Speculation: LA Kings Offseason Thread

[King'sPawn]

Do we need to add a safe word to our profile in order to post in this thread?

I call dibs on "rabbit hole"

 

[FeartheFur]

Best post in a while

Ck: who is your breakout Kings player for this year?
And who do you think Kevin Fiala's favorite Smurf is?

Breakout year Byfield. Fiala’s favorite Smurf Blake Lizotte

 

[Statto]

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[Sol]

This is Byfields year. Either he will bust tremendously with the help of players like Kopitar. Or he will explode like a cannon. Either or we will know what we have with him by the end of this season and it will put to bed all the arguments.

 

[Little Psycho]

 

[deaderhead28]

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“I am the Great Cornholio, I need T.P. for my bunghole.”

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

Looks like I picked the right time to go on vacation

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

 

[Johnny Utah]

What does this mean for Dvorak?

 

[Trash Panda]

BLuc’s overpaid league of international gentlemen leaves no room for team toughness under the cap. You can’t inject a couple of tweener hard nose players into the bottom six and expect the world. Especially when your toughest everyday players are Kempe and Durzi.

God bless Danault, Gavrikov and Mikey. But it’s too much money for too low a ceiling. They get the minutes and money of Richards, Mitchell and Scuderi. But their press billings don’t add up to results on the ice for the Kings. Another instance of Rob Blake’s futility when it comes to aping success.

Danault, Gavrikov, and Anderson are three of the contracts I’m least worried about.

 

[AbsentMojo]

(posted without comment irony intended)

 

[kingsholygrail]

That facial expression has potential.

 

[Kurrilino]

That facial expression has potential.

I believe they took the picture when he was drafted by the Kings

 

[deaderhead28]

 

[Bandit]

Looks like I picked the right time to go on vacation

But the wrong time to stop sniffing glue.

 

[tny760]

guess that's why they didn't want anyone streaming it, they wanted exclusive rights to the 1 minute twitter bit

 

[Herby]

So another teenager in the AHL (it’s been so successful before!) or is he going to play in WHL and actually be able to reach max potential?

Having a teenage defenseman with some pro experience isn’t as awful as having forwards with no pro experience, but it seems the WHL or a loan back to his team in Czech would be best for his ceiling.

But it seems there is always a preference to learn the system asap, even if it means limiting the long-term potential.

 

[King'sPawn]

What does this mean for Dvorak?

So another teenager in the AHL (it’s been so successful before!) or is he going to play in WHL and actually be able to reach max potential?

Having a teenage defenseman with some pro experience isn’t as awful as having forwards with no pro experience, but it seems the WHL or a loan back to his team in Czech would be best for his ceiling.

But it seems there is always a preference to learn the system asap, even if it means limiting the long-term potential.

Not necessarily. This just gives the Kings some additional options.

For example, they can loan him to Swift Current (the CHL team that owns his rights). But more likely, this gives them the chance to play more hockey (either in the AHL or NHL) after his season in Europe completes.

Yes, they could also just plug him in the AHL, but from what I heard, it's probably back to Europe

 

[Herby]

Not necessarily. This just gives the Kings some additional options.

For example, they can loan him to Swift Current (the CHL team that owns his rights). But more likely, this gives them the chance to play more hockey (either in the AHL or NHL) after his season in Europe completes.

Yes, they could also just plug him in the AHL, but from what I heard, it's probably back to Europe

I hope you are right. And even though they will never admit it publicly, I think the Kings management has learned from some of their huge mistakes in development (specifically AHL usage for very young players) that caused serious damage to some prospects, including multiple 1st rounders who lagged behind after AHL usage.

I think it’s very likely Clarke is in the NHL the entire season, and that would not have been the case had he been drafted by the Kings in 2017-2020.

 

[All The Kings Men]

 

[Lt Dan]

The cap is ours!

 

[All The Kings Men]

The cap is ours!

I was hoping someone might notice the bit about the European Assignment Clause actually...

 

[Lt Dan]

I was hoping someone might notice the bit about the European Assignment Clause actually...

I did
Hence the comment so the cap hit is delayed a year
I may seem like an idiot on the surface, but I am smarter than the average Yogi bear

 

[KingsHockey24]

This is Byfields year. Either he will bust tremendously with the help of players like Kopitar. Or he will explode like a cannon. Either or we will know what we have with him by the end of this season and it will put to bed all the arguments.

He's going to bust right down into a tiny little rabbit hole.

 

[Lt Dan]

He's going to bust right down into a tiny little rabbit hole.

Take your avatars advice and hit yourself in the head with a bat for that post