Speculation: LA Kings News, Rumors, Roster Thread part VII

[Stimpythecat]

To be fair, Marty was 24 (25 in July) during the 2012 playoffs.

Bjornfot was 20 for most of the season. April 6 birthday.

 

[Kudelski37]

You’re right about a lot of thing and I don’t disagree conceptually. Why I disagree is that. Doughty is on his way out, Roy is not good offensively. Clarke is the only tool for the near future. I am not very high on Roy just to give you my bias.

That’s why I heavily favor 2 way dmen right now because we can’t score on offense and our defenseman suck.

I’m not for one dimensional players unless they’re extremely good in that on dimension.

That’s why I want Edler gone, that’s why I want Walker gone, that’s why I want Bjornfot gone. What he brings is just not good enough to justify how one dimensional he is. If he had any bite in his game I’d be much more interested in keeping him. I don’t want more p***yes on this team.

If we can get Bjornfot + gone for Soucy I’d absolutely do it.

Bjornfot is a p***y. I am sick and tired of p***yes on this team.

Edler was better offensively, defensively, and physically than Durzi. Not surprising for a vet vs a rookie.

I'm not sold on Durzi. I'm not sure how he will play with actual expectations. I've seen too many rookies that never play as well as their rookie year.

 

[Sol]

Edler was better offensively, defensively, and physically than Durzi. Not surprising for a vet vs a rookie.

I'm not sold on Durzi. I'm not sure how he will play with actual expectations. I've seen too many rookies that never play as well as their rookie year.

I don’t think Durzi did bad at all for the position and responsibility he was given. I think he did well and his game began dwindling as you can expect for a rookie being given such a prominent role
And heavily leaned on.

I solely want edler gone because he’s a massive
Liability in the playoffs and it shows. He was the worst dman by far.

 

[kilowatt]

I don’t think Durzi did bad at all for the position and responsibility he was given. I think he did well and his game began dwindling as you can expect for a rookie being given such a prominent role
And heavily leaned on.

I solely want edler gone because he’s a massive
Liability in the playoffs and it shows. He was the worst dman by far.

Players with significant leg injuries usually come back the following year significantly better than when they came back during the season. I think we see Edler look more like he did at the beginning of last season rather than at the end, and I think Byfield takes a huge step forward this year.

 

[Kurrilino]

I don’t think Durzi did bad at all for the position and responsibility he was given. I think he did well and his game began dwindling as you can expect for a rookie being given such a prominent role
And heavily leaned on.

I solely want edler gone because he’s a massive
Liability in the playoffs and it shows. He was the worst dman by far.

I fully agree here.
Why Edler was signed again is far beyond me.
On the other hand, we ride out Kopitar and Doughty's contratcs anyways, so it doesn't matter who is on the roster

 

[kingsfan28]

This is pretty cool. Even Dean is there.

 

[lumbergh]

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Kings need someone who can answer on defense. As simple as that.

Don’t get carried away thinking that Soucy could be the Kings enforcer. He’s not a good fighter. He fights because he can land a big hit, so he has to answer the bell. For a guy with his size and reach his fist scare no one.

You get Soucy not because you “need someone who can answer on defense”. You get Soucy because he is highly effective at his position. He’s hard to score on, and he pops in quite a few goals for a bottom pairing guy. He’s not gonna drop the gloves more than a couple times a year.

 

[Sol]

Don’t get carried away thinking that Soucy could be the Kings enforcer. He’s not a good fighter. He fights because he can land a big hit, so he has to answer the bell. For a guy with his size and reach his fist scare no one.

You get Soucy not because you “need someone who can answer on defense”. You get Soucy because he is highly effective at his position. He’s hard to score on, and he pops in quite a few goals for a bottom pairing guy. He’s not gonna drop the gloves more than a couple times a year.

Everyones gloves are glued on so a couple times a year is a big deal.

Players with significant leg injuries usually come back the following year significantly better than when they came back during the season. I think we see Edler look more like he did at the beginning of last season rather than at the end, and I think Byfield takes a huge step forward this year.

Not at 36.

 

[kings11]

I legit don’t want Edler on this team. He provides nothing but intangibles and a silver beard. He has no footspeed and constantly gets walked.

Get rid of Edler, Walker, Bjornfot.
Bring in Spence and Soucy.

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What’s happened with this cheap site? Cheap ass bitches running this site it seems.

Ok, so I’m not the only one seeing that shit.. and yet I get a warning for saying F U C K

 

[FrozenKing18]

This is pretty cool. Even Dean is there.

10 years?

That was like 3 years ago.

 

[FSL KINGS]

Soucy: 2.75 UFA
Björnfot: 0.90

Bjorn plays a lot of games for 900k. There is good value there even if people don't like his game. The King's have a cap crunch due to vet contracts. Swapping Björnfot for Soucy won't work with the cap when the King's are already going to struggle to fit Mikey & Durzi under the cap.

Edler is a short term patch to get through next season with no cap. On the Left the King's have Mikey & Bjorn. They need to add another LD, not trade one away.

Soucy is a UFA & as a rental shouldn't fetch much over A 1st & a blah prospect in even the most insane deadline frenzy.

 

[kilowatt]

Soucy: 2.75 UFA
Björnfot: 0.90

Bjorn plays a lot of games for 900k. There is good value there even if people don't like his game. The King's have a cap crunch due to vet contracts. Swapping Björnfot for Soucy won't work with the cap when the King's are already going to struggle to fit Mikey & Durzi under the cap.

Edler is a short term patch to get through next season with no cap. On the Left the King's have Mikey & Bjorn. They need to add another LD, not trade one away.

Soucy is a UFA & as a rental shouldn't fetch much over A 1st & a blah prospect in even the most insane deadline frenzy.

Swapping Soucy for Walker makes sense cap wise though.

 

[Statto]

Players with significant leg injuries usually come back the following year significantly better than when they came back during the season. I think we see Edler look more like he did at the beginning of last season rather than at the end, and I think Byfield takes a huge step forward this year.

Whilst resigning Edler is a reasonable debate it was stated that he came back before he was 100% last season.

 

[redcard]

Y'all seriously on the internet in 2022 without adblockers

 

[tny760]

Y'all seriously on the internet in 2022 without adblockers

i give this site some credit though, far and away it's been the hardest for me to fully block compared to any other sites i visit

some of the shit here is incredibly intrusive without custom filters

 

[unicornpig]

every time i get the prompt to turn off my ad blocker on this site. nope LOL

 

[Stimpythecat]

 

[KingsFan7824]

Sorry, why does anyone think Seattle would give up Soucy for Bjornfot? Seattle isn't trying to suck this year. They just spent like $15m this summer to improve their roster. How does trade speculation get so deep when there's zero hint of either player going anywhere?

10 years?

That was like 3 years ago.

 

[Fishhead]

Don’t sleep on Bjornfot. He has a damn high ceiling and is barely old enough to buy a beer. He’s not small, either, he is bigger than Durzi already and hasnt even filled out.

Yeah, he had a pretty bad nagging injury but he should take a step this year.

 

[Schrute farms]

"Don't sleep on Grundstrum" -- high five

 

[kilowatt]

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[KINGS17]

"Don't sleep on Grundstrum" -- high five

He also correctly points out Kempe and Danault having career goal scoring years last season, which likely won't happen again. Guys like Fiala, Byfield, and Kaliyev are going to have to pick up that slack.

Of course that means McLellan will actually have to play Byfield and Kaliyev in situations where they can contribute more offensively. That translates to cutting Kopitar's PP time and giving some of it to them.

 

[kingsfan28]

Watching the FIN vs SVK game, I hope someone is taking notes on how to score on the pp. Nobody is stationary.

 

[Sol]

It will be a shame if Kopitars statue is outside of staples rather than next to the half boards

 

[Choralone]

Kempe is only 25. I don't think it's unreasonable to think he finally broke out and should put up similar numbers over the next few years, rather than saying last year was atypical for him thus far, and thus he must perforce go back to the numbers of his prior years - when he averaged 25% fewer minutes a game and played with worse linemates. I know everyone is required to be conservatively pessimistic around here, but I think context matters....