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I agree but I’ve always rated him highly and firmly believe it’s injury that is the only reason he is not an nhl player. I don’t blame the Kings for the situation but I still think we’d regret it.
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I was at the game. Been saying it all summer, Thomas deserves a shot.
The 4th line of Grundstrom-Lizotte-Lewis is boring and awful. It’s not young, fast or tough. What’s the point?
The 4th line of Grundstrom-Lizotte-Lewis is boring and awful. It’s not young, fast or tough. What’s the point?
johnjm22
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You have to use the twitter.com URL instead of the X.com URL.
You have to use the twitter.com URL instead of the X.com URL.
riznat
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I'll order you a red cap and a Speedo.
I believe he will be better player to JAD, Fagemo and Grundstrom.
P.S. Grundstrom has his moments, but he has very low hockey IQ and do not have consistent motor.
Sol
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I think it’s time the Kings move on from Lizzo and give Thomas a shot for the spot. As much as I love and admire Lizzottes heart and tenacity, he is someone who gets injured in the playoffs due to his size and becomes useless.
DAkings20
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I am pleased to see that the consensus on HFBoards is that Mark Stone is a bitch
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Mark Stone gets laid out by LA scrub, calls him out in post-game interview
Hodgson has already played in the NHL and is trying to make an impression. His paycheck shouldn't matter. I was speaking of a larger trend and not one incident. The contract, which league it's with, if he even has one, does matter. There are teams dressing guys that will be hard pressed to get...
Better or not, I would probably keep Thomas as well just based on what we know about those players. Grundstrom can really bring it, but if he's not then he's terrible. Plus it saves salary over Grundy.
saintsnsoldiers
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His passes and thought process with the puck were outstanding and totally smoked Rempal with a huge hit. Had a great pass up the ice off the boards to a team mate in OT. Think he finished with over 25 min of ice time. He's ready.
Maybe next year if Thomas keeps it up.
Lizotte is one of the best 4th liners in the league by production measures, 35 points is fantastic for his TOI. He's also pretty durable, he's only missed a few playoff games and plays pretty much full seasons. It's a pretty big risk to put Thomas in there. Not just for production, but Thomas has had a lot more durability issues than Lizotte has had.
Put Lizotte on the third between a couple of scorers and he's going to be high 40's in points, possibly 50. He's RFA after this season, but he's still going to get a solid raise. It would still be difficult to swap them unless Thomas becomes a great bang-for-buck guy like Lizotte is. Blake is one of our most efficient uses of cap space right now.
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* TWO time cup winner & former first liner on the King's.
Edit: take a few days break & everyone piles on Lewis. We're better than that.
johnjm22
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Hope the Kings call up Hodgson when we play Vegas just to piss stone off haha
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I'd keep Grundstrom because he can play both Wing positions and anywhere in the line up that's a plus!The rest are junk and should thrown out with the Trash
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this thread should be mandatory reading holy shit what a great findI am pleased to see that the consensus on HFBoards is that Mark Stone is a bitch
Mark Stone gets laid out by LA scrub, calls him out in post-game interview
Hodgson has already played in the NHL and is trying to make an impression. His paycheck shouldn't matter. I was speaking of a larger trend and not one incident. The contract, which league it's with, if he even has one, does matter. There are teams dressing guys that will be hard pressed to get...
something like 210 likes on the first guy to call OP an idiot
KingsOfCali25
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That's one of the most useless idea's ever. Almost as bad as wanting Clifford and MacDermid back
. I'd rather give the opportunity to the young guys. They can't learn the pk if they aren't out on the pk.
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It says a lot when the main board is more or less in complete agreement. Most nights they can’t even agree that sexual assault is a bad thing.I am pleased to see that the consensus on HFBoards is that Mark Stone is a bitch
Mark Stone gets laid out by LA scrub, calls him out in post-game interview
Hodgson has already played in the NHL and is trying to make an impression. His paycheck shouldn't matter. I was speaking of a larger trend and not one incident. The contract, which league it's with, if he even has one, does matter. There are teams dressing guys that will be hard pressed to get...
Surf Nutz
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I never mentioned an offer sheet.
This year is different, with a number of potential future NHLer's potentially going on waivers.
Compounded with Blake announcing a strategy where he won't keep a few rosters to try to build a few bucks savings.
We put a lot of draft pick and development time the last thing I want to see is another Cernak or McNab situation.
Clarke looks more ready to take a spot and contribute than I anticipated.
I suggest he should rethink things and keep a full roster until he can do some further evaluation for what he thinks he needs and determine who to cast off and who to keep.
Maybe even send down some guys that are not eligible for waivers that otherwise you keep in the NHL if they have a sub par preseason.
Guys I don't care about losing on waivers:
JAD
Lewis
Englund
Santini
Hicketts
Conauton
Guys I don't want to lose on waivers:
Fagemo
Akil
Bjornfot
Moverare
KingsOfCali25
Start up the Tank!
My question is if Fagemo or Thomas or Turcotte (even if he's waiver eligible) or someone else beats out Lewis or Lizotte for a roster spot. Do the Kings actually waive those "vet" guys for the kids that won a spot?
We know the Top9 is pretty much set and the Top4 Dman pairings.
Byfield-Kopitar-Kempe
Fiala-PLD-Kaliyev
Moore-Danault-Arvidsson
Anderson-Doughty
Gavrikov-Roy
So there are 4 fwd spots available and 2 Dman spots available (due to cap).
The forward spots have Lizotte, Lewis, Grundstrum as the leading candidates with JAD the sub to make the team. Knocking on the door is Fagemo, Thomas, Turcotte, Laferiere (last 2 are still waiver eligible). Do the Kings risk losing Fagemo and Thomas for 36 year old vet pk guy Lewis? Are the Kings really that stupid?
The defense is a little more open. We know the 3rd RHD will be either Clarke or Spence. The last remaining spot on LHD comes down to Bjornfot, Moverare, Englund. Bjornfot is the leading candidate to make the team. Do the Kings risk losing youngish Bjornfot for career AHL depth defenseman?
I hope that the Kings don't just go vet heavy even if the young guys win the jobs
We know the Top9 is pretty much set and the Top4 Dman pairings.
Byfield-Kopitar-Kempe
Fiala-PLD-Kaliyev
Moore-Danault-Arvidsson
Anderson-Doughty
Gavrikov-Roy
So there are 4 fwd spots available and 2 Dman spots available (due to cap).
The forward spots have Lizotte, Lewis, Grundstrum as the leading candidates with JAD the sub to make the team. Knocking on the door is Fagemo, Thomas, Turcotte, Laferiere (last 2 are still waiver eligible). Do the Kings risk losing Fagemo and Thomas for 36 year old vet pk guy Lewis? Are the Kings really that stupid?
The defense is a little more open. We know the 3rd RHD will be either Clarke or Spence. The last remaining spot on LHD comes down to Bjornfot, Moverare, Englund. Bjornfot is the leading candidate to make the team. Do the Kings risk losing youngish Bjornfot for career AHL depth defenseman?
I hope that the Kings don't just go vet heavy even if the young guys win the jobs
Sol
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Lizzo has gotten injured twice in the last two years in the post season. I agree With everything you say but he does get absolutely decimated every year in the post season.
Tf outta here with that nonsense, he’s nowhere near Kempe’s level and what keeps him in Ontario is his lack of defensive and involvement/drive.. yes he can score a bit but doesn’t bring much else
Surf Nutz
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Kempe has developed into a much more well rounded player than that.
He has come a long way but still has an occasional lapse but not often.
