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Sutter has agreed to terms on multi year deal with the Kings

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WHOneedsSOX said:
Of course they have a great roster but he's going to look at the roster and say, "We have a hole here and have $10 million in cap space. Go fill it." When the owner say no, you think Sutter will be happy with that?
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What holes would they not be able to fill? They're loaded with assets internally and those that can be moved.
 
KopitarFAN said:
I'm sure teams will just be giving away their #1 defenseman this summer. That seems to be what they are lacking.
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Well apparently Barrie might be moving on from the Avs in the offseason. He's about as close to a #1 D that's going to be available, though I'm sure someone will overpay. If it came down to it, I'd much rather have Barrie than Lucic.
 
KopitarFAN said:
I'm sure teams will just be giving away their #1 defenseman this summer. That seems to be what they are lacking.
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Lindholm is just about ready to step in as a true #1.

It's all kind of moot anyway since we were just talking about Sutter stepping in for the Ducks.
 
Omni Owl said:
Well apparently Barrie might be moving on from the Avs in the offseason. He's about as close to a #1 D that's going to be available, though I'm sure someone will overpay. If it came down to it, I'd much rather have Barrie than Lucic.
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I'm shocked! Stastny, Ro'R, now Barrie... Who else is shocked! :laugh:

The biggest issue the Ducks have is dumping one of their goalies for the expansion draft then ridding a goalie who isn't quite ready. Every year longer it takes their goalie to develop is one year closer for Baldy, Perry, Kesler to fall off the cliff.

Their games... not personally... Just wanted to clear that up.
 
Good interview by Jon Rosen where Sutter actually does address having a faster transition team, systems talk, etc.

http://lakingsinsider.com/2016/05/13/video-sutter-laki-discuss-the-new-contract-in-a-one-on-one/
There shouldn’t be any significant shift in the team’s well-regarded structure, though Sutter did acknowledge the impact of speed in modern NHL play. Los Angeles again led the league in the most commonly cited possession metrics while continuing to adhere to strong checking and heavy play in all zones.

“I don’t see a big change in that because of personnel, to be quite honest,” he told LA Kings Insider. “You design your team around how you play by your personnel, but I think at the same time we’re seeing that the speed of the game is important, and there are ways from a structure standpoint that I think we can be faster, and obviously personnel-wise.”

Will there be any change in Sutter’s methods, though? He and others have indicated in conversations in seasons past that his approach has mellowed, perhaps, from his earlier days of coaching.

“The game’s changed,” he said. “I’ve coached in three or four different decades now, so you’ve had to evolve and adapt with the game. I think there are big changes in the style of play that we’ve played, even from the first Cup, when I first came here. There’s a big difference. If you look, the biggest difference is personnel. You’re looking at significant change again this summer. Just in the last three years, you’re probably going to have 10 different players. That’s a lot, and you have to be able to adjust. At the same time, your core group has pretty much remained in place, and then the young players, and there are players that are going to be here long-term, so my role in it even more is to draw out of more and to help them more.”
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^^^

Hearing Sutter talk like that has diminished my off season anxiety level tremendously. I really like the comment about getting "the more" out of the-NHL ready-as-they-are-ever-going-to-be prospects. Should be a fun summer.
 
I don't have a problem with DS system. But it has to be played to perfection to get any results. And he did it twice. So,??? At the same time, lets not confuse speed, which is more about fairly straight line or so skating forward, and lateral quickness, which for a D gets their legs tied in a knot when with quick forwards in the corner. McNabb, Schenn, and Scuderi all lacked any sort of quickness. In a straight line up the rink, McNabb gets moving like a big jet airliner, and has plenty of speed. For these 3, pivots werent quick, and led to problems. So then they get physical and make a couple hits on the same shift in a corner, and then it was watch the legs turn to mush. No energy or stamina. I really think Forbort and Gravel don't quite have this problem, and it will make a world of difference. We didn't have this problem earlier in the season when they rotated Ehrhoff, McBain and Forbort. There might have been other problems, but it didn't involve skating.
 
I don't have a problem with DS system. But it has to be played to perfection to get any results. And he did it twice. So,??? At the same time, lets not confuse speed, which is more about fairly straight line or so skating forward, and lateral quickness, which for a D gets their legs tied in a knot when with quick forwards in the corner. McNabb, Schenn, and Scuderi all lacked any sort of quickness. In a straight line up the rink, McNabb gets moving like a big jet airliner, and has plenty of speed. For these 3, pivots werent quick, and led to problems. So then they get physical and make a couple hits on the same shift in a corner, and then it was watch the legs turn to mush. No energy or stamina. I really think Forbort and Gravel don't quite have this problem, and it will make a world of difference. We didn't have this problem earlier in the season when they rotated Ehrhoff, McBain and Forbort. There might have been other problems, but it didn't involve skating.
 
I really wanted to see some new blood with a new mentality. I even joked with my friend about Sutter going to coach for the Ducks.

Has anyone asked him why the Kings were playing like crap after they clinched a playoff spot?
 
Sword said:
I really wanted to see some new blood with a new mentality. I even joked with my friend about Sutter going to coach for the Ducks.

Has anyone asked him why the Kings were playing like crap after they clinched a playoff spot?
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"it's a different team," "it's really hard to make the playoffs in this league," etc.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
Good interview by Jon Rosen where Sutter actually does address having a faster transition team, systems talk, etc.

http://lakingsinsider.com/2016/05/13/video-sutter-laki-discuss-the-new-contract-in-a-one-on-one/
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Eh, I don't see much difference to be honest. Playing fast != skating fast, and the former is much more dangerous than the latter. It's quick, decisive decision making and knowing what your teammates are going to do before they do it.

The only thing keeping the Kings from being a fast team are all the boat anchors on the back end. In years past we had Mitchell, Voynov, Doughty, Martinez all who could move the puck quickly. That is how we spent very little time in our own zone and steamrolled the opposition. This year we had Schenn, McNabb and Scuderi all of whom were more likely to peel back towards their own end boards and choke on their Jack Johnson than they were to move the puck up to a forward whenever the puck touched their stick.

That more than anything was the downfall of the Kings this year, and it will continue to be an issue if we don't find another real defenseman to play on the 2nd pair (tall order).
 
Sword said:
I really wanted to see some new blood with a new mentality. I even joked with my friend about Sutter going to coach for the Ducks.

Has anyone asked him why the Kings were playing like crap after they clinched a playoff spot?
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Probably not . IMO, it's was on him as much as the players . They lost their mojo, started letting bad habits get into their game and carried it into the playoffs. I'm not sure how driven they were at winning the division, and if you go by what Sutter said about division titles, they don't mean anything. I hated his attitude, and probably cost them the division and a 1st round match up with Nashville. We ended up facing a very motivated Sharks team and got wrecked by them.
 
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