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- Nhl playoffs 2024 - Los angeles kings edmonton oilers playoff series is over and as the oilers head on to round 2 without a game 7 or even 6 this year, one particular topic has dominated discussion in regards to the la kings . For in-depth coverage of 2024 stanley cup playoff games , nhl highlights today coupled with reactions recaps and play breakdowns and general nhl news stick with this channel and please subscribe. Pierre luc dubois LA Kings - Mostly edmonton oilers toronto maple leafs vancouver canucks but will make content on all playoff teams. Nhl playoffs
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literally makes the same money as draisaitl lol
In all fairness 29 is on the best value contract in the NHL, if not all sport.
For one more season lol. Drai is going to ask for a massive pay raise next season
drai is going to ask for probably 12-13 on his next contract soooo
@@amanasd26 Ya Drai was signed before he won a Hart and Art Ross. Feels like almost a decade ago now. His next contract ain't gonna be cheap, neither is Bouchard's... my hope is maybe McDavid give's us a Crosby'esque, I wanna stay here on a winner kind of contract if we manage to retain both Bouchard and Draisaitl.
@@mNag If they get rid of overpaid Nurse that will free up some good cap space.
As a Kings fan, I’m really not sure what the plan was when signing PLD. Vilardi is a better power forward than Dubois is and it clearly showed this season on the Jets. I know they were expecting a breakout season with Dubois but 8.5m x 8 for a player with a career high of 63pts is crazy to me. That’s not even factoring in a high depth player and good penalty killer like Iafallo and a pick on the side for the cherry on top. What a joke of a signing
Best rationale I can think of is getting PLD to replace an aging and eventually retiring Kopitar. This experiment is proving to be disastrous so far.
I'll give him next season due to his numbers in his first with WPG, but that's it.
If he doesn't put up 60+ points next season.
Blake needs to go.
Jets fan here thank you for Vilardi 🫶🏾💀
You're welcome. He has more value in WPG, but Vilardi was always injured and wasn't an important piece to our winning seasons, Idc for Iafallo bc we got Moore, he plays the same game. Kupari was just trash. So that's okay, I never understood the "who won the trade" debate when both teams performed statistically the same. The only bad thing I seem to find is his contract.
oilers fan here, they got rid of IAFALLO for this chucklefuck? biggest fumble i've ever seen, condolences to the kings fans
Thank you
Yup I as oilers fan and idk that guy name but #13 was tougher to play against that he was in the trade package
Thank you. Still scratching my head on this one.
Iafallo had 27 points in winnipeg, not sure who you think he is.
@@amanasd26 wasn't he way better in LA? or am i mistaken?
WPG did a fantastic job getting rid of PLD lol. good on the jets.
Chevy is a hell of a GM but man what happened in the playoffs?
I would’ve thought the Jets this year had everything the Kraken had last year and then some to put the Avs away especially given the season series and the 7-0 win over the Avs right near the end of the season…
How'd that go for them this year?
And Laine!
@@Dylligraphy The Avs last season were basically a 1 line team, much different this year, they are closer to their 22 run this season. Jets under-performed though and got out coached.
@@DylligraphyNo he is not, Chevy was just lucky that Blake was GM for LA and made that dump trade. Chevy is a bad GM
After the drama in Ohio and then Canada, L.A. decides to sign this goof for 8 years at that amount? They deserve everything they get.
He did the same shit in junior as well
Classic Pierre-Luc DoNothing. As an Oilers fan, this makes the Nurse contract look like we signed Lidstrom to a life-long ELC deal. So it's got that going for it.
As a habs fan, I'm glad Kent Hughes never pulled the trigger on this guy. What a nightmare that would've been. You think he's bad in LA? Image how bad he would've been under the Montreal media spotlight, and being a local boy no less. He would've been more of a disaster than Drouin.
@Siksdev Helps when you have elite talent like MacKinnon to play with, too. Habs have been offensively starved for so long, and Drouin just didn't fit in with that group.
@Siksdev that’s actually not true tho, he wanted to go to Montreal and LA but the package that LA was offering was way more interesting then the one Montreal were offering and thank god they didn’t offer more
@Siksdev Danault was promised Power Play minutes and 2nd line on a playoff team, Montreal was full of questions marks with weber and price not coming back, him becoming a 3rd centerman and montreal's refusal of giving him powerplay minutes. That's the real story here.
@Siksdev in all fairness Danault was already one of the best two way forwards in the NHL when he left Montreal, and to add to your discussion, Bergevin mistakenly did not want to offer him term, which given his age, was dumb. Also Ducharme became one of the most hated coaches in Montreal within half a season, KK also ran for his life that summer...
@Siksdevhe didnt, it has been confirmed that mtl never made an offer for him
Kings fan here - jumping on the Dallas bandwagon for the rest of the playoffs. For Dubois though, in terms of realistic ways to handle the situation, my vote would be to move him to wing and play him on the first line. It's tough because he hasn't really earned that role (so what kind of message are you sending to your team - especially the young players).. But if you're going to pay a guy like a 1st line player you may as well deploy him like a 1st line player and try to get as much as you can out of him. Personally, I'd move Byfield back to center and up to the top line to create a 1st line of PLD - Byfield - Kempe. I legitimately think those 3 could form a formidable top line especially as Byfield steps into his prime.
That may work but would take buy in from LA’s actual top players but it may make the locker room situation worse. If the locker room and his personality/character are the issue though, maybe a top line showcasing for a trade would be a solution. Maybe Montreal still wants him as they like acquiring French Canadian players ever since they failed to draft Denis Savard first overall in 1980.
so punish byfield for dubois not performing? idk bout that
@@DanglesforDays Well, in this hypothetical you're also moving Byfield back to center and giving him bigger minutes. I'd hardly consider that a 'punishment' - even if he has PLD on his left wing. But I agree, it isn't exactly perfect/ideal... At this point it's just about trying to get as much as physically possible out of PLD - playing with Byfield and Kempe should do that.
@@DrBeerGames i feel you. yeah something needs to happen to get something out of him. you know he has the potential to play well. just gotta unlock it
As a jets fan am glad they have him, I have some inside info and the players on the jets wanted him gone. To much drama with him . Brought the whole team down.
Indeed. Pretty much confirmed by Hellebuyck after he re-signed.
That was a baffling trade when it went down and I remember thinking that they must see something that I don't.
Merci Beaucoup!
Love, Montreal.
As an oil fan I saw this coming, vilardi and iafallo had me scared during our last series
The Kings played so well the last couple of games. It's just the oilers are so explosive on the power play. I think overall the Kings looked good, I'm really liking Kempe, and hopefully big things happen for him next year. As a long time Kings fan, I can die happy that I saw them win the Cup twice, but a third one would be nice some day. I just wish they could stop facing Edmonton in the first round. I have a rule that whoever eliminated your team has to go on to win the cup. So even though I hate them, I hope the oilers win the Cup to make it all worthwhile.
I'm a VGK fan but I love Kempe. Solid, no nonsense player. Byfield is great too! PLD is my most disliked player in the NHL. The guy is a freaking specimen on paper yet a total head job. Absolutely no heart! If LA can help him figure that out, he will be an amazing acquisition...I just don't see that happening.
I don't think a new coach/system is going to help him much when PLD has already played for 5 different coaches on 3 different teams and is only 25 years old.
He had one 60+ pt season?...it's all projection...and he got his money. I can't imagine playing on a team with such talent as the Kings actually have and not showing more. Shameful...what a puke, everybody is trying so hard, and you have this distraction in the room. 1-He needs a performance coach.(Armia in Montreal had success with one) 2-They need to trade him for another gross under achiever, but the problem is that no wants his arrogance and privilege in the locker room or on the ice. 3-Could they transfer his contract to a European Team. 4-They could sue him for breach of contract. (that's the LA way)
I blame this on Rob Blake...who should be fired. PLD's shady performances with Columbus and Winnepeg proved his mental issues were characteristic, but they looked the other way.
The Kings are stuck with his contract for at least next year. No teams would want him, LA just have to hope he has a bounceback season. LA got so lucky with some of their players like Laferierre, Byfield and Spence stepped it up huge this year on cheap contracts.
The luck extended to the goaltending, which the Kings couldn’t address last summer because of the cap fix they put themselves in, and was better than a lot of people expected
Lol guy gets the same pay as drai........ but isnt even close to producing the same.
Drai is the best value contract in the entire league. Not even comparable
@@b3n751 and Drai got that deal 7 years ago.
@@b3n751 but the facts remain, same pay different production. Wether comparable or not, it’s going to hurt a team that signs a disaster long term for 8.5
He’s only getting the same pay for one more year. You’re out of your mind if Drai won’t ask for a huge pay day after next season.
@@MrZachtheKingsfan 15mil is what he will be looking for.
The only contract worse than his is Calgary signing Hubereau for $10.5 for eight years.
Pld played the whole season on the third line with rookies. 40 points is expected.
New coach, new system, new goaltender, fresh start.
Pld will bounce back. Blake is the one that has to go.
Ya, I love Blake, but in ANY other industry, an F-up on that scale gets you fired
He started the season with Fiala and played like 30 games with him. Also, PLD never put in effort regardless. He stayed on the permiter and avoided contact and going into danger areas. I'm tired of these excuses.
@@Vdoom777
Most definitely didn’t play with Fiala when Arvidsson was out. Played mostly with Laferriere and Kaliyev.
@lonelycake4114 Nice selective memory. BTW Pierre, I know that now that you got paid, you longer care. I knew this would happen the minute the trade happened. Your character has always been sus.
@@Vdoom777
Fiala Danault Moore was our 2nd line most of the time.
Yeah i get it. But did Pld get a fair shot at top six minutes? Like 2-3 games. No consistency. It’s not easy. Either that or he simply didn’t deserve it. Don’t know which.
If coaches use him as a plumber he’s gonna play like a plumber
Crazy thing too is those 3 guys that got traded were all guys that were scoring on the oilers
yep. As an Oilers fan, I was relieved when LA made that trade.
Pld tried to start a scrum and step up, but Bouchard old man strength grab him and held him down like a failing child on that one shift in game four. After that embarrassment he just rolled over and gave up. Not surprisingly out of character.
Bouchard is a year younger.
As an Oilers fan watching the series, I honestly forgot PLD was even playing
It’s a mind boggling trade that I’m not sure there will be an easy way out of. When I heard about a 1 for 1 Ullmark for PLD trade was possible I was praying it would go through. Maybe we can work something out with Boston in the off-season if they still want him.
Ully has a no trade clause I believe
Every Jets fans face burst into a huge smile when we first heard the news...at this point, any of the 4 pieces would've been a fair trade, but now it just looks like a straight up robbery. The front page of one of the newspapers that day read "A King's Ransom". 👑💯👑
So, I didn’t know PLD was only 24, I thought we was a proven like 30 goal scorer and 70 points, at like 28 but, no he is 24 he has time to develop further. He will get better.
Or worse
Brother, 24 years old is typically a players prime. To think a guy entering his 8th year in the NHL is still developing is crazy. He is what he is at this point.
@@boolikethebear PRIME? are you serious? 28-32 is prime bro.
@@boolikethebear24 years old is not a player's prime.
@@boolikethebear I disagree. You’re always developing, growing stronger, becoming more powerful mentally, gaining experience. Look at all the top scorers in all of sports that have consistently been at the top for at least 5 years, name them and tell me their ages.
you wanna fix the Kings? Go back to the Gold and Purple unis full time. Problem solved. Where do I send my invoice?
It makes me wonder what Rob Blake was thinking when not only making the trade but also the contract. I get you gotta make projections on guys but he has never even been a PPG guy. It seems like that 8.5 x 8 is the new normal for young guys coming off their rookie deal, many teams are doing it hoping the player turns into a great player, suzuki has a similar deal, so does Robert Thomas in STL. But Thomas had a PPG season this year and came close 2 years ago. Suzuki was close this year also. All these young guys getting massive deals. Just seems odd they'd give up so much and give this guy a long term deal when his on his 3rd team at 25 years old.
That's more than anyone on the Sens roster too... and he never performed as well as Norris, Stutzle, or Tkchuck. *Shrugs*
I remember the PLD for Slafkovsky talk in the Montreal fanbase.
The Habs dodged a bullet on that one.
Jets were smart trading him before he sucks lol
I thought at the time the Kings made this deal that they are taking a huge gamble. Now they are stuck with a $68 million fourth-liner with a terrible track record as a former high draft pick who wore out his welcome with his first two teams. Blake absolutely needs to go for making such a boneheaded deal, and they need to seriously consider a buyout. The only question for the new GM would be the timing of the latter step
Pld even looks like a tool
I can't disagree, but at least he's not a Tkachuk.
The Kings need to find some dirt on PLD. Similar to a Mike Richards scenario where they terminated his contract in 2015 after he was arrested for possession of oxycodone, without a prescription.
The problem I had with pld, as a Jets fan, was that his "good year" was a streaky stumble up to 60 points. I don't see $8.5M there, and I don't see pld as a ppg player. He obviously has the talent, but he is so far from the mental consistency that I don't see it happening
One of the things trending, in the Pittsburgh area, is for the Pens to trade Tristan Jarry to the Kings, because of how well Ned played this season, and the prospect of Joel Blomqvist winning a spot on the NHL club, next season.
It would make sense, for both teams, because it would give LA a damn solid goaltender who needs to play behind a solid defense, for a little while, to regain his confidence. He finished the season tied for the lead in Shutouts, but had some really rough games, mostly due to Pens' defensive breakdowns.
A good number of teams have players making league-minimum that are performing better than PLD.
Lol “holding” call summarizes that last game when it comes to officiating.
The PLD trade was just awful my wife is a Kings fan I was pissed when the trade happened on behalf of her and she was even more pissed. The only hope is that he does well next season which is possible the Kings need a lot of changes especially in net. Wish they got Ullmark.
As for who she’s rooting for I’m a Knights fan so we’re hoping for that beautiful game 6 and 7 win.
We got the Game 6 win! Now we just have to finish business tomorrow!!!
@@SuperiorReconditioning I’m still sweating. That game last night was amazing.
"the next Kopitar" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Someone should get dubois, laine, and marner and then put them on a line together. 😅
Blake screwed LA more than Draisaitl, McDavid, Hyman, or the Zebras…
I wasn't actually sure what PLD's career stat line looked like, but was surprised to see his production throughout his career. The most points he's put up in a season is 63 during his last season in Winnipeg. The most goals he's scored is 28. Before this season he had 302 points in 434 career GP. Just outrageous that his agent was able to convince the Kings to sign him for 8 years at 8.5 mill per season.
His agent is Pat Brisson who has the entire LA Kings organization by the balls.... It's still outrageous but when you look at the Brisson relationship with Kings players and management staff it starts to make sense (and starts to make you want to throw up)
Kings fan of 31 years here (since I was 5 years old)... we definitely got ourselves in a pickle with this contact... no ifs ands or buts....
But! I think there are ways PLD can be good. We need to redefine his roll for the team. He's not a top playmaker, he's not a 2 way player (terrible on defense), and he's not a good center (terrible on the dot).
My suggestion would be to put him on wing with Danault and Moore. Danault and Moore are both great 2 way players. PLD is a pretty big dude, have him take on the roll of a Tkachuk or a Marchand. Lots of hitting, messing with the other team, and goal scoring. Don't rely on him to become a Kopi replacement... he will never be that player.
We have to assume that he won't want his legacy to be "the guy who stole the bag and played like trash for 8 years"... if you give him room to develop in the right role, I think he can contribute to the team.
Here's to hoping though... cause the trade still infuriates me to this day.
I heard Elliot Friedman discuss on #32T one of the challenges of PLD's buyout is that he turns 26 this june. That takes his buyout from 1/3 to 2/3 as per Cap Friendly!!! LAK will have to hold the bag on this one.
I wasn't a fan of the trade. We gave up too much for a guy with his reputation. Then he has a pooper of a season, and was MIA in the playoffs. He gets this next season to sell us. I'm hoping we hire a coach that develops the offensive talent on this team. The Kings are way too deep with offensive talent, including PLD. I also wouldn't be surprised if the front office got a cleaning. But I think they also get one more year. If PLD lays another egg and the head coach hire stinks. The front office, all of them, including Luc, are gone.
I think Blake needs to be gone yesterday, for this trade and signing alone. With PLD’s track record, see how he does in his first season with your team on his existing deal before handing out a long term, cap-busting contract
@@devilsadvocacy He's also responsible for drafting nearly all the young talent on our team including Byfield and Clarke, and signing Moore, Fiala, and Danault. The Cal Petersen and PLD (so far) signings are definitely big turds. But let's not pretend Blake has been a total disaster.
Look, as someone who watched all 5 games of this series from start to finish, Dubois was HEAVILY shadowed by Ryan McLeod and Sam Carrick/Derek Ryan. They did a good job minimizing his impact in the games, to the point where yeah, he did look invisible at points. I remember that he was brought it to give LA a chance to win the matchup vs McDavid and Draisil as those guys would be matched up with one of Kopitar/Danault.
Kings fan and I enjoy the way the Rangers and Florida play. I want that in the East.
There are those who think that Pierre Luc Dubois is the worst contract in the entire NHL. They must have forgotten that Jonathan Huberdeau has a 8 year contract with the Flames for $10,500,000/yr that lasts until 2031, and he only gets ~10 more points in the regular season than Pierre Luc Dubois.
Chicago could take him but they'd need to get some decent picks. Maybe trade for Hall too. Chicago needs more picks, Hall would be great for the Kings and Dubois' contract would help bring Chicago up to the floor
Real problem is the GM Rob Blake. He needs to go
Unfortunately Robbed Blake is under contract for another year and buying out PLDoucheboy or trading him would be admitting failure, and Blake will never do that.
We are stuck with him until he gets tired of LA and asks for another trade, probably 3-5 years.
And yes, I’m rooting for anyone playing the Oilers.
Even if they find a trade partner they’re going to have to eat salary in order to get rid of him. He didn’t want to go to LA. He wanted his home team. Not sure if Kent Hughes is willing to go that route.
He makes basically the same as Crosby that's nuts kings fans must be pissed 😡🤬
As a kings fan I'm definitely not a fan of this trade. that being said, I do think we owe him at least one more year to try and gain some confidence and prove himself. After all, it can't be easy to try and adjust to a new environment, new teammates, and a new system, ALL while being under the spotlight for a huge contract and supposed toxicity. That kind of pressure has got to be insane.
im a pld hater but my god did i ever know the kings got fleeced on this deal from day 1...
Since a lot of people are demanding for him to be bought out, capfriendly shows that if a buyout were to happen, the Kings would be dealing with a fluctuating dead cap hit until the end of the 2037-38 season. As bad as Dubois has been for LA, I would think the team would try to find a way to make him work on the wing to help alleviate their center logjam rather than to deal with a cap penalty for that long. Trading him to a bottom feeder where he would actually be a top 6 center is almost automatically out of the question because of his no movement clause.
I think the buyout talk is because he’s turning 26 soon. A buyout for a player 26 or over is 2/3 their salary, but for 25 and younger it’s only 1/3. So if you think a buyout is inevitable, now is the time to do it.
I agree though, it’s way too long term. Even with the cap going up, it’s still 14 years.
As a die hard Kings fan. I really have no clue what we can really do with this guy. We never asked for him and we were completely aware of his bad reputation. Dudes a complete bust. In all honesty, all blame goes to our GM Rob Blake for making this unrepairable trade. It baffles me how someone can make this bad of a trade and continue to hold the title of GM. One thing that I do know is that Blake HAS TO GO
Imagine no Dubois, add Iafallo and Villardi, plus a possible decent trade deadline acquisition considering the $$ saved, take away those 3 (2, if Dubois isn’t there for the “hold”) game deciding non calls and this series is worst case scenario 3-2 Edmonton (LA still prob loses) or best case scenario 3-2 LA (LA actually has a slight chance at round 2) And the future suddenly looks much brighter…
I've been screaming this ever Blake was hired as GM... We haven't won shit with him and we won't until he's gone...
his infamous shift was Ovi all playoffs :)
What do you expect. Ovechkin is a senior not some 25 year old.
There seeme to be a pattern of paying players when they haven't really shown they are worth it
It's always a what if what if
I heard this on ny sports radio, "If there are too many ifs, you're F'ed."
Didn't like the trade for DuBois from the very beginning. I loved the Kings upper management when they were actual players, but not sure they've been doing a great job in procurement/development.
His exit interview was a PR disaster. When asked what he could do to improve for the next season, he said he planned to go to the gym to workout and do some skating drills. Huh? GM Blake got sucker punched with this deadweight so-called hockey player.
The Jets dodged two bullets by getting rid of both him and Laine.
Dubois was deserving of his draft position based on what he accomplished to that point. Dubois is deserving of his current position based on what he has accomplished to this point. LA is in tough here...maybe having to bite the bullet and buy out his contract
P.L.D. is on course to become the Kenny Powers of the nhl.
Hyped for the oilers sweep over the kings next year
When you're Defensive Center got more point than that guy...
Ik hockey is a Canadian sport and so it gets a lot of eyes when u talk about Toronto and Edmonton, but dude the stars are in a really interesting spot and even when you cover them it’s never in depth compared to the videos u make on northern teams. The stars and southern hockey deserve a deeper look.
Pay a guy top 6 money then play him in the bottom 6, yea doesn't make sense. Good players shine with good line mates, good minutes, PP time. They get touches on the puck, their confidence starts rolling, they get in a groove. It's not this guys fault. Plus first years of big contracts are hard mentally, once that dust settles he'll do better.
Buy him out a first opportunity, after firing Blake and Robitaille.
The contract will be fine with the cap going up. 8.5 million in 3 years will be what a second liner is getting.
Just a bad trade. Not a worth the players trade for especially Vilardi. With Byfeild taking a big step this season, Byfield is better poised to take the second line center spot. PLD will not be moved, he will have to score at least 65+ points next season in order to justify his place on the team or Rob Blake will be fired.
Jets fan here: thanks to LA for collecting our garbage.
He got the bag 💰 and the sun 🌞 in Los Angeles ... What other city is better to be rich in? Time to coast 😎
I remember thinking Dubois was getting shafted by Torts in Columbus and once a trade happened then the player would show his true skill. Unfortunately he is a bit of a dork, got a big contract and has shown the worst of himself. Not a fan of his anymore.
I love watching ice hockey
Kings head coach should be fired for game 82….pulling the goalie to tie the game…to make sure they play the Oilers in the first round. Stupid move.
The trade itself was an obvious fleece from the get go and the Kings really have just panicked I think, dumping assets to get PLD and then lavishing a crazy contract on him. WHy are they panicking? Because they look down the prospect pool and there is little if anything that is likely to be better than PLD in the next few years. this is a team that is going to struggle for offense and so really they better be praying PLD turns it around. COming out of their rebuild it already looks like a bust and while they might continue to make the playoffs, they will be mired in irrelevance as the core ages.
The definition of overpaid
As a jets fan I love this trade! and a massive fan of Iafallo! I dont think that Cheveldayoff could've done better! Also it feels like PLD leaves as soon as he gets going and if his career continues like this. He might be one of the MOST disappointing NHL players of the current ERA!
There is no way the Kings will buy him out. At worst they will trade him away and retain a part of the contract.
funny enough, although humilitiating it's actually not that bad financially. he's 25 at the moment which has his buyout at 1/3 of the value (which is about $16M over 14 years, although the cap hit is higher), but if you do it after he turns 26 the cost becomes 2/3.) I really don't think they buy him out either but it's still something to think about...
A team is not about one individual.. welcome to the playoffs or not.
It’s never a good look for a player , when they request a trade . From an NHL team that wanted you and gave you a 2nd chance in the Leauge where you had a toxic reputation
I hated PLD since colombus tbh. I thought he was the biggest baby in the world. The only thing I notice that may be a positive is that PLD feels like he wants to be a king. That's pretty much it over paid under perform. Still is a king so I love him. GKG
buy him out, its only 1/3 of the contract before he's 26
Dubois for flames Huberdeau with kings eating the $3M difference? 🤷🏻♂️
Kudos to his his agent Pat Brisson.
This isn't a charity. If you can buy him out at a 1/3rd contract penalty then you buy him out. You got hosed on a trade and you got hosed on a contract. You have a chance to correct your mistake and pay less dearly than you could be. Take your medicine and move on. If he gets picked up and does well then good for him. WPG isn't out of the doghouse here. I think they went in the wrong direction with this trade. WPG definitely should have went full rebuild and garnered draft picks for PLD. The Schieffele contract and hellbyuck contract are also terrible. Don't believe me? just look what happened against colorado in the playoffs and you have zero room to add and get better capwise.
My feeling on PLD is that he plays hockey, but he's not a player.
Sick skill set, big physical frame, not driven at all.
drafting vilardi was the problem. typical 2010s kings pick, but suzuki is the better fit for today's nhl.
Didn't the Kings also have to make cap space by getting rid of Durzi and Petersen (Walker was also included a sweetener)? To make PLD's contract work they had to give up Durzi, Petersen, Walker, Iafallo, and Vilardi. They were better off keeping all those players and just looking for an upgrade in goal. At the very least trade Petersen/Walker to free up cap space for a good goalie.
That one goal he had was just puck luck in garbage time that bounced off an Oiler’s defenseman and in right after Ceci’s stick broke. It was as dumb as dumb luck gets.
Really, I think the only option is for them to trade PLD and a 5th rounder to Pittsburgh for Crosby. 😂
How on earth did this signing happen for that much? Everyone is correct though. This is legit the worst contract currently in the NHL. I'd almost argue ever. Never touched 30 goals, never had higher than 63 points. Absolutely ridiculous
What a trade for the Jets
I’d do the buyout but the king’s as usual just said there keeping him , can’t wait till Blake is gone. Did love Rob as a player, not so much as a manager
I think all we can do is hope and start to believe in him. I think they overpaid for sure but that he will eventually grow into something really good. I don’t even mind the trade itself. They had to make a big move and lost the gamble. I wish we managed to keep Iafolo tho
Well, Winnipeg is out in the first round. Iaffallo said a bit, then went quiet. Villardi was a playoff no show. Kupari didn’t play. So don’t feel too bad Kings fans. If Vegas didn’t cheat and throw the game against the DUCKS, Edmonton would be going home.
Kings fan friends of mine are already trying to convince me (and themselves) how a PLD buyout 'makes perfect sense'... Woof
Pld is going to be bagging groceries in two years
There's talk in Flamesdom about exchanging Huberdeau for Dubois...
Huberdeau's contract is 2M per season worse. Dubois is younger. Huberdeau is well liked in the room. Dubois is... questionable.
I'd assume that if Dubois came to Calgary it'd be a disaster. He doesnt want to play in Canada, clearly. Being stuck here for 7 years would not be good for the Flames.
I'll take the aging overpaid likeable guy in Huberdeau to lead in the next generation.
Hope Toronto or Vancouver inspires young guns to play for Canadian team ...
No one's picking that contract up that's McDavid money.