Phaneuf buyout
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Choralone
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His buyout opens a roster spot, which is what we need in the short term more than cap space. Trading for another bad contract wouldn't help us in that regard.
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King'sPawn
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kingsboy11
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- He sucked last year
- His contract sucked
- Nobody would trade for him
- frees up a contract spot
- He had a NMC so we couldn't bury him in Ontario
- Gives more opportunity for our young defensemen to crack the roster. If Phaneuf was here, Bjornfot wouldn't be getting the chance that he is getting right now.
kilowatt
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He may have been one of the guys the “entitlement” comments were geared towards. If the Kings are looking to usher in a youth movement and he wasn’t happy with diminished ice time, it’s time to go. If he wasn’t interested in being a mentor, there’s no point in having him on the team.
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Ollie Weeks
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Saves AEG actual dollars in what has been sold as a non-competitive year.
I think this is backed up by LA being unable (or unwilling) to take on a year of Marleau without sending a contract back. That move would likely have yielded us an extra 1st rounder such as it did Carolina.
I think this is backed up by LA being unable (or unwilling) to take on a year of Marleau without sending a contract back. That move would likely have yielded us an extra 1st rounder such as it did Carolina.
Herby
How could Blake have known?
He might not have been the worst player in the league, but he was certainly a bottom 10 NHL regular last year. Much like with Richards his last two years here you could noticeably see him struggling to keep up with the pace of the game and make plays with the puck. Just shows you how thin the difference is between an all-star and a total bum. Nice to see the same mistake wasn't made when it came to the buyout.
Phaneuf was really bad - no doubt about that. That's the reason why he is still unsigned. But I still think that he could be a good mentor on the Reign.
KingsFan7824
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He couldn't go to Ontario without his permission. He wasn't going to do that. Scuderi didn't even stick around when they had to send him down. He played a few games, and I think otherwise he just went home. I don't even know if he practiced. Was he even in LA? He went back home to Pittsburgh, then got traded to Chicago, then back here. He may have even just been in a hotel, and went back to Pittsburgh, or wherever it was/is that he lived at the time. That's what a guy like Ryan Stanton is for. He's perfectly happy being in the AHL, as the old guy that shows the prospects how to be a pro.
The dead cap hits aren't actually all that bad. Not for where management seems to have them locked into for the next few years anyway. They're losing a bunch of UFA's this year, and don't have many RFA's that will make any money to sign. His $4m hit next year helps reach the floor. The next year, Kovalchuk and Martinez are gone, which is $10m in open space, so Phaneuf's $1m is a drop in the bucket. Then the year after that, there's another $11m in open space with Brown and Carter done. That's the summer when Kupari, JAD, Bjornfot, Anderson, Durzi, and a few other guys are maybe hopefully so productive that they have to take up serious space, but Phaneuf's $1m hit shouldn't be a problem then either.
They could've kept him, and he could've hung around as the 7th or 8th defenseman for another year or two, but they might struggle to find ways to spend money the next few summers. They're not doing another Kovalchuk anytime soon. A lot of old players will slowly be leaving this roster.
i can't remeber but if he had a NMC or NTC, a NMC means he can't be sent down unless he waives the right
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kilowatt
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From the looks of it so far this preseason, Toffoli was calling himself out. He looks like garbage. Potentially Carter and Kovalchuk as well. Any of the vets, really.
Holden Caulfield
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Phaneuf himself is toxic. You dont want a personality like that asshole anywhere near your young players.
Ollie Weeks
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I have kept quiet about Phaneuf because I wasn’t there and don’t know him.
But I know enough about who he used to be as a player/person. And I’m always suspicious when team reps go out of their way to praise a player you wouldn’t otherwise expect for his efforts in the room.
But I know enough about who he used to be as a player/person. And I’m always suspicious when team reps go out of their way to praise a player you wouldn’t otherwise expect for his efforts in the room.
