I think his issues with the Kings vets are weighing heavy on him. LA might just decide to wait until they retire and see where they can go with Dubois, but then again a reputation in a locker room is hard to turn around. It's just perfect timing to get him back with retention on the Kings. Do we want to take that risk?7 more years at $8.5M. Doubt the Kings will want to retain that long. Nobody is trading for him without retention at this point.
Bad contract for bad contract? Even if we flip Gallagher and one of Dvorak/Armia, we would still be reaching due to the time left with Dubois. We know he is better than what he provided for the Kings this season but I'd let them drown with him at this stage.
I'd be interested but only if they we got at least $2M of retention. Kings won't do that.
People have to consider that they used Dubois on the 3rd line to create 3 good lines but Dubois is not one to lead a line. He's clearly better than what he provided this season and it seemed to have got worse for the Kings/Dubois as the season went along. Bad fit for the Kings who already had center depth.
I'd trade Dvorak and some other pieces for him. Might be enough to convince them to get rid of a problem.