How come?
The whole of Toews reeks of hubris and wherever he goes will more likely turn out like Messiers trip to Vancouver than anything useful.
You'd think the same of the Dodgers, but Dodger Stadium is still around. In my opinion the Kings need to focus on making for a better in-arena fan experience - this includes better food options at more reasonable costs, quicker checkout during game and between periods (which they have worked on), seats that accommodate a wider variety of fan body types, better giveaways, and, most of all, a winning on-ice product. Games have already priced out most families with children and have started to price out the same families from even watching the games at home.
I was talking about for the players, baseball stock and hockey stock are definitely not the same, and the traditions of the dodgers are far more steeped into the core of MLB than the Kings are to the NHL
I just wish the now we level in the arena was way less.
Who would have thought that a $16.50 mandatory minimum wage would have an effect on the cost of goods and services in California?
Again, the same applies to Dodger stadium and no it makes no difference if it is baseball or hockey - facilities compete with one another within the same sport. If you think the player facilities aren't better at Daikin Park, or many other baseball stadiums, then you should take a tour of Dodger stadium sometime.
Funny you mention those teams, who signed there as a UFA in the last 40 years that wasn't on the last legs of their career after having been in the east first
I love Helenius. I believe in Helenius. This team needs Helenius.
FTFY.
He will.
Your argument was that the Kings need to have top player facilities to attack top FAs - so how did that work out for the Ducks and Sharks?
The argument is that exactly 0 top free agents have ever signed in the West. That includes Vegas.
This is true. It also should be mentioned that just because the media presence in LA is small does not mean a player will be immune from media scrutiny as a King. Example #1 is Pierre-Luc Dubois.
Totally true. Which is good. Unfortunately though some players don’t get enough credit, ie Kopitar and Selkes, Kempe being called the most underrated player in the league.
They need to make the changes because while they've been good enough for the 20 years of Kopitar feeling at home, there's a whole new generation of players coming into the league. They all talk to each other and shiny toys for one generation of player are not the same for the next. When I was on a tour of the kings facilities back in 2017 they had just invested an absurd number into a special weight machine that could sense imbalance in strength training, but their study "room" was literally cubicles on a wall where people could sit with headphones and an Ipad. I don't know if that's what works for these guys but they did have a team theater for film review and it was a HD projector (probably 100x60ish), I doubt they still have that setup but if they do....
