LA Kings the most disastrously run franchise in the league

[canadianmagpie]

Yup. total dollars 12 mil v 40 mil? Why would the owner prefer the 40?

The cap hit for Dubois would have been more painful. Hampering the team’s ability to win games and attract fans.

 

[SettlementRichie10]

One cannot let go of PLD for nothing because by the very act of letting go of PLD one has gained something.

 

[ForsbergForever]

Short answer: yes.
Long answer: also yes

Rob Blake and Luc Robitaille are the worst thing to happen to the Kings. Both as player and as “executives”.

Woah woah, as executives sure, but they both had Hall of Fame playing careers and have their numbers retired by the team...

 

[Bandit]

Woah woah, as executives sure, but they both had Hall of Fame playing careers and have their numbers retired by the team...

Yeah, and both won nothing with the Kings. The same loser mentality of "slap it together, get in and anything can happen" was what their Kings tenure as players was all about, and no surprise it's how they're running the team now too. There are plenty of kings fans that would like to take their banners down from the rafters and burn them, after wrapping them with it.

 

[Matt Rentfree]

just wait til you see what blake manages to do with all this newfound cap space!

Jacob Trouba is available.

 

[tny760]

Jacob Trouba is available.

perfect! now blake can keep brandt clarke in the A for another season!

 

[Malkinstheman]

You should see every move the Pens have made from the moment the cup was handed out in 2017. All topped off my horrendous coaching from Sullivan.

 

[The Expert]

Kings save 3.25 million dollars and reduce the years from 7 to 3. How is this bad for them?

Dubois wasn't working, and it's like the third team where that's been said, even if Kuemper is a way overpaid backup it's still probably better than the situation they were in with an underperforming much more expensive center for over twice the amount of time.

The Dubois deal was the bad one, this is making the best of a bad situation. Even if Dubois can find his footing again in Washington. Also given his age and looking at some other goalies that age in recent years, there's a chance Kuemper could be on LTIR at some point in the three years.

Yeah it takes some serious mental gymnastics to criticize LA for both PLD trades. Doesn't make any sense.

 

[The Expert]

Interesting interview on Canuck's Talk on SN650 earlier today with Bukala. He speculates that the Caps might buy-out PLD and it will cost them under 2 mil a year. (for practically forever so there is that...) They get out of the Kemper contract and ditch PLD...kind of a good idea tbh.

Why wouldn't they just have bought out Kuemper then? Buying out PLD leaves a nearly 4 mil cap hit for 2027-2030, the Kuemper buyout seems way more manageable?

 

[The Pale King]

The weird part for me is how short Dean Lombardi's leash was in the aftermath of winning two Cups. Blake has lasted 8+ seasons now with 0 playoff round wins to show for it.

Things got messy at the end of Lombardi's tenure, but the comparison between the two in terms of success vs leeway is mindboggling.

 

[kingsholygrail]

The weird part for me is how short Dean Lombardi's leash was in the aftermath of winning two Cups. Blake has lasted 8+ seasons now with 0 playoff round wins to show for it.

Things got messy at the end of Lombardi's tenure, but the comparison between the two in terms of success vs leeway is mindboggling.

Because he trusted Luc and Blake not to go over his head.

 

[BB79]

It pains me to say it, but how about the Sabres and might as well mention the Canucks?

Both entered the league in 1970, and have what, 5 Stanley Cup Final appearances between them? Across 108 combined NHL seasons, 0 cups. I think the Kings are safe from being labeled a disaster before some other teams.

Hey, add the Leafs since 1967 to that and it becomes 165 years with no cups across 3 franchises. Ouch

 

[SettlementRichie10]

Woah woah, as executives sure, but they both had Hall of Fame playing careers and have their numbers retired by the team...

Neither won anything in LA, left to join all star teams, won a Cup, and then returned to LA on their terms for huge money.

Their behavior as execs is the cherry on top.

The weird part for me is how short Dean Lombardi's leash was in the aftermath of winning two Cups. Blake has lasted 8+ seasons now with 0 playoff round wins to show for it.

Things got messy at the end of Lombardi's tenure, but the comparison between the two in terms of success vs leeway is mindboggling.

Because for all his faults Lombardi held people accountable and instituted a real culture of winning in the organization. That made him a lot of enemies, most of all Robitaille.

 

[sensfan4lifee]

Yeah, and both won nothing with the Kings. The same loser mentality of "slap it together, get in and anything can happen" was what their Kings tenure as players was all about, and no surprise it's how they're running the team now too. There are plenty of kings fans that would like to take their banners down from the rafters and burn them, after wrapping them with it.

Uhm Rob blake was a top ten dman when he played most seasons, while I can agree with his mistakes as a GM that should and does not take away anything as a player, also Gretzky, Dionne and lots of other very good players never won shit with the Kings, winning a cup does not devalue you as a player. And also this post makes you seem very bitter and ignorant of the truth. They were very good players, on the management side? maybe they suck I can live with that, but as Players? No they were both very good.

 

[Rorschach]

It's less like the worst run and more like made the biggest, flashiest mistakes.

 

[JPeeper]

Getting out of that PLD contract automatically makes them NOT the worst run organization.

 

[NVious]

If you win 3 cups, you cannot say anything for at least 3 decades.

 

[RooBicks]

Lol

Yeah, and both won nothing with the Kings. The same loser mentality of "slap it together, get in and anything can happen" was what their Kings tenure as players was all about, and no surprise it's how they're running the team now too. There are plenty of kings fans that would like to take their banners down from the rafters and burn them, after wrapping them with it.

Lol, what are you on about? Robitaille was a huge contributor for the Kings when they were absolutely loaded with talent and making Stanley Cup finals, and Blake was a dominating force and loyal franchise staple. Both are bonafide hall of famers who showed a fair amount of loyalty to the Kings over the years and were far from a problem for the team. Both went on to win Stanley Cups with other franchises. Are you even a Kings fan?

 

[Bandit]

Lol

Lol, what are you on about? Robitaille was a huge contributor for the Kings when they were absolutely loaded with talent and making Stanley Cup finals, and Blake was a dominating force and loyal franchise staple. Both are bonafide hall of famers who showed a fair amount of loyalty to the Kings over the years and were far from a problem for the team. Both went on to win Stanley Cups with other franchises. Are you even a Kings fan?

I’ve probably been a kings fan longer than you’ve been alive. Watched the entirety of Robitaille and Blake’s playing careers. Was a season ticket holder from 2001-2014 and was there in person for every single home playoff game including both cup clinching games in 2012 and 2014.

So yeah.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I will say outside fans lecturing Kings fans 'well akshully' on Blake and Luc's loyalty to the franchise was not on my bingo card for this summer

saying more about it will get me infracted hard

 

[RooBicks]

I’ve probably been a kings fan longer than you’ve been alive. Watched the entirety of Robitaille and Blake’s playing careers. Was a season ticket holder from 2001-2014 and was there in person for every single home playoff game including both cup clinching games in 2012 and 2014.

So yeah.

I'm 42, so I strongly doubt it, but maybe.

The point is that what you're saying makes no sense. Blake and Robitaille had nothing to do with the construction of the teams on which they played and they were pillars of the organization during their tenures. Rob Blake was awesome, and Luc Robitaille was the second-best finisher that Gretzky ever played with. Be mad at them as managers, fine, call them names, etc.. But their legacy as players? Just a weird way to go.

 

[BrindamoursNose]

As a Flyers fan...I so vehemently disagree

 

[Rick Knickleback]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, very hyperbolic thread here. Kings are probably no higher than #3 of the most disastrous franchises.

 

[Osprey]

One cannot let go of PLD for nothing because by the very act of letting go of PLD one has gained something.

I wasn't expecting philosophy so profound when I clicked on this thread. I leveled up my intelligence just by reading this.

 

[kingsfan28]

Have you met the Toronto Maple Leafs?

Well played.