Why the hell did Blake sign washed up Lewis. He did absolutely nothing with the Flames. He was washed up after the Kings let him go last time.
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kingsfan28
Its A Kingspiracy !
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Maybe the Kings reached out and were rejected? Lucic was always rumored to go to Boston, hopefully we at least kicked tires with Reaves. Fell back to England who can slip back and forth to the AHL?
tny760
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well yeah, the expectation was low if you tunnel vision into "what's different today that wasn't yesterday"
the expectation was iron this out BEFORE you go and sign a big ticket center! we knew from the day edmonton punted us, durzi walker et al needed to go. great job, did that one, perfect. goaltending was suspect.............. PLD!!! oh f*** we still have no goalie
it's the thought process that was f***ed from day 1, it's not the players
Sadly clifford is too many concussions and simmonds is a step slow.
I remember seeing this guy englund win a fight so theres that
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Just listening to all the rumors over the week everyone had him to Boston.
I still say the easiest move for me, would be to trade Lizotte to Philadelphia for Seeler.
Give us a big physical number six Defenceman and Claire’s 800,000 off the cap.
SaltyElkHunter
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Blake took arguably the top prospect pool in the league 1 day after winning the 2 overall pick, mismanaged the development of an entire pipeline, nutted 2 top 5 picks, let 75% of the prospect pool whither on the vine and become waiver fodder, or throw ins to make up for pisspoor roster management!
He took a team with a huge window to one with a 2 year window with Kopitar and Doughty! If he wins a cup he got lucky his bullshit worked out. More than likely he Sam McMastered this team!
He took a team with a huge window to one with a 2 year window with Kopitar and Doughty! If he wins a cup he got lucky his bullshit worked out. More than likely he Sam McMastered this team!
Raccoon Jesus
We were right there
There won't be, though. These signings blocked them yet again.
Sure we can sing the usual refrain of 'it's their spot to win' but we've seen how that's played out every single year since Blake has been here.
EVEN WITH NO CAP SPACE Blake and TM can't help themselves but provide dead bodies in the way.
As of right now--
Byfield - Kopitar - Kempe
Fiala - Dubois - Arvidsson
Moore - Danault - Lewis
Grundstrom - Lizotte - Kaliyev
Fagemo, JAD, Turcotte, Thomas, Madden, etc...all waiver eligible but turcotte
Doughty-Anderson
Gavrikov-Roy
Englund-Clarke/Spence
Clarke/Spence, Bjornfot
At least one of Spence/Clarke is blocked if not both, and Toby will be waiver eligible too.
Schrute farms
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It's not today -- goes back to the PLD contract. It's a continuation of that. You are late to the party. It's why many of us were so against that trade. The trade itself was fine -- it's the contract that was bad. Because it prevents being able to fill a HUGE hole at Goalie. Let alone size/toughness.
bland
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I like to imagine that Englund is here for a shot in camp but the expectation of being waived into the #8 spot. The second year acting as a potential waiver deterrent for his role in Ontario.
Raccoon Jesus
We were right there
Kiss him goodbye
Instead of trading any of the 8-ish waiver eligible 1st-3rd round forwards for picks or anything else, we're just going to waive them after getting nothing out of them but burying them in the AHL for years.
KingPuckChoo
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the fact that he hasn't given out a 5-8 yr contract to anybody today is a win
we have to adjust our expectations, in order to see the clear wins here today guys
all his contracts can be bought out on the cheap, that's the win of the day
we have to adjust our expectations, in order to see the clear wins here today guys
all his contracts can be bought out on the cheap, that's the win of the day
kingsfan28
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Moses Doughty
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Wouldn't be the worst thing ever if it was. Although would also not be surprised if he also stayed up as the 7 depending on if they want both Spence and Clarke in at the same time
King'sPawn
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The Kings only drafted him 3 years ago. You expect him to get an NHL spot this early?
Ollie Weeks
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Not a fan of the Lewis signing.
I was fine with letting the young guys actually have slots.
Heck didn’t even mind that JAD might not have come back.
I was fine with letting the young guys actually have slots.
Heck didn’t even mind that JAD might not have come back.
BigKing
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LilBallofHate
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But this is where we are, and this is what was going to happen. I think the PLD move was necessary. What was a fair deal to you? It's within range. I agree with your point on the toughness, and I want that as well. Hopefully we can address that throughout the season/trade deadline. I wanted Garret Hathaway, but here we are.
Need a goalie?
Sign a shortstop!
Need an enforcer?
Sign a quebecquois separatist!
Sign a shortstop!
Need an enforcer?
Sign a quebecquois separatist!
Easy answer. Bodies = kids with the exception of a goalie since there isn’t anyone in the system that can be a #1 goalie right now.
CowMix
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Why do people look at deals signed in free agency and assume the Kings could have gotten the player at the same price? A lot of those players could have family or non-hockey reasons to choose a destination. Blake could have even offered the same deal and they just chose elsewhere, we don't know.
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