Skinnyjimmy08
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Eklund Rumor: MAF to LA Kings?
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I can see the logic. Apparently Quick is out for 3+ months. Cam Budaj/Zatkoff hold the load? Maybe. If the Kings management don't think so, they could make a move.
The problem is cap space. The Kings have less than $2mil I believe. They'd need to free up almost $4mil. The Pens will absolutely not retain on MAF. So it will have to be contracts coming back. I can't imagine who would be moved from LA that the Pens would need/want that the Kings would be willing to move.
The problem is cap space. The Kings have less than $2mil I believe. They'd need to free up almost $4mil. The Pens will absolutely not retain on MAF. So it will have to be contracts coming back. I can't imagine who would be moved from LA that the Pens would need/want that the Kings would be willing to move.
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If this was MAF's last year of his contract then I can see it. But he still has a couple years left after this year and Quick is only gone for a few months
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''It appears''
''could be''
This is a joke.
How would LA fit in Quick and MAF come February or March once Quick is healthy and off LTIR? Not to mention the potential cap disaster if Vegas did not grab MAF in the expansion draft.
''could be''
This is a joke.
How would LA fit in Quick and MAF come February or March once Quick is healthy and off LTIR? Not to mention the potential cap disaster if Vegas did not grab MAF in the expansion draft.
Fixed to Ruin
Come wit it now!
What about the next two seasons. Kings gonna spend 20% of their cap on goaltending?
I wish. On the ice Fleury is far and away the best option. However the cost will probably be too high and his contract is a couple years too long for the Kings.
With Quick on LTIR cap space isn't really a problem this year. However it is in the future.
With Quick on LTIR cap space isn't really a problem this year. However it is in the future.
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MAF is signed through 2018-2019..... so what the kings are going to keep both?you think their going to rent a 1a goalie for what could be 3-4 month? Definately not this doesn't even make sense. Eklund has always been a joke but this just takes the cake.
Flower is not UFA this summer: a Quick-Fleury tandem would be more expensive than a Niemi-Lehtonen one. There's no way this happens...
Thats not really a comparable though. Quick and Fleury are two top 10 goalies that are underpaid compared to similar goalies. Niemi and Lehtonen are 1Bs at best and have 2 of the worst contracts for goalies.
Yeah, Quick out for 3 months...
Trade for a goalie who makes 5.75 a year for next 3 seasons...
This "rumor" = Humor
Trade for a goalie who makes 5.75 a year for next 3 seasons...
This "rumor" = Humor
Boreal01
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I agree, but contractually speaking, that's a cap hit of almost 12 millions, that's huge!
How about a trade with Minnesota for Darcy Kuemper?
uncleben
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I just find it frustrating how ever Eklund thread if full of people complaining about Eklund instead of talking about logistics of the deal.
Nobody called out Friedman and he gifted even less of a source.
I get it, Friedman has a recorded reliability (and I love Friedman, don't mean to knock him), but it's Eklund has a recorded history of passing on all talks he hears.
So instead of talking about Eklund, talk about the rumours he has heard; teams talk literally all the time and you better believe the Kings have talked to other teams about goaltenders. Let's talk about that.
Nobody called out Friedman and he gifted even less of a source.
I get it, Friedman has a recorded reliability (and I love Friedman, don't mean to knock him), but it's Eklund has a recorded history of passing on all talks he hears.
So instead of talking about Eklund, talk about the rumours he has heard; teams talk literally all the time and you better believe the Kings have talked to other teams about goaltenders. Let's talk about that.
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Big McLargehuge
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This is beyond dumb for so many reasons. Fleury is signed for two years past this season and needs to be protected at the expansion draft...he makes sense for a handful of teams, but not for one that has Jonathan Quick locked up long-term and will get Quick back likely with plenty of time to spare before the trade deadline, to say nothing of the playoffs.
"Could be a target" is nothing more than piecing together that LA needs a goalie right now, and Fleury is going to be available at some point before the expansion draft...but beyond those two very basic points it doesn't pass any further scrutiny.
"Could be a target" is nothing more than piecing together that LA needs a goalie right now, and Fleury is going to be available at some point before the expansion draft...but beyond those two very basic points it doesn't pass any further scrutiny.
Ziggy Stardust
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Dont really see Pittsburgh in any rush to trade him TBH ,having him around for another year as they try to defend their championship has value too
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Let's Go Pens
Number1RedWingsFan52
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MAF to the Kings makes absolutely zero sense, Eklund has lost it on this one. Get real around $5.8 million for 3 more years this is worse then Howard. Unless Lombardi plans on dealing Dustin Brown to Pittsburgh this will definitely not happen and JR isn't taking on that bad Brown contract. What little credibility Eklund had and it wasn't much. Is definitely gone on this one.
Get real around $5.8 million for 3 more years this is worse then Howard. Unless Lombardi plans on dealing Dustin Brown to Pittsburgh this will definitely not happen and JR isn't taking on that bad Brown contract. What little credibility Eklund had and it wasn't much. Is definitely gone on this one.
KingCanadain1976
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only way this make sense to me is brown going the other way and dean planning on fliping quick somewhere when healthy for a better return
Number1RedWingsFan52
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Number1RedWingsFan52
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Totally agree even Lombardi isn't that desperate, Classic Eklund. This has to be close to his worst rumor yet.
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He's clearly just guessing here....
But you all do realize they could trade Fleury again after quick gets back, right?
But you all do realize they could trade Fleury again after quick gets back, right?
Dying Alive
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I think we can safely assume the Pens aren't going to touch Brown's contract as the whole purpose of moving MAF would be cap.space. This really doesn't make sense for either side for various reasons.
