goosh
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- Nov 25, 2010
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I feel way better about giving up Vilardi/Iafallo/2nd for nothing than having to pay PLD $8.5M for another 7 years, which would have hamstrung the org massively.
Confirmed with Link: PLD TRADED TO WASHINGTON for Darcy Kuemper
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SlimCharles
Kings & Sabres
Yeah, well when that turd is so big and stinky, the paper clip looks like a bar of gold.
johnjm22
Pseudo Intellectual
- Aug 2, 2005
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Washington is PLD's last chance IMO.
It's the last time a franchise will be gullible enough to be enticed by his physical attributes.
Very curious to see how he plays next year.
It's the last time a franchise will be gullible enough to be enticed by his physical attributes.
Very curious to see how he plays next year.
Live in the Now
Registered User
Might as well not buy him out. So hopefully he can give the team low level #1G numbers or better.
AbsentMojo
F-ing get up and hunt! Cmon Todd!
Even worse, he'll re-sign Roy, keep Spence and have Clarke and Spence compete for 3RD.. incoming self own by the master
I mean, what could he do to make you happy at this point? You have to continue to go for it while Doughty and Kopitar are still here.
ScoreZeGoals
Boooorrrrriiiinnnnng
- Jun 29, 2010
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Oh my god, it's even worse than I remember. How the hell does Blake still have supporters???
dabeechman
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We all know this is going to be followed by a long term Roy contract. Let's reign it back down into reality.
KingsFan7824
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They just want another Cup with Kopitar and Doughty. If Quick had played half a good as he recently has in his last year here, he'd still be here too. Same with Brown if he didn't retire.
They're not trying for the long term. They haven't since they took over. Flawed as it may be, it's always been about getting another Cup with those guys still here. Their mini-rebuild was clearly to get some assets to throw at winning another Cup with the old guys.
That's the plan, and yes it is shortsighted. They have the rest of time to truly rebuild once those guys are gone. Whether they will or not, who knows, but they're simply and desperately trying to win another Cup with the old crew. It's year by year. Move by move. Idea by idea. I might even bet that they themselves know it's not going to work, other than a miracle run. A more fundamentally crazy run than the 2014 playoff tournament.
Lindgren has been trending up for a few years now. Goalie guru types have been high on him for a bit
SlimCharles
Kings & Sabres
Has a player ever been traded one year after signing an 8+ year deal before?? 
FSL KINGS
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- May 10, 2021
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Was going to wait until the off-season until getting back into hockey, but Blake taking care of business early! Cleared Cap & landed a starting goalie even after Todd tanked PL's value all year!
Now sign Lewis!!!
Now sign Lewis!!!
kovacro
Uvijek Vjerni
So spare parts/dime a dozen pieces and Vilardi who is the quality piece. That’s the only thing that strings about that deal.
Omni Owl
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Pretty much. It's a huge relief to have this waste of space off this team and away from the youth. Guy just sets the worst example and is a complete no show. Trading for and extending him before proving anything is going to haunt Blake forever.
Sol
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To those of you celebrating this, just remember you don’t want to see Blake with capspace. You don’t want to see North Korea with Nukes, but most importantly you don’t want to see Blake with cap space.
He is the same dude who hired McLellan despite McLellan being the most disgraced coach in modern NHL history.
He extended McLellan when he had no reason to.
He gave Kopitar an extension when Kopitar has done nothing for the Kings in the playoffs for an eternity.
And he traded for PLD when PLD was more toxic than drinking water in Chernobyl.
Matt Roy is getting a huge contract and we’re gonna be ready to end it all in a couple weeks again.
He is the same dude who hired McLellan despite McLellan being the most disgraced coach in modern NHL history.
He extended McLellan when he had no reason to.
He gave Kopitar an extension when Kopitar has done nothing for the Kings in the playoffs for an eternity.
And he traded for PLD when PLD was more toxic than drinking water in Chernobyl.
Matt Roy is getting a huge contract and we’re gonna be ready to end it all in a couple weeks again.
funky
Build around Byfield, not the vets
- Mar 9, 2002
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So did Blake just nuke the rest of the front office and trade Luc and Marc’s Francophone young star for someone that he was familiar with?
For some reason I still want to believe this was Blake crawling out from under Luc’s mistake.
For some reason I still want to believe this was Blake crawling out from under Luc’s mistake.
Choralone
Registered User
On the plus side, Blake does not subscribe to sunk-cost fallacy - it's his best feature.
On the negative side, he keeps increasing those sunk-costs.
bmr
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We need a LHD - look at how well Florida has done with theirs. I'd be down for Forsling but he's prob getting a huge raise.
I applaud Blake for ditching a contract that would’ve given our new GM after next year giant headaches.
KingsHockey24
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- Aug 1, 2013
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Almost 24 million dollars in cap space now.
f*** it, sign Zadorov 5x5.
f*** it, sign Zadorov 5x5.
Choralone
Registered User
With Luc in charge, I'm expecting an announcement that the Kings are trading a slew of picks and prospects for the services of Kevin Stevens and Josef Stumpel.
SaltyElkHunter
I …. am…. The LA Kings!
Lt Dan
F*** your ice cream!
My spidey senses tell me that TL heads to Utah
