Great point Petterson was also the 5th overall pick and from all the buzz surrounding Makar looks like he's gonna be better then Hischier and Patrick as well. So if we can just do our homework we may stumble upon a Jaromir Jagr at the 5th overall. Not likely, but just saying all we need to do is get the best player available along with a little luck and Kings will be reloading sooner then later.
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Great point Petterson was also the 5th overall pick and from all the buzz surrounding Makar looks like he's gonna be better then Hischier and Patrick as well. So if we can just do our homework we may stumble upon a Jaromir Jagr at the 5th overall. Not likely, but just saying all we need to do is get the best player available along with a little luck and Kings will be reloading sooner then later.
It's going to be a long couple of months if we are arguing like this in April.
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True. We need good news before then. Hope Anderson and Prokhorkin sign soon. Anderson has Frozen 4 this weekend and then his Soph yr ends.
Rumored to sign now.
I just want someone that can score some goddamn goals. If I have to watch another season of Kopitar skating around the perimeter preferring to shove the puck up his own ass to shooting it I might just lose my mind.
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Yep.
People are really sleeping on Pod. He can be a legit star in this league. Like I’ve said elsewhere, if he was Finnish or Swedish, he’d be the undisputed #3 pick behind Hughes/Kakko.
He’s worth the minor risk if he falls to #5. But I truly think Chicago will snatch him up at #3, especially considering their recent success with Russian players.
cyclones22
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And hope he turns into the next Nail Yakupov screw them for getting so damn lucky.
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Just logged in to to say after this dumpster fire of a season I was actually excited for this. What a f***ing JOKE!
Thank you to the perpetual losers like Edmonton and Buffalo (who are still losers) for necessitating this format.
Thank you to the perpetual losers like Edmonton and Buffalo (who are still losers) for necessitating this format.
kingsfan28
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Yup I bet that's exactly what happened. If I was Luc I'd be like eff this see ya I'm not sticking around to see this horsebleep. Than have an empty seat for them idiots to look at. LOL.
As disappointing as today was, after watching decades of Kings drafts and seeing what was there when they picked, I am looking forward to having the amount of talent available at #5 and also having 2 more high picks to help restock a system that is in dire need of more highly skilled players.
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Not worried.
One player was not going to save the franchise. The organization's infrastructure as a whole needs to be better.
Of course the result sucks. But if the Kings pivk and develop well, it doesn't matter if they pick 5th. If they don't, then the 1st overall wouldn't help either.
One player was not going to save the franchise. The organization's infrastructure as a whole needs to be better.
Of course the result sucks. But if the Kings pivk and develop well, it doesn't matter if they pick 5th. If they don't, then the 1st overall wouldn't help either.
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Reaper45
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Russians and L.A. dont mix. There isnt a huge Russian community like on the East coast to make them feel at home and the flights from L.A. to anywhere in Russia suck compared to say NY. I can count the handful of Russians who "worked out" in L.A. Zhitnik, Frolov, Voynov, Yachmenev, Kovalchuk, Tsyplakov and Loktionov. Most ended badly.
lumbergh
It was an idea. I didn't say it was a good idea.
Explanation: Probabilities. It's just chance, so don't stress out too much about it. Chicago got lucky, the Kings and Avs got unlucky.
We should package the pick and trade everything and anything to get Taylor Hall. The return of first overalls would be more than enough to compensate for anything we have to trade away to acquire him.
Ziggy Stardust
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The Kings should still be able to land a special talent with a top 5 pick in this draft class. If they blow the pick, it’s on the scouts.
lumbergh
It was an idea. I didn't say it was a good idea.
The combinations are drawn before the announcement, so yeah, he pretty much knew, just like all the other front office guys there. You can't do a reverse order announcement the way the lottery is set up. The whole announcement is just a show for TV.
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What is your definition of a huge community? LA has the 2nd largest russian pop in America.
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I'll order you a red cap and a Speedo.
85% of the time he takes it deep but instead of getting it to the net (since no one not named Grundstrom knows how to drive the net) he shovels it back out to the point for a shot that never makes it through.
SettlementRichie10
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You’re really only getting a steal like that with a European draftee. European players are just scouted less, even in 2019.
I said awhile ago I thought Broberg was going to be a great player, and he likely won’t go until the late teens. If he was Canadian, there’d be a lot of debate around Byram vs. Broberg.
Same thing with Podkolzin. I really mean it when I say scouts in the know consider him right up there with Hughes/Kakko.
Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s any other European player we could possibly steal at #5. Maybe at the Toronto pick, though.
I disliked the pick last year (I was wrong), but Blake chose Kupari over Veleno when most considered Veleno an upper echelon talent. Turns out, Kupari was a great pick and took a huge step forward this season.
European players are the way to go if you want to steal. Every NA player with a lick of talent is basically already sniffed out by draft day.
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At #5, I don't think Cozens will last that long. I'm thinking our best choice is going to be Dach.
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