Kempe, RFA

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I voted to tender a qualifier. Watching him live, he can show an awesome ability to cover the rink. He exudes confidence. He knows he belongs. Yet, he seems to lack fire. At the end of the day, he's tallied 5 PP goals. In his entire career. I wanna say "he is what he is," but heck if I know what he is!
 
MiketheKing said:
Hell, Kempe can barely do what Kempe does consistently
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He and Roy (getting better) are some of the only consistent roster I roll my eyes at when they on the ice (and Brown [awful]).. sometimes they do something interesting and it's very shocking, but most the time it's like.. ugh. Kempe has been better this year IMO though.. so that's good.
 
KOPI! PEVS! said:
He and Roy (getting better) are some of the only consistent roster I roll my eyes at when they on the ice (and Brown [awful]).. sometimes they do something interesting and it's very shocking, but most the time it's like.. ugh. Kempe has been better this year IMO though.. so that's good.
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Interesting. To me, Kempe has been the most entertaining forward on the Kings to watch all season. Doesn't mean he doesn't have his flaws but he has taken a huge leap forward this year (as you said). When we drafted him I figured he'd be a smooth skating finesse player but he's added some power forward elements to his game this season and has really evolved. Hopefully he can still grow a bit more.
 
DryKing said:
Interesting. To me, Kempe has been the most entertaining forward on the Kings to watch all season. Doesn't mean he doesn't have his flaws but he has taken a huge leap forward this year (as you said). When we drafted him I figured he'd be a smooth skating finesse player but he's added some power forward elements to his game this season and has really evolved. Hopefully he can still grow a bit more.
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Management and the coaching staff believe in Juice as well. Seems every game his TOI is going up. Led the forwards in that category last night in Tampa. Don't understand why people are unable get past the cliched stereotype and see that he is no longer the inconsistent pre-2020 Kempe. Juice will be wearing a letter soon.

https://lakingsinsider.com/2021/12/...empe-delivering-for-kings-so-far-this-season/
 
I’ll add that last year was actually Kempe’s first consistent year. He was on a 20-goal pace over 82 games and solidified his special teams play. This year has, so far, been another step forward. His checking and defensive game has evolved with a consistently active stick. He doesn’t have games where he’s floating. Plus he was bit handicapped by being forced into a center role he never belonged in save for temping for Carter that year.

I don’t know about 30 but I think 25 goals is doable. If he reaches that I think a longer extension is the right move. I understand people wanting to wait it out, to an extent I’m there too. But if this season keeps on pace for him it should be regarded as his second good year, not his first. Significant difference there.
 
Busted Chops said:
Considering that he is ARB eligible, I went with trade at deadline since I think the Kings will be nowhere near the playoffs. Kempe is going to rightfully want more than his QO. If he goes to ARB, he will probably get it too.

We have plenty of kids who should be able to provide what Kempe does coming up soon, and we need to make space for them too. It never hurts to have an abundance of potential talent in the wings, as long as we get around to doing something with that potential talent.
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He should be resigned. He's the perfect complementary player with the prospects coming up. 5 x 5 for good ol' Adrian.
 
Clif said:
I’ll add that last year was actually Kempe’s first consistent year. He was on a 20-goal pace over 82 games and solidified his special teams play. This year has, so far, been another step forward. His checking and defensive game has evolved with a consistently active stick. He doesn’t have games where he’s floating. Plus he was bit handicapped by being forced into a center role he never belonged in save for temping for Carter that year.

I don’t know about 30 but I think 25 goals is doable. If he reaches that I think a longer extension is the right move. I understand people wanting to wait it out, to an extent I’m there too. But if this season keeps on pace for him it should be regarded as his second good year, not his first. Significant difference there.
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This is just personal grousing but I truly believe that you max your kopis, Drew's and quickies, everyone else gets three years max, and that's if they are clicking on all cylinders.
 
jammer06 said:
This is just personal grousing but I truly believe that you max your kopis, Drew's and quickies, everyone else gets three years max, and that's if they are clicking on all cylinders.
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That’s totally reasonable. My hope for Kempe is that he keeps it up and gets a deal similar to Iafallo’s. A bit more per year but not too much more.
 
Clif said:
I?ll add that last year was actually Kempe?s first consistent year. He was on a 20-goal pace over 82 games and solidified his special teams play. This year has, so far, been another step forward. His checking and defensive game has evolved with a consistently active stick. He doesn?t have games where he?s floating. Plus he was bit handicapped by being forced into a center role he never belonged in save for temping for Carter that year.

I don?t know about 30 but I think 25 goals is doable. If he reaches that I think a longer extension is the right move. I understand people wanting to wait it out, to an extent I?m there too. But if this season keeps on pace for him it should be regarded as his second good year, not his first. Significant difference there.
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He's on pace for his best season yet. ~50 pts.
 
We should have extended him in December. The price just keeps going up. The PP1 would have zero zone entries without Kempe lugging the puck in.
 
hokiecat said:
We should have extended him in December. The price just keeps going up. The PP1 would have zero zone entries without Kempe lugging the puck in.
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I think Kempe has finally discovered that he really is as good as he was hyped as a junior. He has always been fun to watch but Juice has been a different player these past 2 seasons. No way he gets traded now.
 
Kempe is playing like he wants and deserves a big deal. And he can get better if the supporting cast continues to do so as well.

He's easily a 6 million a year player right now.

It's going to take 6x5 or 5.5x6, something in that range.
 
BDTR said:
I think offer Kempe the same deal as AI.
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Seems like a pretty good comparable to start off with


Pickle_Pucks said:
Kempe is playing like he wants and deserves a big deal. And he can get better if the supporting cast continues to do so as well.

He's easily a 6 million a year player right now.

It's going to take 6x5 or 5.5x6, something in that range.
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Maybe if he hits 30 goals this season and has another good season next year he may become worth that, but I don't think he has risen to that level yet. Somewhere in the $4-4.5/year makes more sense right now, but the Kings do tend to overpay.
 
DryKing said:
Seems like a pretty good comparable to start off with...
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If he scores 25-30, then Kempe becomes worth more than Iafallo on a bridge deal, but not a lot more.

Maybe $4.5 - $4.75 million for 2 years and say "Okay. Back it up. Show us you're a gamebreaker."
 
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