Speculation: LA Kings Offseason Thread

[SFKingshomer]

I’d have taken a chance on Blackwood for a 6th. No clue what they’re thinking for a goalie…

 

[Johnny Utah]

Kings don't have much money but here are some players I go after...

F: Comtois, Lucic, Reaves, Kassian, Ritchie
D: Beaulieu, Seeler (via trade), Ian Cole
Goalies: Anderson, Raanta, Varlamov, Brossoit

 

[Herby]

So because they want to compete for the cup right now, they're moving out Vilardi, a drafted center who was moved to wing and then proved himself, one of our best players all year and who contributes a lot to the team right now, but keeping Byfield, another drafted center moved to wing who has yet to prove himself and doesn't contribute as much to the team and thus is not helping the win the cup now idea. Can anyone explain this?

Maybe the Jets preferred Vilardi to QB.

Most teams don’t subscribe to the ridiculous nonsense Mark Yanetti spewed on Mayor, Jessie and Gann’s podcasts, about the time frame for young players to develop

 

[LAKings88]

I had heard somewhere that LA wanted PLD his draft year. Not sure if true.

Vilardi stings. Talented player who was becoming a favorite. I do think health was a concern the Kings didn’t want to gamble further on.

Iaffalo is a vanilla 3rd liner. Likely 4th liner had he stayed in LA. Too much money for a team desperate for cap relief.

Kupari has tools but no toolbox. Lizotte is a better 4C honestly.

Not sure what goalie they bring in. A cheaper vet like a Talbot maybe.

 

[Master Yoda]

$4.5m cap space with 11F/4D/1G.

Add JAD, Clarke, Spence, 13th F(Turcotte/Fagemo?), 7th D (Bjornfot/Moverare), 2nd G at a bare minimum.
All those guys except the goalie are around $750~800K.
But unless they can sign a goalie for the league minimum, they'll need to make another move for cap space.
Moore/Arvidsson still might have to go.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Kings need toughness on the 4th line and toughness on the bottom pair LHD. Look for them to address those needs.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

$4.5m cap space with 11F/4D/1G.

Add JAD, Clarke, Spence, 13th F(Turcotte/Fagemo?), 7th D (Bjornfot/Moverare), 2nd G at a bare minimum.
All those guys except the goalie are around $750~800K.
But unless they can sign a goalie for the league minimum, they'll need to make another move for cap space.
Moore/Arvidsson still might have to go.

Surely Blake did the math on all this...right, guys?

Losing Moore or Arviddson on top of everything else would be a total decimation of the roster just for the sake of fitting in PLD. Bizarre.

 

[123slam]

f*** you, Blake. Backed into a corner and you do this?

Mark my words, Vilardi will outscore PLD by the end of 2024-2025 season

 

[Jungle Boy]

Since there is a lot of people comparing us to Vegas, who are we putting on LTIR

 

[ibleedkings]

Mayor saying they're trying to get something done with MacEwen. As if this day couldn't get worse.

 

[Moses Doughty]

Toffoli to New Jersey - pretty impressive forward group they got going

 

[bland]

Mayor saying they're trying to get something done with MacEwen. As if this day couldn't get worse.

He is a better player than what we saw last year, but even I couldn't defend that after what we saw.

Though, he is 1-0 in his Kings playoff career...

 

[KopitarGOAT420]

Yeah I can't imagine how they add a goalie, re-sign a few RFAs, and fill out the rest of this roster without trading yet another player away (Probably Arvidsson) for more cap space.

So I'm just going to go ahead and prep myself for that now.

So without Arvidsson, you end up with something like this:
Byfield - Kopitar - Kempe
Fiala - PLD - Grundstrom
Moore - Danault - Kaliyev
Turcotte - Lizotte - Fagemo / UFA??? / MacEwen

Anderson - Doughty
Gavrikov - Clarke
Spence/Bjornfot - Roy

????? Maybe Varlamov??
Copley

Damn..... I mean that lineup is certainly solid and has potential but it's still pretty soft and I don't love the idea of having Grundstrom in our top 6 (I just did that because I think there's no way in hell TMac actually ices a line of Fiala/PLD/Kaliyev - Guy would have an aneurysm)

 

[kingskring]

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Blake Lizotte just needs to go under this procedure, and the Kings will be all set at center.

A man borrowed $75,000 for leg-lengthening surgery to make him 3 inches taller, report says

John Lovedale, who was 5 feet 8.5 inches tall, is paying $1,200 a month for five years after gaining 3 inches in height, GQ magazine reported.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Master Yoda]

Yeah I can't imagine how they add a goalie, re-sign a few RFAs, and fill out the rest of this roster without trading yet another player away (Probably Arvidsson) for more cap space.

So I'm just going to go ahead and prep myself for that now.

So without Arvidsson, you end up with something like this:
Byfield - Kopitar - Kempe
Fiala - PLD - Grundstrom
Moore - Danault - Kaliyev
Turcotte - Lizotte - Fagemo / UFA??? / MacEwen

Anderson - Doughty
Gavrikov - Clarke
Spence/Bjornfot - Roy

????? Maybe Varlamov??
Copley

Damn..... I mean that lineup is certainly solid and has potential but it's still pretty soft and I don't love the idea of having Grundstrom in our top 6 (I just did that because I think there's no way in hell TMac actually ices a line of Fiala/PLD/Kaliyev - Guy would have an aneurysm)

I guess only other way would be to only carry 1 extra skater (12F, 7D, 2G) during the season and hope to sign a goalie for under $1m.
Would work for home games but would need a hell of a lot of injury luck on road trips.
Didn't Tampa or somebody else do this a few years ago?

 

[Johnny Utah]

Mayor saying they're trying to get something done with MacEwen. As if this day couldn't get worse.

Where did he say this?

 

[Moses Doughty]

Where did he say this?

All I've seen is him saying plans would be finalized in the next few days (in tweet about not qualifying Dudas/Villalta)

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Kings don't have much money but here are some players I go after...

F: Comtois, Lucic, Reaves, Kassian, Ritchie
D: Beaulieu, Seeler (via trade), Ian Cole
Goalies: Anderson, Raanta, Varlamov, Brossoit

Huge Lucic fan going back to his Boston days but he couldn't handle the puck 7 years ago when he was with the Kings. He's horrendous now.

 

[ibleedkings]

Where did he say this?

Unless I’m loosing it I think I saw it on my Facebook feed earlier.

Where did he say this?

All I've seen is him saying plans would be finalized in the next few days (in tweet about not qualifying Dudas/Villalta)

 

[Johnny Utah]

He says "plans" for McEwen. Doesn't say they are re-signing.

 

[funky]

Here’s the thing about Iafallo… There wasn’t one other player besides Iafallo and Lizzotte that were getting in the face of the Oilers. Moore is a p***y and he doesn’t do jack shit for his teammates. That’s a big loss that he’s not going to fill.

There is getting in your face and bouncing off players and always ending up in your ass which is completely ineffective.

Give me Lizotte’s motor, compete and smarts in a 6ft2 frame and then we are talking.

Love Lizotte’s attitude and it looks like he is always moving but what is he really accomplishing?

Would rather use the fourth line spot for a big play disrupting, face of specialist that gets 7 to 8 minutes a game and compound the shit out of the other team if needed. Our other three centers appear to have the other 55 minutes of the game sewn up.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[BigKing]

There is getting in your face and bouncing off players and always ending up in your ass which is completely ineffective.

Give me Lizotte’s motor, compete and smarts in a 6ft2 frame and then we are talking.

Love Lizotte’s attitude and it looks like he is always moving but what is he really accomplishing?

Would rather use the fourth line spot for a big play disrupting, face of specialist that gets 7 to 8 minutes a game and compound the shit out of the other team if needed. Our other three centers appear to have the other 55 minutes of the game sewn up.

When discussing Lizotte going into the playoffs, I made the "he's too small" argument and that I would take a little less scoring for someone with some size in that position. Didn't have a player in mind.

GBH threw out Bjugstad. I said sure, sounds good.

Against LA in Round 1, he had 18 hits, two goals, crushed the face off circle and was a plus player.

Lizotte?

Only played three games because he got hurt because he's too f***ing small. No points. Four hits. SIX PERCENT FO%!!! One for sixteen!!! 45% the year before which still isn't great.

It's still a man's game in the playoffs and you've got to be a much better player than Lizotte to be that small and be effective. 14 minutes of ice in seven playoff games the year before...one point. BUT THE ENERGY!!! Eight hits in seven games.

This is a classic Toddy Mac regular season fun time team. When it is grind time, they don't have it. Full, and I mean FULL, kudos to Blake Lizotte for working his ass off and grabbing that bag. He is an NHL player and that is awesome for him. You're going to need better at even the 4C position in the playoffs if you want to make it through four rounds of hockey which, spoiler, he never will be able to do with the style of game he plays.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]