 

[bland]

Kovalchuk was not brought in to play a two way game. He was signed to be a scorer for us; something he was his first 20 games for us being a point per game player before John Stevens was canned.

You have NO idea what you are talking about.

 

[Bandit]

Oh god let’s not do the kovalchuck thing AGAIN.

 

[FSL KINGS]

Oh god let’s not do the kovalchuck thing AGAIN.

Is he available?

 

[All The Kings Men]

Now... maybe I'm wrong, they trade for Chychrun,

Oh. I guess I wasn't wrong.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Eh, they had Bjornfot all season long and he's played, what, 8 games?

Copley outplayed Petersen and Quick in preseason and he didn't come up until, when? December?

I'd say it's a Gerontocracy, but then a nut licker will point out that Copley is older than Petersen and completely miss the point.

How about vetocracy? Actually its not even that, its based on Koala logic so Koalacracy?

 

[johnjm22]

Is it me? Or is the NHL more interesting and exciting than it's been in a long time?

Maybe I'm biased because my team is more interesting than it's been in years.

 

[KingsHockey24]

I wonder what the price of this guy would be at 50% retention.

 

[deaderhead28]

 

[ibleedkings]

Domi to Dal.

 

[YP44]

two very different body languages in the videos

 

[Nasti]

Just the thumbnails are hilarious.

Kopitar and Doughty: “We miss Quickie”.

Gavrikov and Korpisalo: “WE DON’T LIVE IN OHIO ANYMORE. WOOOOO!!!!”

 

[BigKing]

I would do a significant package for Crouse. Kings have the cap space for this season to make the deal without sending cap back...I'm pretty sure anyways. If you need to move a similar contract like Iafallo later on, do it then even if it means less value in an Iafallo trade.

If Blake isn't all-in right now, he's at that point when you walk into a cold pool instead of diving in and your about to have your balls enter the water. Crouse is the type of player the Kings have nothing like on the big club, on the farm or with any future f***ing pick because he isn't a average sized center or RHD.

Want to talk identity and all that? The current identity is "please give us power plays and please don't start being mean to us". This team needs a guy like Crouse in a bad, bad way. I'd argue more so than Chychrun regardless of the hole at LHD.

 

[Telos]

I wonder what the price of this guy would be at 50% retention.

Is that a threat?

 

[chris kontos]

No player is gonna save durzi. The guy cannt play defense. Sometimes i think we would be better off with a forward in durzi’s spot