Well the Kings are going with Copley and Talbot. Personally I don't see this tandem as a Cup contending duo. Talbot hasn't done much other than one good season. If the Kings don't go farther than last year it will because of the weakness in goal.
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C'mon, you know full well that if Copley and Talbot both falter then by Thanksgiving, Blake is gonna make another panic trade of a 1st + 2nd for Dan Vladar with salary retained.
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I'm genuinely impressed. In 6 years Blake has taken the Kings from a franchise with a solid core and one of the best prospect pools in the league, and tuned them right back into a bunch of players under contract with no real plan, no real prospect pool, and no real ability to compete just like the 40ish years before 2008.
Credit where credit is due, that's an accomplishment!
Credit where credit is due, that's an accomplishment!
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That’s the reason why I want the Kings to miss the playoffs. The sooner the Kings rid themselves of the cancer that is Blake and Tm maybe they can become an organization with a plan rather than reactive dumb f***s selling the team in a moments notice.
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Would you want Blake to afford that? That’s a mil a year less then goalies like Saros.
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I would've rather taken a swing at Simmonds at the league minimum than Lewis.
If the Kings tank this year, the Kings will have to bring in someone with balls and experience like Lombardi to clean up this mess.
Sam McMaster 2.0.
Sam McMaster 2.0.
Back to our teams storied history of being a hockey siberia retirement home.
The la angels of the nhl.
I've seen too many years of this crap
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I think Blake's moves make it obvious that the kings won't contend for a cup this year
signing average goalies to 1 yr contracts, worrying about the center position suggests that he's readying himself for 24-25 when there's roughly $20m off the books
signing $20m worth of players will give the 24-25 Kings an interesting run by default, but people will misunderstand this as some kind of a success story unfortunately
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Not even. One of those guys can skate one can’t. I agree we need tougher players but Wayne is cooked.
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Also, for all the Dean Lombardi haters out there, WELCOME BACK TREVOR LEWIS!!! LOL
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I don't know why everyone is so surprised by these moves, we literally can only afford the bottom of the barrel guys that we can waive and send down without a cap penalty and low risk of being claimed. Today we need bodies. We are going to have weaknesses to start the season, but there will also be opportunities for the kids on ELCs to earn a spot and it'll be a make or break year for several of them.
I love Wayne Simmonds but I heard he’s done. Same with Clifford.
kingsfan28
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So what? 1 mil cap hit for 1 year. The bonus slides into the next year. Just cash. That isn't going to hurt us.
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Just curious what the expectation was for a getting a Goalie today? Based on what the situation was, this is exactly what was going to happen. Just not sure why such an uproar about it, it was a known thing
kingsfan28
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Even Lucic signed a 1 mil deal. He'd have worked as well. With Lewis we're going to get at least 1 failed breakaway!
Personally I think Blake is buildings this team wrong. He should have built from the Goaltender position, then defense and follow with forward position like Dean Lombardi did. The Kings won 2 Cups building that way. In 2 years Kopi and Doughty will have to be replaced. What are the chance Blake can replace those 2 positions with top quality players. The Kings are good at defense and forward but that don't mean much if they goaltender the last defense cannot keep the puck out of the net. You cannot compare this team to Vegas. Vegas has big strong fasting d-men and forwards and a real coach. Kings don't have much of that.
Lucic only got 1 million and Reaves only 1.3. This shows the Kings didn’t want to invest in a big forward.
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He wanted to go back to Boston to end his career.
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Actually...
Byfield - Kopitar - Kempe
Fiala - Dubois - Arvidsson
Moore - Danault - Lewis
Grundstrom - Lizotte - Kaliyev/Fagemo
...is a strong possibility.
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and next year when we need an extra $1M to get a goalie (or LHD, size/toughness) but we lose out to someone else....then what. I'm ok losing space for next year on something worthwhile and that might help us win a SC...but Talbot?!? ok, prove me wrong.
It's the same thing when we lose draft picks away. People say big deal. ok, but those are assets/bullets for you to utilize. The less you have, the weaker you are in attempting to get talent. Stop thinking in a vacuum and see the big pic
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