Confirmed Trade: [LAK/WPG] Pierre-Luc Dubois (signs 8 years, $8.5M AAV) for Gabe Vilardi, Alex Iafallo, Rasmus Kupari, 2024 2nd round pick
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How come some LA fans are saying they would have preferred Byfield over Kupari
Is Kupari that good?
Or Byfield that disappointing?
Is Kupari that good?
Or Byfield that disappointing?
Yes, they are a tough out for sure. But this move is not a good move for the kings. PLD has no compete, kopitar and doughty are rapidly aging and who is their goalie?
Well, congrats to LA. It seems like a good price for PLD.
Montreal is involved in nearly every rumour, no gonna lose sleep over that
We got our own PLD in.... Newhook haha
Yeah, Kirby the Untouchable. I would have valued him lower than Vilardi and accordingly asked for more with him. Plus they wanted to throw in Anderson. Bullet dodged, imo
Habs Halifax
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Context spins. Habs leverage faded away when Brisson/Dubois opened up their list of teams to 5 or 6. Don't be so salty with your belittle narrative that is basically a spin on things. Different context before and after the news of Dubois being open to 5 or 6 teams.
Lets see how it plays out over the long haul. What you got vs the many different futures packages the Habs offered. Remember Caufield and 1st for Laine? You going to tell me Vilardi is better than Caufield now? Lets see how guys like Beck, Kidney, Barron, Mesar, Panthers 1st ends up
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Yeah, you’re not wrong there lol.
It’s a risk you gotta take, the ball is in the player’s court though. $8.5 mil for great 2C/borderline 1C should be the norm.
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Us kings fans are malcontents....Byfield appears to maybe be a bust and some on our board are already talking rebuild.
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Fans just being dumb.
Some of our phones are butt hurt we didn’t drop Stutzle They may be right about that, but they’re taking their frustrations out on Byfield. But I feel came back from injury last year and took a big leap. At 20 years old I think he takes another massive leap this year. Unfortunately, he’s not gonna score. 90 points like Stützle so people will be mad at him.
BobClarkesfrontteeth
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How is it flawed you used points to justify his place as a 1C. I countered that argument. Not my fault you used a flawed arguement and it went against you. Suck it up buttercup.Your arguments in here have been universally awful
I mean if you're happy about paying a 2C 1C money, go for it I guess. I'm sure as hell glad my team isn't doing that.
Not my team paying. 8.5 for a top tier 2C will seem cheap by next off season. wait until guys like Aho get their new deals.
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Dubois draws way more penalties than he takes. When he goes to the box somebody usually goes with him.
Good to hear it from person who really knows about cancers throughout their team.
How many of those you have in Edmonton?
Just asking.
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Too bad McLellan is the coach. I actually think the Kings have more offensive talent than people think. But McLellan would rather play the 1-3-1 all the time.
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Your "counter" argument was saying that Zibanejad was a 4C because he'd be the 4C on Edmonton, which makes literally no sense.
$8.5 million is still 1C money. Dubois is only worth like $7 million a year, he's getting a good bit overpaid by LA here.
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I’ve been reading comments in this thread and the Kings forum and my guess would be that many Kings fans would believe this.
As crazy as it sounds.
No, those guys are on crack. All joking aside, Kupari can turn out to be a great player. He has the tools, just needs to put it all together.
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He's 26 years old. What do you think is more indicative of the player he is right now, the past 3 seasons or his first 2 seasons?
BobClarkesfrontteeth
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Aho is a 2C who got a boneheaded offer from a really bad GM.
Hughes's agent should have taken a bridge. That contract is already a steal and will be more in 3 years. Also he was coming off an ELC so he is looking at a second max deal at the end.
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Alright so if a top 5 center in the entire league isn't a true 1C in your opinion then talking to you is an complete and utter waste of time
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But that is not what people are saying.
“Vilardi is a ppg player”
“Vilardi has elite offensive skills”
“Vilardi has out produced PLD”
Habs Halifax
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. I was hoping for the Habs to have that leverage but once Dubois opened up to 5 or 6 teams, it went away. Our message was consistent, we were interested but not desperate.
For the Kings and Jets. Hope it works out for both sides. All I will say is I will evaluate the futures packages towards what the Jets got but we can only do that in 3+ years when guys like Beck, Barron, Mesar, Kidney, and Panthers 1st is older. I guess we will see how bad or good the Habs offer was then.
Vilardi to me is like Newhook. Middle 6F types who do have room to grow. Vilardi vs Caufield? I think most take Caufield's goal scoring power
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