You may already know this, but the bolded is the exact reason Lavy is here and you are answering your own question.
The NHL is filled with high expectations and horrible turnouts. To think that the Kings got the “suck for the first 6 years” of his career guy to suddenly become tage Thompson is legit HOF levels of stupidity. There’s a reason why tage Thompson is an anomaly. Even the MacKinnon comparison is so bad that I assume you’re trolling.
You expecting a 20-30 point jump for a guy whose career has stagnated and he’s 2 years removed from his highest production. That’s a huge ask.
Doughty and Kopitar to me will always be to me the two guys who got the Kings to the championships. Rested on their laurels for many years after and became the biggest cancers that set back this organization for a 10+ years and more to come. I know people say “well the management should have gotten rid of them”. Absolutely they should have. They held onto the cancers. But it’s also not lost on me that both doughty and Kopitar didn’t give a f*** about the Kings as much as they should have. If they cared they probably would have been so frustrated and requested a trade.
The smartest thing to do would to trade him if they can. Deadline deals get the most return.
I'm not "expecting" anything, but Faber apparently wouldn't score as much here as he does on another team "because Kings", so why couldn't Byfield score 20 more points a season in the NHL?
Drew would be an incredible 2nd pairing stalwart on a contending team, he is just over used here (like we haven’t heard that before).
I dont know about incredible. His foot speed since the ankle injury seems very suspect. He said he needs to be better this upcoming season. Im not sure what he can do to improve. Maybe he thinks he can get some of his footspeed back through workouts and work on technique.
Let's just look at LA's roster from 25-26. Kempe went from 29 (shortened 56 game season) to 54 points at 25 followed by continuing to improve in points with a 67 point season and 3 straight 70+ point seasons.
His foot speed can be what it is without change, and he still would be a great 2nd pairing D for any team with cup aspirations.
Its hard to gauge because we only see him doing his typical 27 min routine. Its possible with less minutes he could have more energy and do more than just slow play down to conserve energy.
Ima hold you to it playa because I watched him for 5 years now and points dont grow on trees.
You on coke again if you think Byfield has the same talent level that Fiala has. And Perry was nearly PPG in his 4th season in the NHL. LMAO. Sure Unc. whateva u say.
Id personally wager slightly less than 25 percent. I even wager that high because Panarin is goated so it should be a lot easier for him to rack up points by being carried by smeone like him.
Well Im saying 25 because I know how I felt about Kempe the season he broke out.. i wanted him out because he was taking dumb penalties and not scoring.. it was like right when i gave up on him, he started scoring. So im hedging a bit with Bustfield...Kopi was a big cock block. Stuck playing with vets also a cock block. Not being the guy early in his career another block. There some things that were very wrong about how he was developed. Still I also see there is something wrong with him mentally and just his attitude toward the game - guy with all the skills and not the hunger.
There is a small difference in play between Doughty and Ceci. Drew is a vanilla third pairing guy with an ego that won't allow him to play that role well.
32% of Kopitar's points came on the power play in his last good scoring season when he had 67 points.
