News Article: The Hockey News - Kings roster in 2020

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THN projecting the Kings roster in 3 years.


Pearson-Kopi- Toffoli
Kempe-Vilardi-Carter
Anderson-Dolan-Shore -Gaborik
Clifford-Lewis- Brodz

Muzzin - DD
Clague- AMart
Forbert-LaDue
*Jacob Moverare could challenge for a roster spot

JQ
C Petersen


http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/a...es-kings-roster-will-look-like-in-three-years


Pretty good top 9, but I don't see Gabby on the team in 2020. Kemp-Vilardi-Carter is a really good 2nd line . I also don't see Clifford or Lewis on the team in 2020. And Brown is gone, the author's reasoning is the he is not worth the 5.8 and that money will be required for DD if the Kings want to resign him. I think their speculation of 9M for DD is way off. But the concern on signing the younger guys and where that money comes from isn't.

Also, the article missed the fact that in the Toffoli will be on a new contract by then and TP on the last year of his contract. That's a good chunk of change and an issue.

Doughty’s deal has to be the Kings’ biggest concern right now, too. By the time his contract is up, he could command a contract with a cap hit of $9 million-plus, and, at current projections and with Brown on the roster, that would eat up nearly half of the Kings’ roughly $21.7-million in cap space. Add in new contracts for Kempe, Forbort, LaDue, Nick Shore and Jonny Brodzinski, and the Kings could be in a serious cap crunch.

That isn't a total surprise, but it's something I've heard before and I'm sure that was the #1 issue with Luc and Blake.

A panel of scouts ranked Los Angeles’ prospect depth as the worst in the league in THN’s Future Watch 2017. If the Kings don’t start building that up, the bottom-six could be the difference between competing for a post-season spot in three years or starting to bottom out.

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THN projecting the Kings roster in 3 years.


Pearson-Kopi- Toffoli
Kempe-Vilardi-Carter
Anderson-Dolan-Shore -Gaborik
Clifford-Lewis- Brodz

Muzzin - DD
Clague- AMart
Forbert-LaDue
*Jacob Moverare could challenge for a roster spot

JQ
C Petersen


http://www.thehockeynews.com/news/a...es-kings-roster-will-look-like-in-three-years


Pretty good top 9, but I don't see Gabby on the team in 2020. Kemp-Vilardi-Carter is a really good 2nd line . I also don't see Clifford or Lewis on the team in 2020. And Brown is gone, the author's reasoning is the he is not worth the 5.8 and that money will be required for DD if the Kings want to resign him. I think their speculation of 9M for DD is way off. But the concern on signing the younger guys and where that money comes from isn't.

Also, the article missed the fact that in the Toffoli will be on a new contract by then and TP on the last year of his contract. That's a good chunk of change and an issue.



That isn't a total surprise, but it's something I've heard before and I'm sure that was the #1 issue with Luc and Blake.

Don't even know if any of these kids (prospects) can play NHL hockey.

Lets see how they look at the AHL first.