FA 2025 (lets get the discussions in one thread)

HeadInjury said:
I think we definitely got a little better. Among other things, our special teams should improve, both PP and PK. The question is, did we optimize all that cap space we had? I think the answer there is no.
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This was a pretty weak FA class. The thing I keep hearing is that the rise in the cap allowed teams to retain their own potential free agents, which impacted the FA class as well.
This unfortunately occurred when the Kings had some holes to fill.
The players they brought in may be a bit much in either term or salary (or both) but it’s what the cost was. That ate up a lot of cap space.

While Ceci was not on my wish list I have watched him the past few years in the playoffs. He’s fine. Not great but not bad at all. I’ve heard also that players like playing with him, coaches really like him, and he’s a good teammate. Most importantly, while the term is long it’s not going to be a stretch to trade him at the deadline even in the later contract years.

Dumoulin definitely seems to have fans around the league with people who have watched him a lot. That is Greg rally a good sign

Armia is nothing more than a role player. Teams need role players. And he’s a good one. I have no issue with this signing.

Forsberg was also a decent signing. Can’t say I’m familiar with him but his resume is OK. I imagine he’s better than Rittich which is important with an older #1.

Perry is the difficult one. Of course. I certainly dislike him and always have. I did not want him. But I did see the value. He’s figured out a way to make himself useful enough to stay in the league. And he has always been good around the net.
He’s not gonna score 20 goals here. But he’s versatile. He’s got tons of experience. He knows all about the playoffs. I can’t say I’m happy he is here. But I can’t criticize the motivation behind it.

I haven’t really thought about cap space moving forward. Kopi likely leaving opens up some space but a chunk will be going to a Kempe extension.
 
One of the things I thought of when it comes to the 4 signings is that these may not be the players everyone wanted to sign. But with Hiller doing what he did in the playoffs, they had to get guys he would play. So he’s got no excuses. For me he’s the biggest question mark. AFAIK he’s on his last year of his contract. So if things start slow I don’t know if he’s going to get a lot of leeway.

BTW, not really here, but elsewhere online there’s way too much pissing & moaning over these signings. I know they’re not who we thought we were going to sign. And I don’t know how serious our offers were or the reasons they didn’t sign here. But taking each player individually, they’re not the disaster that a lot of people think they are. Dumoulin, Armia, & Forsberg are all good signings. Perry, no matter how much we hate him, is a good signing. The only debatable one is Ceci. And I think he’s better than the analytics crowd says he is. But they’re online & have the loudest voices. I don’t see, even with signing him, how this was so bad for the Kings. We’ll see how the season & the playoffs go.
 
Dr. Tran said:
One of the things I thought of when it comes to the 4 signings is that these may not be the players everyone wanted to sign. But with Hiller doing what he did in the playoffs, they had to get guys he would play. So he’s got no excuses. For me he’s the biggest question mark. AFAIK he’s on his last year of his contract. So if things start slow I don’t know if he’s going to get a lot of leeway.

BTW, not really here, but elsewhere online there’s way too much pissing & moaning over these signings. I know they’re not who we thought we were going to sign. And I don’t know how serious our offers were or the reasons they didn’t sign here. But taking each player individually, they’re not the disaster that a lot of people think they are. Dumoulin, Armia, & Forsberg are all good signings. Perry, no matter how much we hate him, is a good signing. The only debatable one is Ceci. And I think he’s better than the analytics crowd says he is. But they’re online & have the loudest voices. I don’t see, even with signing him, how this was so bad for the Kings. We’ll see how the season & the playoffs go.
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Yep, that is my take.

As for Ceci, I have yet to really hear anyone say he was a good signing or at this time is even a good player. We will see how things go.
 
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