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.

 

[Habsrule]

My guess is that he was just looking to get paid and this was his one chance.

Here are his contracts he has had;

2017-2019 ELC. He never played one NHL game on his ELC and would have been paid his AHL portion of the contract through it’s entirety

2019-2021. 2 years — 700k a year. NHL minimum salary

2021-2024. 3 years — 3.15 a year. This was his first good paying contract which he didn’t get until he was 26

2024-2030. 6 years — 5.75 a year. He finally at the age of 29 got his chance to cash in with a big contract. He took advantage of it

 

[majormajor]

Kings fans here were just about unanimous that they should not extend Roy to a big deal. They wanted to make space for Spence and Clarke, just like the Kings did.

Why are people trying to say this is a Rob Blake fail?

 

[Sparky206]

They had SAH defencemen similar to him in Anderson and Gavrikov, and 2 young offensive D in spence and Clarke who were also RHD. They needed to open up a RHD spot for Clarke and Roy was the one off contract, Spence is cheap and Doughty isnt going anywhere.

Great player, the Kings knew how good he was and he deserved his money, just got squezed out by the cap and circumstance.

 

[Midnight Judges]

It's because he isn't worth $5.75M until he's 35 years old. So far, he has 10 points and the 6th-worst on-ice GF% and SAT% among Caps defenders.

His GF% is 53.66% and he's achieving that while taking 60% defensive zone starts and a heavily defensive role. His GA/60 is second best on the team (among defensemen with more than 300 5v5 minutes played).

I'm not a fan of one-size-fits-all hockey metrics. There are too many different roles. IMO teams can benefit by having a range of offensive defensemen and stay at home defensemen. Roy has been the latter and I think he's pretty solid back there.

 

[Trash Panda]

Kings fans here were just about unanimous that they should not extend Roy to a big deal. They wanted to make space for Spence and Clarke, just like the Kings did.

Why are people trying to say this is a Rob Blake fail?

I mean… do you really wanna sit down and chase down the trade tree that resulted in Kevin Fiala and Darcy Kuemper (again) being LA Kings this year?

I know I damn sure don’t, because it’s damned depressing. That particular trade tree (coupled with cap saving moves to accommodate Pierre) could be framed as the most gross asset mismanagement in Kings history. It’s disgusting.

 

[majormajor]

I mean… do you really wanna sit down and chase down the trade tree that resulted in Kevin Fiala and Darcy Kuemper (again) being LA Kings this year?

I know I damn sure don’t, because it’s damned depressing. That particular trade tree (coupled with cap saving moves to accommodate Pierre) could be framed as the most gross asset mismanagement in Kings history. It’s disgusting.

What does that have to do with Matt Roy? I didn't hear any Kings fans that wanted to pay him in any scenario as long as they were keeping Spence and Clarke.

 

[Regal]

Kings fans here were just about unanimous that they should not extend Roy to a big deal. They wanted to make space for Spence and Clarke, just like the Kings did.

Why are people trying to say this is a Rob Blake fail?

I guess the fail would be related to whether they should have gotten something for him last year, but they were also a team trying to win in the playoffs and he made them better than Clarke at the time

 

[majormajor]

I guess the fail would be related to whether they should have gotten something for him last year, but they were also a team trying to win in the playoffs and he made them better than Clarke at the time

Not directed at you, but HFers need to realize that when your team has about 100 or 110 pts in the standings, they're going to try and win. They're also probably not going to blow it up or retool or fire the GM. Bad teams do those things and the Kings are relatively good, however disappointing many of the moves might be.