Confirmed with Link: What to do With Iafallo / Update: Iafallo re-signed 4 years, 16 million

[Mattias]

Fair value given what he provides. Kings have the space (and some buyout contracts coming off the books) to counter flat cap for next few years. While I would have preferred only three years, I am not reading any trade protection so that is good.


Hopefully they can sign AA and that should wrap things up.

 

[No Name The Nameless]

That is a very good deal for both sides.

 

[Lt Dan]

4x4 like the burger

This is happy time!

 

[YP44]

good average. One year too long for me, but good deal for LA and Iafallo

 

[KingTech]

After generations of butchering the last name that's what you get...I as in a long I...A as in a short A,Fall...short A again and then the O which is long...Can't happen its either long or short vowels not a mixture in any language that hasn't butchered a pronunciation!

Seem pretty weird to rant over something the player himself pronounces it I a fallo but thats what makes you you Have a nice day

 

[KingsFan7824]

$4m for 50pts is pretty good. Now he just has to not fall completely out of favor with everyone like Toffoli and Pearson did.

 

[kovacro]

 

[head eyes]

Pour one out for @andys

 

[KingsFan7824]

If it’s 4x4, it’s one year too long and hopefully without movement protection. Also means that he’ll almost certainly be protected in the expansion draft.

Not almost.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Pretty much exactly what i thought--Blake budged on a year more than he'd like to get AAV down a slight bit and give AI, a good soldier, more security.

Great deal.

If no one steals the LW1 spot in the next 4 years we have bigger problems than AI, and it's also nice to know that if Byfield/Turcotte steal the show as 1C/2C we have a hell of a 3rd shutdown line with Iafallo/Kopitar.

 

[DAkings20]

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

I think that's a great deal. I think of $6-7 million for the top line guys so $4 million a year for a 2nd line guy makes sense to me.

 

[Lt Dan]

Pour one out for @andys

 

[KingsFan7824]

I think that's a great deal. I think of $6-7 million for the top line guys so $4 million a year for a 2nd line guy makes sense to me.

$1m for every 10pts is something I once read somewhere and generally agree with. At least for role players. Top names, you tend to have to give extra for the privilege of them signing with you.

 

[BigKing]

Not terribly surprising. I'm not as bullish on him as @bland is but you also have to have actual players on this team moving forward. A contract ending at age 31 is not bad at all. Only way it made sense was if you could get a late 1st but, even then, that only made sense if you could package it for immediate help. There is no guarantee that could happen so flipping him just for the sake of acquiring another pick obviously wasn't as appealing to Management.

Trading him for futures also sends a bad message to 11 and 8. I fully believe that Management expects to be a playoff team/contender with 11 and 8 still on this team so you can't just flip a guy for a pick that, in a vacuum, won't be contributing while 11 is on his current contract.

I think they keep AA as well. Last year was the end of the sell-off of good players for futures.

 

[Sol]

Cool signing. Like the player a lot. Only thing I'm really curious about is how the brass see the Kings. It's a good contract for sure. I think this might mean the Kings think they're still a playoff team still.

 

[kingsholygrail]

4mil/yr is pretty solid. Takes him to 31-yrs-old.

 

[BigBrown]

A bit more than I hoped, a bit less than I feared. Overall a good deal, very important to keep him for the next couple of years I think.

 

[Sol]

Pour one out for @andys

LMFAOOO


Random, but if I was AI I would have signed on another team with a location that's low taxes. This is going to be the biggest contract in his life. I would have personally avoided the California taxes and cost of living.

 

[kilowatt]

@andys in shambles right about now. Yafallo re-signing has to be a nightmare for him.

But for real, are two players going to come in and knock him out of a top six left wing spot? Let's assume that does happen, Iafallo would be overpaid on the third line by what, a million at most? Oh no! For a whole year or two? Say it ain't so!

 

[kingsfan28]

So Hoven was wrong again when he said AI was gone. He all but had himself and Bernstein driving Iafollo to the airport and walking him to the gate.

 

[BigKing]

Cool signing. Like the player a lot. Only thing I'm really curious about is how the brass see the Kings. It's a good contract for sure. I think this might mean the Kings think they're still a playoff team still.

Management thinks they are a playoff team next season and Blake is going to do some shopping this off-season to help get them there. Making the playoffs this year was always a best-case scenario as Blake made no serious additions to help make them a playoff team.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Doug Flutie miracles do happen.

 

[funky]

I like the deal for both team and player. Kopitar will stay happy as he loves playing with Iafallo. The kids coming up also get to watch a player that has made it by playing his tail off. He may not be your typical first line player but he feels the spot in LA and does a good job.​

 

[kings11]

Does this mean AA gets a similar deal with likley less value