Confirmed Signing with Link: [LAK] Kings sign F Adrian Kempe to extension (4 years, $5.5M AAV)

[MMC]

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[bsu]

5-5.5? I hope nothing over 6 for the Kings sake...

 

[DingDongCharlie]

5-5.5? I hope nothing over 6 for the Kings sake...

A 25 year old 35 goal score isn’t worth 6? Come on now

 

[93gilmour93]

I’ll guess 5.75 x 4

 

[dman3474]

A 25 year old 35 goal score isn’t worth 6? Come on now

with a previous high of 16 goals?

 

[raswilliam]

A 25 year old 35 goal score isn’t worth 6? Come on now

with a previous career high of 16 goals

 

[bsu]

A 25 year old 35 goal score isn’t worth 6? Come on now

He more than doubled his goal scoring this season; if you want to pay him solely based on that sure. Sounds iditoic to me but if the Kings pay that I wouldn't be mad about it.

 

[raswilliam]

with a previous high of 16 goals?

lol beat me to it

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Boeser looks to be threading down and hoping for a rebound and just signed for 3x6.65

Kempe with a smaller track record but a much better year then Boeser has ever shown and you get the extra year too. How is that not worth 6?

 

[Canuck Luck]

Boeser looks to be threading down and hoping for a rebound and just signed for 3x6.65

Kempe with a smaller track record but a much better year then Boeser has ever shown and you get the extra year too. How is that not worth 6?

LOL did you really just compare kempe offensively to boeser?

One has only scored under 20 goals once in his career the other has only scored more than 20 once in his career. One has never scored under 40 points in his career the other has only surpassed 40 points once in his career.

Hint both players that have only done it once in his career is the same guy with the initials AK

That doesn’t even mention boeser has 70 more points in 70 less career games avg 65 points per 82 games vs kempe’s 39 points per 82 games

 

[unicornpig]

5.2x4

 

[BKarchitect]

LOL did you really just compare kempe offensively to boeser?

One has only scored under 20 goals once in his career the other has only scored more than 20 once in his career. One has only scored under 40 points once in his career the other has only surpassed 40 points once in his career.

Hint both players that have only done it once in his career is the same guy with the initials AK

That doesn’t even mention boeser has 70 more points in 70 less career games.

Trajectory is important. Smart contracts are about paying as much as you can for what a player will do not what they have done. Of course past statistics and past contracts will enter into the equation. And yes, you can certainly eye a “one-off” year that maybe has a heavy shooting percentage or is accompanied by a lack of defensive play with a suspicious eye.

But Kempe really showed out last year and has had the skills to do so all along. He took advantage of an opportunity and ran with it. If the Kings think that’s worth big bucks, who am to say they are wrong and that this was an outlier year and not, as they may think, a sign of things to come?

 

[DingDongCharlie]

LOL did you really just compare kempe offensively to boeser?

One has only scored under 20 goals once in his career the other has only scored more than 20 once in his career. One has never scored under 40 points in his career the other has only surpassed 40 points once in his career.

Hint both players that have only done it once in his career is the same guy with the initials AK

That doesn’t even mention boeser has 70 more points in 70 less career games avg 65 points per 82 games vs kempe’s 39 points per 82 games

What part of better track record coming off a worse season did you fail to understand? I think moving forward Kempe will be a better offensive player than Boeser. Time will tell.

 

[Canuck Luck]

Trajectory is important. Smart contracts are about paying as much as you can for what a player will do not what they have done. Of course past statistics and past contracts will enter into the equation. And yes, you can certainly eye a “one-off” year that maybe has a heavy shooting percentage or is accompanied by a lack of defensive play with a suspicious eye.

But Kempe really showed out last year and has had the skills to do so all along. He took advantage of an opportunity and ran with it. If the Kings think that’s worth big bucks, who am to say they are wrong and that this was an outlier year and not, as they may think, a sign of things to come?

I mean as a fan I’d hope you don’t think the kings see 1 year of over 20 goals and over 40 points and pay him as if he’s going to consistently be a 30 goal 50 point guy especially when they aren’t even getting a long term out of it

Being a Canucks fan, I’d hope the kings do give him a boeser contract so if eventually some of those other younger pieces shake loose due to poor cap management

 

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[SherVaughn30]

What part of better track record coming off a worse season did you fail to understand? I think moving forward Kempe will be a better offensive player than Boeser. Time will tell.

Kempe will continue scoring goals if he plays with Fiala. Both have good wheels.

 

[BonMorrison]

He deserves this money solely because of that OT goal celly in the playoffs.

 

[seabass45]

Seems fair to both sides.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Kempe will continue scoring goals if he plays with Fiala. Both have good wheels.

Apparently it's 5.5 x 4. I think that's a great deal for LA.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Apparently it's 5.5 x 4. I think that's a great deal for LA.

I think Kempe can crack the 40 goal mark.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Niceee.

 

[Canuck Luck]

What part of better track record coming off a worse season did you fail to understand? I think moving forward Kempe will be a better offensive player than Boeser. Time will tell.

so you're one of those what have you done lately guys eh? Boy would guys like Kadri/Terry/Miller get hugely bloated contracts if you were a GM

I'd wager Boeser continues outproducing Kempe. I'll take the guy that over his career has scored at over 20 points more per season AND is coming off of an off year vs the guy coming off a career year and still only managed 8 more points in 7 extra games played

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Waooo so cheap.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

so you're one of those what have you done lately guys eh? Boy would guys like Kadri/Terry/Miller get hugely bloated contracts if you were a GM

I thought he would get around 6, he got 5.5m. Pretty sure you're in the minority of people thinking he isn't worth it.

LA is better managed than Vancouver is. Jog on with your personal insults and assumptions.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

I think Kempe can crack the 40 goal mark.

Kempe should have Fiala on the other wing so it is possible that Kempe could crack 40 goals next season.

Fiala is a much better player then Iafallo so it should help with the scoring.