The Revival of Powerforward Pierre-Luc Dubois, and how the LA Kings Failed Terribly

[Ridley Simon]

Is their coach not new? Literally was a coach with the leafs last year.

You are a year off bud. No, Caps made the playoffs last year w Carbery as their coach.

Not a new coach bump, like at all.

A “new roster” bump? Then sure. But Carbs is 130 games in with this team, after being their AHL coach for a handful of years (before he went to TO for I believe 2 seasons).

 

[Royale With Cheese]

To be fair to PLD, I can see why he struggled to play well for the other teams. Columbus had torts, Winnipeg is cold/depressing, LA's team style is boring. Whereas Washington has Ovi, it's exciting, there's an energy around them. Kinda like Laine in Montreal. He struggled in 2 of the same teams as PLD, and now he's playing for an exciting team in a building full of passionate fans. The change in environment has really helped these guys.

Maybe it won't last, but it's been a nice resurgence for PLD.

Nonsense.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

L.A got fleeced on both trades lol

 

[McShogun99]

To be fair to PLD, I can see why he struggled to play well for the other teams. Columbus had torts, Winnipeg is cold/depressing, LA's team style is boring. Whereas Washington has Ovi, it's exciting, there's an energy around them. Kinda like Laine in Montreal. He struggled in 2 of the same teams as PLD, and now he's playing for an exciting team in a building full of passionate fans. The change in environment has really helped these guys.

Maybe it won't last, but it's been a nice resurgence for PLD.

I also wonder if it's because he has less pressure in Washington. At the start of the season everyone was writing the Caps off with the teams main goal being to get Ovi the record. He essentially came to the team as a cap dump so there wasn't much expectations on him.

 

[Kuz]

The following season after he left though the team was better without him points wise and that is what it showed. It was talking about how his history showed that teams he played on would soon get better once he left. In this case it was 2 seasons after

The same thing happened in Winnipeg and now Colombus. Teams are better without him

Lak is on pace for two points more right now. Columbus definetely havent been better. Havent made the playoff since he left while they made it every year with PLD. He also took a QMJHL team to the finals. Winnipeg did better pointwise, but there are also more factors to a team than a single player.

 

[Omni Owl]

L.A got fleeced on both trades lol

Pretty much. Blake had no f***ing idea how much Vilardi or Faber were worth. He's easily one of the worst, if not the worst GM's in the league. Its also a huge red flag seeing previous LA players go elsewhere and notably improve.

 

[Praetorian Caps]

Are you suggesting that LA isn't exciting and doesn't have passionate fans?

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When you're use to calling games just watching might feel like a stepdown.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Blake is bordering on Milbury territory right now and the whole PLD situation/trade tree is just a symptom.

 

[Chet Manley]

Meh. If something like this version of Dubois would have showed up for LA than there would be nothing to discuss about either trade. Him totally wetting the bed last year isn't on the Kings. They gave him plenty of opportunity and an easy path to earn the 1c and he blew it so hard.

 

[FrozenKing18]

The only failure was signing him to that lengthy contract. I was onboard for the trade, just disagreed with the term. To those who actually watched PLD last season know that this dude played like he didn’t give a shit. He floated around most nights. No hustle, no energy, no heart. Didn't even celebrate whenever he scored. Just wasn’t a fit I guess. He’s doing well now so good for him.

 

[tiburon12]

Here's a question - Is Kopitar's lack of significant decline a factor for PLD not working out AND Byfield not taking the next step?

 

[Connor McConnor]

No way OP made a main boards thread about PL freaking D lmao. There are literally 50 non superstar players in the NHL this year that deserve recognition over this bum

 

[Faterson]

She'd probably be a good fit on the Sharks second D pairing.

Talk about tombstones instead of traffic cones.

 

[kevsh]

Lak is on pace for two points more right now.

In fairness, their #1 D-man has missed almost the entire season.

In any case, it is hard to accurately gauge how much better/worse a team is with a player when there are so many contributing factors. Perhaps the best metric would be one we'll never get access to: Ask his former & current teammates their honest assessment of him.