Confirmed Trade: [LAK/WPG] Pierre-Luc Dubois (signs 8 years, $8.5M AAV) for Gabe Vilardi, Alex Iafallo, Rasmus Kupari, 2024 2nd round pick

[pth2]

No no no no no. Of course it's not the whole fanbase.

Wish you guys nothing but the best.

And honestly, I'm happy Winnipeg doesn't get screwed over in all this. I hate when overpaid selfish athletes make it hard to cheer for anyone by making it all about them.

 

[Ace]

I love this for Winnipeg so much I keep waiting for the other big piece LA must be getting. Because this can’t be right lol

 

[Buffdog]

It's not an extension. he doesn't have a contract right now. The Jets would be signing him under their cap today.

Contract won't kick in until July 1

 

[lomiller1]

Staying healthy is a skill.

PLD has missed 1 of fewer games in 4 of his 6 NHL seasons...

 

[kings11]

At 36, you would think there should be a big decline happening each year. You can take a look at the historical stats of 35+ players to come to that conclusion. This is obvious knowledge.

You need to look at his playing style, there is zero chance his production falls off a cliff.. think Jumbo Joe, except Kopi is still clearly one of the 2-3 best players on the Kings at 36YO

 

[KevinRedkey]

PLD isn't worth all that IMO

 

[pth2]

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Wild speculation: what if Winnipeg sends Wheeler to MTL to gain cap room to get this done.

 

[CDN24]

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Jets have 12M in space plus can go over by another 10% of cap in offseason so that's another 8M. These guys need to look at jets cap situation before speculating

 

[Kranix]

It is an extension- he is under contract until June 30th. The extention would start July 1 when Jets have 12M in space plus can be over by 10% or 8m in offseason- thats 20m

I think the rules are if they do this now, it's counting against the cap now? I dunno

 

[kings11]

As an Oilers fan, I don't get this for LA. The guys going away were such a pain to play against. I would not make that trade if I was LA

Sure you.. it’s a Todd thing and Blake is an amateur

 

[Hodge]

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PLD extension would count against next season’s cap. Sounds like a tagging space issue.

Edit: Never mind, didn’t realize those were next season’s cap numbers.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Vilardi alone has higher upside than PLD. He's a PPG player who is younger and can play wing or center. And he doesn't have a bad attitude like PLD.

 

[kings11]

If Vilardi stays healthy, and PLD continues his same level of play we've seen in Winnipeg. This trade could end up looking really bad for LA.

Iafallo is underrated. You can put him anywhere in the lineup and he can make up for linemate's defensive shortcomings. He was very good in the playoffs also.

The bell with that, the “throw in” Rasmus Kuapri has better tools than our own Adrian Kempe … he’s going to breakout in a big way

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

It's a sign and trade to take effect July 1. So he'll be a Jet for 2 mins before he goes to LA, and they have to be cap compliant.

It would be technically an extension, so it wouldn't kick in for the Jets, or Kings until July 1st

 

[symbology]

The Kings are trading the best player plus others for a player that doesn't fill any holes.

Fill the 3C role with Danault. Cannot get much better at 3C than that.

 

[kings11]

Kupari won't displace Lowry as the 3rd line C and had better not be in the top 6. He'll likely be in the same 4th line role as he was in LA.

He’s a winger now and he’ll be in that 3rd line

 

[FerrisRox]

PLD has missed 1 of fewer games in 4 of his 6 NHL seasons...

Great, not sure why you are pointing this out because you are responding to a post where Dubois was presented as "pacing" for 90 points before he got hurt and allegedly played injured for the rest of the season.

The person you responded to said staying healthy is a skill and you, for reasons unknown, respond with what you did, as if you weren't following the conversation.

 

[theMajor]

this is a stupid deal for LA unless theyre getting another solid piece back

 

[DavidpauseReinbacher]

Lolol. If you told kings fans 3 months ago all 4 of these plebs were being traded they would have told u they are getting back prime Gretzky. I guess pld is good .

 

[ChaoticOrange]

PLD has missed 1 of fewer games in 4 of his 6 NHL seasons...

and still hasn't cracked 70 points...

 

[Royale With Cheese]

I can't believe the amount of folks saying that this is a bad trade for LA. They are loaded with center prospects but they don't have a for-sure Kopitar successor. Dubois, at his best, is exactly that.

They are nowhere close in terms of style or defensive ability.

 

[Guffman]

You need to look at his playing style, there is zero chance his production falls off a cliff.. think Jumbo Joe, except Kopi is still clearly one of the 2-3 best players on the Kings at 36YO

Err... Jumbo Joe's performance declined in his late 30's.

 

[Tufted Titmouse]

Dang they gave up Kupari as well

 

[thefutures]

Lolol. If you told kings fans 3 months ago all 4 of these plebs were being traded they would have told u they are getting back prime Gretzky. I guess pld is good .

Alot of blue chippers moved this summer. Lol!

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

The king's are following Vegas route.

Kopitar
PLD
Danault

That's as solid of a trio of centers as it gets. Easily as good as Vegas trio of Eichel, Stephenson, Karlsson.