He’s going to want around $7.5mil/5 years. At least. I don’t know if there’s room for that in the Kings cap. As of today, there isn’t. But it’s increasing by exactly $7.5mil for ‘25-‘26, then up to $104mil in ‘26-‘27. So maybe.
It just depends on if he wants to stay in LA with the Hiller/Blake/Luuuuc combo.
In a perfect world, Kempe would be the next Captain and remain a King for life. But there’s no one in the organization who can fulfill Doughty’s role now that DD is well past his prime. Clarke is definitely not that guy. If a stud LD becomes available, anyone on the team except for Q should be in play.
I think your estimate is about $1 - $1.5 million too low… especially at 5 years.He’s going to want around $7.5mil/5 years. At least. I don’t know if there’s room for that in the Kings cap. As of today, there isn’t. But it’s increasing by exactly $7.5mil for ‘25-‘26, then up to $104mil in ‘26-‘27. So maybe.
I think Kempe will get more than that. And he should. If the Kings can retain him at a cap hit of 8M it would be a steal. 9M is more likely.He’s going to want around $7.5mil/5 years. At least. I don’t know if there’s room for that in the Kings cap. As of today, there isn’t. But it’s increasing by exactly $7.5mil for ‘25-‘26, then up to $104mil in ‘26-‘27. So maybe.
Im asking this from a ignorant point of view, but where was it debunked. For science!
Interviews with Hiller and Kopitar specifically. Cannot honestly recall where but assume it was related to Kings broadcasts.
Sitting back was clearly not working. Why would any strong, intelligent coach who was in control of his players allow it to keep happening? That seems to be a specious argument.
TRIUMPH FTW
100% agree with this. The Kings need to lock him up ASAP.
I don’t buy that at all. Someone’s lying. Evidence shows the same ‘tactic’ being implemented in multiple games, ending with the same result. Either Hiller ordered it, or the team decided to play like that despite what Hiller coached them to do, which means that he lost the room and the players were ignoring him.
Guess I missed this the first go around. If this was debunked, then yes tell me what I witnessed from Game #1 on (maybe not so much in Game #2). Also they have been playing like this for years before Hiller. This was the first time (at least in my bad memory) that we employed the only roll 3 lines and 2 D pairs when we had a perfectly healthy and productive 4th and 3rd D pair available.
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What you witnessed is a team that was stopped trying to win and instead was afraid to lose.Guess I missed this the first go around. If this was debunked, then yes tell me what I witnessed from Game #1 on (maybe not so much in Game #2). Also they have been playing like this for years before Hiller. This was the first time (at least in my bad memory) that we employed the only roll 3 lines and 2 D pairs when we had a perfectly healthy and productive 4th and 3rd D pair available.
Blake gone now lets rid of Hiller too......
