Wasted season?

[Butsy]

Unless we get a number one goaltender to fit in our tiny tiny cap space.
Quick looks old
Copley has rocketed back to earth.
Petersen looks average in the AHL
Villalta is not ready nor does he look like a number one.
Am I missing something?
And we have no cap space.
Blake magic dust?

My personal opinion is I don't know how we got here. But we need a fix or we ruin a great opportunity with a decent offense. We've been begging for an LD but we need a G1.

[Helvetica]

Last season: We should extend Quick for 3 more seasons!!

This Season: We're doomed!!!


Guys... just ****ing relax a bit.

[Pickle_Pucks]

The Kings were never going to be in the hunt for the Cup this year. They've outperformed expectations until recently. There are still obvious holes in the team that need to be addressed.

Blake has shown he can make a great deal when working with teams in cap trouble. Fiala + Arvi would both have to be considered "A+" deals. Another "A+" for the Danault signing. He also gets credit for some nice contract extensions, AI + Moore were both very good deals. Have to give him credit for being patient with Vilardi as well. The Doughty deal sucks but if Drew can keep it up for 3 or 4 more years and the cap keeps rising, it stings a little less.

The only thing missing from Blake's acumen now is, can he make a real "hockey deal" talent for talent?

Need a defenseman or two and a goaltender. Can Blake pull it off? I think the offseason is the time unless something really presents itself at the deadline. The way things are trending I assume he is very wary of trading away their 2023 first rounder in what is said to be a very talented, and deep class.

QB + Clarke need to be impact players before the team is really able to compete.

[VCRW]

The Kings were never going to in the hunt for the Cup this year. They've outperformed expectations until recently. There are still obvious holes in the team that need to be addressed.

Blake has shown he can make a great deal when working with teams in cap trouble. Fiala + Arvi would both have to be considered "A+" deals. Another "A+" for the Danault signing. He also gets credit for some nice contract extensions, AI + Moore were both very good deals. Have to give him credit for being patient with Vilardi as well. The Doughty deal sucks but if Drew can keep it up for 3 or 4 more years and the cap keeps rising, it stings a little less.

The only thing missing from Blake's acumen now is, can he make a real "hockey deal" talent for talent?

Need a defenseman or two and a goaltender. Can Blake pull it off? I think the offseason is the time unless something really presents itself at the deadline. The way things are trending I assume he is very wary of trading away their 2023 first rounder in what is said to be a very talented, and deep class.

QB + Clarke need to be impact players before the team is really able to compete.

My expectation for this season was that they would make the playoffs. My hope for this season was that they would win a first round series.

But I also expected a deal for a left shot defenseman during the offseason. Disappointingly, that hasn't happened yet. However, I believe says more about our prospect pool than it does about our front office.

I guess the best piece among the prospects not named Clarke or Byfield would be Spence. I wish McLellan would alternate him with Walker to showcase the kid at the NHL level. Despite his talent, Spence is small so the Kings need to remind the league that he can play. I would rather the Kings trade Walker, but it may have to be Spence because the current Kings D is nothing to rave about.

Next on the list to add would be Kupari. Although I am really becoming a Rasmus believer, I think he may go as part of the trade package.

And then there is Turcotte. Huge potential but the poor kid can't stay on the ice. If he is healthy, McLellan needs to play him. The Kings really need to know what they have in #39 . So doers the League.

And then there's Pinelli who is still tearing it up in Juniors...

I wish Rob could keep all the guys I've mentioned, but I don't see how. The strong LD is still Priority #1 .

[Ice24]

The Kings need quite a few players, not just a goalie. The great prospects are just that.

[DyslexicTom]

I continue to think that the Kings have been trying to build a championship team from 2 diametrically opposed ways that is resulting in a black hole team: too good to tank, not good enough to win. They amassed a deep, talented prospect pool and then proceeded to... not play them? Instead you sign/trade for more forward talent?

The goaltending falling apart is unlucky, for sure, but I think some of it can be attributed to the defense being suspect, and team defense being bad overall.

Bad hiring on coaching, too. I am not, and have not been, sold on McLellan as a good coach. He had a skilled Sharks team and basically the best player in the world in McDavid and did jack squat.

[Kurisu]

Boudreau is available.

[jgs]

If the Kings organization really believes in the prospects they have, why are they not playing them. They have Clark, Spence, I keep hearing Turchots name but they won't play them. They are not going to get NHL ready playing in the minors all the time. They have to play at the NHL level, they will make some mistakes but if they are as good as I keep hearing everyone on this board say they are, they will rise to the occasion. This the fifth year of their rebuild and most of they're prospects are still in the minors. They're goal is to make the playoffs but making the playoffs only to be eliminated in the first round isn't what the big picture should be. The big picture should be assembling a team that can deep into the playoffs and contend for winning the Cup. It will take having young players that are ready and capable complete the big picture. I would have brought those young guns up last year or even the year before and give them a legit shot to show what they can really do and if they didn't have it, then use them in trades to bring the talent you need. You could package two or three to bring in a good player that be the case. But all I hear is about all the great prospects they have but yet they have weaknesses here like in goal, at Left defense and are soft in the toughness department.

[Bill Hicks]

hahahahaha, wasted season ? a bad streak of a few games and we're done?

[Sevenhole]

My expectation for this season was that they would make the playoffs. My hope for this season was that they would win a first round series.

But I also expected a deal for a left shot defenseman during the offseason. Disappointingly, that hasn't happened yet. However, I believe says more about our prospect pool than it does about our front office.

I guess the best piece among the prospects not named Clarke or Byfield would be Spence. I wish McLellan would alternate him with Walker to showcase the kid at the NHL level. Despite his talent, Spence is small so the Kings need to remind the league that he can play. I would rather the Kings trade Walker, but it may have to be Spence because the current Kings D is nothing to rave about.

Next on the list to add would be Kupari. Although I am really becoming a Rasmus believer, I think he may go as part of the trade package.

And then there is Turcotte. Huge potential but the poor kid can't stay on the ice. If he is healthy, McLellan needs to play him. The Kings really need to know what they have in #39 . So doers the League.

And then there's Pinelli who is still tearing it up in Juniors...

I wish Rob could keep all the guys I've mentioned, but I don't see how. The strong LD is still Priority #1 .

Agree with what you’re saying. I’ll just add that no one expected Seattle to be where they are. If they were at last years level there wouldn’t such doomsday emotion. Been hoping they would fade but went to the game up there against the Avs and they are for real, the energy in that building is incredible. Nobody is running away in the division or the conference, playoffs are available with consistent play.