Confirmed with Link: PLD TRADED TO WASHINGTON for Darcy Kuemper

[Telos]

If you look at the Washington board it is identical to ours, it's actually quite funny how similar they feel about their front office and future.

All the exact same arguments going on there.

But man... 7 years of Dubois, I'm unsure if they really get it over there.

We are just in Winnipeg's position this time without the reward of Vilardi This is additional by subtraction knowing exactly what we are getting away from. Everyone else is just looking at his size, age, and past stats and assuming things will at worst be okay, but they haven't seen him play. I feel for Washington because they are in for a rough patch.

 

[Nasti]

Seems like there is a lot more missing, but out of these highlights,

PLD is probably ranked highest then Bishop, solely based on cost....Roenick was a FA I believe, Fuhr cost Zhitnik I believe but we got more than him back, I don't remember the cost for Duschene or Ronning.....but there are some other ones that aren't on there for sure.

The Kings got back Boucher with Fuhr so it didn’t turn out too bad in the long run. Then again, they let Boucher walk when he hit free agency a few years later.

 

[Buddy The Elf]

Rank the Kings Biggest flop acquisitions of the last 30 years

PLD
Fuhr
Roenick
Duchesne
Bishop
Ronning

I think Brent Sopel / Mark Parrish deserve an honorable mention.

@GoldenBearHockey Jeremy Roenick was traded to the Kings for future considerations.

Demitra was the big UFA after the lockout. He was great too just came at the wrong time. RIP

 

[GoldenBearHockey]

I think Brent Sopel / Mark Parrish deserve an honorable mention.

@GoldenBearHockey Jeremy Roenick was traded to the Kings for future considerations.

Demitra was the big UFA after the lockout. He was great too just came at the wrong time. RIP

Ok, yea knew it was minor, thought it was a UFA etc....but the question is, were those future considerations, better for the Kings than PLD ?

 

[Kingsfan1]

Lets give Blake props for trading our depth and fan favorite Vilardi + Iaffalo , Kupari and 2nd round pick for Kuemper ?

Fk Blake . We are not even a playoff team with our current roster because everyone around us is getting better while we stagnant or get worse .

Lets see what he does with the cap space cause currently we are a bubble team not playoff team.

Kuemper will not be bought out next offseason because that would be idiotic , you save 1.5 million at the most and then have him on the books an additional 2 years . What would you do with 1.5 million ? Kuemper will play out the contract with Portillo eventually backing him or taking over for him and we trade or waive him .

I dont believe we are retaining Arvy from all rumors and indications. I cant wait to see what Blake does , i just hope he adds some depth back to our roster or else mediocrity is going to last much longer than we anticipate

 

[Kingspiracy]

Can Kuemper be waived / demoted if he sux or does he have some sort of nmc?

 

[redcard]

Can Kuemper be waived / demoted if he sux or does he have some sort of nmc?

Only has a 10-team NTC, so he can be sent down. It won't save us any cap but he doesn't have to take up a roster spot.

 

[Johnny Utah]

I think Brent Sopel / Mark Parrish deserve an honorable mention.

@GoldenBearHockey Jeremy Roenick was traded to the Kings for future considerations.

Demitra was the big UFA after the lockout. He was great too just came at the wrong time. RIP

Anson Carter was horrible.

 

[BigKing]

I think Brent Sopel / Mark Parrish deserve an honorable mention.

@GoldenBearHockey Jeremy Roenick was traded to the Kings for future considerations.

Demitra was the big UFA after the lockout. He was great too just came at the wrong time. RIP

Anson Carter was absolutely brutal. One assist in 15 games and the Kings lost 11 straight games to close the season and miss the playoffs.

Anson Carter was horrible.

Haha. Was just typing that myself

 

[Kudelski37]

Only has a 10-team NTC, so he can be sent down. It won't save us any cap but he doesn't have to take up a roster spot.

I think tere is a cap reduction of a little over 1 million dollars, but any replacement goalie would take up at least most of that savings. A replacement on a league minimum would be a savings of roughly 300k.

 

[King'sPawn]

I think tere is a cap reduction of a little over 1 million dollars, but any replacement goalie would take up at least most of that savings. A replacement on a league minimum would be a savings of roughly 300k.

Yep. This is exactly it. Whether he's in the AHL/NHL, it's going to be about the same cost.

 

[AbsentMojo]

Anson Carter was horrible.

And he's still horrible on TNT

 

[kovacro]

The Kings got back Boucher with Fuhr so it didn’t turn out too bad in the long run. Then again, they let Boucher walk when he hit free agency a few years later.

Pretty sure Kings legend Vlad Tsyplakov was part of that deal too.

 

[Buddy The Elf]

Anson Carter was absolutely brutal. One assist in 15 games and the Kings lost 11 straight games to close the season and miss the playoffs.


Haha. Was just typing that myself

Oh God...I honestly forgot he was on the Kings and I forgot about the losing streak until you just posted that. What a f***ing train wreck that was! Man, the Andy Murray years were quite a roller coaster.

 

[chris kontos]

Anson carter is the world champion of self absorbtion.
He mailed it in on the kings worse than pld

 

[Bandit]

Oh God...I honestly forgot he was on the Kings and I forgot about the losing streak until you just posted that. What a f***ing train wreck that was! Man, the Andy Murray years were quite a roller coaster.

I remember going to a season ticket event that year to watch practice at staples with about 10 games left. Robitaille was still on the team and he came out after practice and “guaranteed” they were making the playoffs. Then they missed.

25 years later. Same shit.

 

[BigKing]

And he's still horrible on TNT

All I can think of is how bad he was here in LA and how f***ing happy he must be to be in the entertainment industry now. Put some f***ing dress shoes on.

Oh God...I honestly forgot he was on the Kings and I forgot about the losing streak until you just posted that. What a f***ing train wreck that was! Man, the Andy Murray years were quite a roller coaster.

It is one of the most impressive feats in the history of this franchise.

Anson carter is the world champion of self absorbtion.
He mailed it in on the kings worse than pld

This is true.

I remember going to a season ticket event that year to watch practice at staples with about 10 games left. Robitaille was still on the team and he came out after practice and “guaranteed” they were making the playoffs. Then they missed.

25 years later. Same shit.

That's a real classic right there. If you saw him a few days after the regular season, he would have told you that they were right there,

 

[KingsHockey24]

Blake Lizotte/Arthur Kaliyev are the next to go.

My guess is for Tanner Jeannot.

 

[shuchukfan]

Anson carter is the world champion of self absorbtion.
He mailed it in on the kings worse than pld

Wasn't he trying to start a record label or something during his short time here?

 

[Buddy The Elf]

Blake Lizotte/Arthur Kaliyev are the next to go.

My guess is for Tanner Pearson

FTFY

 

[The Butcher]

I wonder how many Kings players told management they were outta here if PL was the future of this team. I can't imagine we aren't just seeing the tip of the iceberg here. Behind the scenes I bet that locker room was a weird vibe this last season.

 

[Nasti]

Pretty sure Kings legend Vlad Tsyplakov was part of that deal too.

You’re thinking of the other Kings legend, Denis Tsygurov.

 

[Statto]

Oh I'm sorry, Kuemper wasn't waived, he was traded for nothing. Actually worse than nothing since Toby Reider effective Athanasiou'ed us out of a series by completely losing his guy on a faceoff.

The net cap space is at best the difference between PLD and Kuemper's salaries

at worst, with projected salaries had players stayed on the kings, it's actually negative.

Frankly, I don't think you can be like "well this trade got us some cap space" anyway when the cap issue was self created, and solved by dumping positive assets. I"m not gonna clap for you changing your clothes after you shit yourself, especially when you immediately shit in the next pair of shorts and repeat.

And hell if it allows us to sign a big name FA we should all be terrified, not pleased.

I wasn’t having a dig about the waiving of Kuemper. I’m a pedantic arse, I know that, I just like factual accuracy which I should probably work on - but won’t as it’s down the list somewhere. However, I agree that it doesn’t substantially change the value of anything.

I agree the cap issues are self inflicted. The net number is purely of interest but doesn’t in anyway affect the general view we all hold in that the cap has been managed badly.

I hope to god we don’t try to make a big FA move as that isn’t what we need. If the tie down QB, Spence and add some physicality somewhere then that’s probably the best we can hope for.

 

[Sol]

I wasn’t having a dig about the waiving of Kuemper. I’m a pedantic arse, I know that, I just like factual accuracy which I should probably work on - but won’t as it’s down the list somewhere. However, I agree that it doesn’t substantially change the value of anything.

I agree the cap issues are self inflicted. The net number is purely of interest but doesn’t in anyway affect the general view we all hold in that the cap has been managed badly.

I hope to god we don’t try to make a big FA move as that isn’t what we need. If the tie down QB, Spence and add some physicality somewhere then that’s probably the best we can hope for.

The results are in… in the case of empty cap space, Kings ARE going to make a big FA move!

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[johnjm22]

@GoldenBearHockey Jeremy Roenick was traded to the Kings for future considerations.

Ok, yea knew it was minor, thought it was a UFA etc....but the question is, were those future considerations, better for the Kings than PLD ?

The Flyers also sent us a 3rd round pick as part of the deal.