Why did LAK let Matt Roy walk?

[FriendlyGhost92]

Same reason they restructured their entire team to build around PLD.

... Because Rob Blake just ain't a good GM.

 

[izzy]

Kings had the rare problem of a stacked right side. Same thing happened in st louis which resulted in shattenkirk heading out

 

[BKarchitect]

Because they have Brock Faber to reconstruct the right side of the defense around…….

In all seriousness…great player but much like Pesce with Carolina, sometimes if you feel you have internal replacements, you have to look at the long-term cost. I don’t think the Kings didn’t want to keep Roy…I think it became an allocation of resources issue.

That Caps defense looks good though, doesn’t it? Chychrun has been a revelation, JC may be the most under appreciated defenseman of his generation, Sandin and Fehervary are really coming into their own, Roy doing his thing and TVR is even super-underrated. In terms of 1-6, definitely been one of the best units in the league and has a lot of versatility.

 

[Rorschach]

Kings had the rare problem of a stacked right side. Same thing happened in st louis which resulted in shattenkirk heading out

Yeah this is a common "problem" for the Kings since the Lombardi days...draft tons of centers and plenty of RHD, very few wingers and few goaltenders. Convert centers to wingers if you have to by either making them play out of position or dealing extra centers for wingers, acquire goalies if you have to. Basically they draft down the middle of the lineup and acquire final piece guys like scoring wingers in trades.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Lol, the posters talking about how dumb mgmt was to move Roy to make space for Spence and Clarke when the Kings are the #1 defensive team in the league without having Doughty skate in a single game.

I think it's less about that and more about the dogshit asset management of ALL the RHD they've had in the system.

 

[bland]

Glad Roy is playing well, it just didn't make any sense to retain him. That's all there is to it.