FA 2025 (lets get the discussions in one thread)

santiclaws said:
They are never able to sign A tier UFAs. They sign your Edmundsons, Foegels, Danaults and Cicis. And yes, often have to overpay those B and C tier UFAs the contracts for Edmundson and Cici.
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25+ teams fail to sign A tier UFAs. Failing to land the big fish is not unique to the Kings. The fact that they sign complimentary players every offseason should be proof enough that many guys do in fact want to play in LA.

Yet somehow the take away in the wake of another “successful” free agency period will be that players don’t want to sign in LA. Facts be damned.
 
Statue4Deano said:
25+ teams fail to sign A tier UFAs. Failing to land the big fish is not unique to the Kings. The fact that they sign complimentary players every offseason should be proof enough that many guys do in fact want to play in LA.

Yet somehow the take away in the wake of another “successful” free agency period will be that players don’t want to sign in LA. Facts be damned.
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They miss out on the top UFAs every time. They've never signed one. And the complementary players usually get more money/term than they should. LA is not Winnipeg, but it's not a super desirable destination, either.
 
Statue4Deano said:
This has got to be the oldest roster the Kings have had since Lombardi was fired.
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Is that a good thing or a bad thing, as far as you are concerned? Our young, ‘blue chip’ players have not exactly been lighting the world on fire during the playoffs for us. Meanwhile, guys like Seth Jarvis, Matt Boldy, Anton Lundell out there looking like serious difference makers
 
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Overall, I think we improved a tad in the forward group and in goal, and regressed some on D. Penalty kill has a decent shot at being better and Perry may help on the PP.

Still can do trades and we may be in a position to add at the deadline, both in terms of cap space and assets.
 
DarkLeftHand said:
Is that a good thing or a bad thing, as far as you are concerned? Our young, ‘blue chip’ players have not exactly been lighting the world on fire during the playoffs for us. Meanwhile, guys like Seth Jarvis, Matt Boldy, Anton Lindell out there looking like serious difference makers
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I’ll say it smells of desperation from the top down. The mandate from Luc was to win now at all costs and the result of that is filling the roster with long in the tooth grizzled vets in hopes of willing the team out of the 1st round and maybe under absolute ideal circumstances get through the West.

I won’t be surprised if these guys go on a deep playoff run next season because the depth is improved and the expected progression of Byfield and Clarke.

So this is probably the best of the plausible outcomes considering all the factors the team was up against. But make no mistake Father Time is undefeated. And the #1 concern with any older team is health. So the injuries will come let’s just hope they don’t all hit at once.
 
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