phoenix66

Are there any stud free agents in the K right now ? Gotta think we have an edge 😁

I'll say this too...purely speculation but this sounds like a guy who would agree to a deal. Get buyer's remorse and come back and say " thought about it more and the only way we can do it is if you retain".. then not budge when told it will cost more

funniest thing I've seen all day .. was obviously thinking he was doing US a favor LOL.. Good on Connie for setting his price .. and really , if Holtz was the offer then he just basically admitted he was offering us garbage ( in his eyes) To be fair could also be taking a shot at Nash too.. they wanted Holtz, Mercer a first a second and a prospect for Saros

I know I certainly dont want Allen or Kakkhonen back in any deal

if we had claimed him on waiver WE could have flipped him for a 3rd for cost of retention .. 3m one year .. big deal

he never even made it to the team .. could have flipped him for the pick ourselves

Caps also got a 3rd rounder on 50% retained on Kuznetsov.. thats a missed opportunity

saying another Russian D from the Sharks

moist have given up ever even attempting to answer that question...lol

absolutely not .. no over the hill placefillers .. or notorious useless ones .. or projects I'm sure there are more ..but only Talbot comes to mind

letme toss a bit of an olive branch here .. to be clear I'm not "Marky" or bust" .. Im against tossing Wolf in the fire. you add a proven starting vet.. one that gives a winning chance every night at a lower salary .. I'm all for that.. No Campbells , no over the hill Reimers... Talbot comes to mind.. somebody who plays at a high level who will challenge wolf and teach him what it takes at this level and deflect any growing pains

simply put , Wolf needs a safety net.. remove the pressure from the outside.. Markstrom does that .. now , you wanna bring in solid starter.. like a Talbot .. fine .. but the key is keeping the weight off his back while he learns the NHL game .. Vladar has his own struggles.. Wolf needs to be up here.. no doubt.. down there hes the guy with no competition or equal.. needs someone to show him how to take the next step without the anchor on his back

personally I move Vladar.. get Wolf into the backup role.. but get him regular starts. back to back starts.. ideally 30-35 games.. key is to get him right back in after a loss so it doesn't pressure him as much . the better he plays the more games he takes .. if can legit steal the job then he gets every opportunity to do so

Oh ya id be the first to criticize it ..but the entertainment value of reading social media woul be the price of admission 🤣

I don't know how old y'all are in this room but some of us are old enough to have seen this story before .. We had a goalie ..a future hall of famer ..fanfav..won us a Stanley Cup even... We drafted a hot prospect .. can't miss..high pedigree.. started in the minors ..played great there..fans fell in love with him.. when he played ..he played great.. the old guy struggled a bit..soon they basically ran him out of town and handed the mantle to the Kidd (see what I did there ? Lol).. he stepped right into the starters role.. ton of games ..he was ok..so so... Lost a playoff series and the fans ran him out of town... He was never the same again.. ironically we traded his backup...then later traded him for his old backup back... Now there were many reasons for his downfall..not the least was the coach who messed with his head ..but the lesson was he was not ready to be that guy.. another year backing up Vernon...taking his job the old fashioned way..would have likely kept him on the right path.. Throwing this new kid on to get shelled and blown up will ruin him...and it won't take long for the fan base currently banging the drum for him to turn on him.. Goalies are another breed ..they need to be eased on..coddled somewhat .. or well have another Trevor Kidd on our hands ..

Not gonna happen.. so don't think I'm suggesting it .. but I can't help but think how enjoyable it would be to watch Connie flip all this capital on playoff rentals today to push for the playoffs and watch all the boards and social media go nuclear 🤣🤣

We need to keep taking more players out of the lineup..they just get better each time lol

Never a bad thing to get some centers in the pipe

All because of the sphwre will be showing the first round ..same reason the nyr won't trade theirs.. their owner actually owns the sphere too

rumor was back to the Kings

Ok this is funny...

Yes..we def need centres...one reason of try to claim the la kid on waivers today ..has some Logan Couture similarities ..and we can afford to let him play and make mistakes while he grows

And that's it.. if you want to play the Russian game ..you have to hurdle the Initial pain of getting them here.. and be ok with them being 23-25 when they do ..but after that you get pretty loyal players

This is my thoughts exactly ..flames are not in rebuild mode.. big difference between dealing with your own housekeeping thru necessity..and actively flipping under control assets into lottery tickets He stated at the beginning.. we want players that want the be here and not starting for the paycheck.. he's weeded out 5 of em so far .. Lindholm would have stayed if we'd paid his price..but Conny stuck to his .. Now if they start selling off the control players..the Anderson's...the Weegars..for futures. ..now you know they're tearing it down

And we get to waiver watch again today .. I could make a case for grabbing both these kids.. young center , Calgary kid...good upside.. 25,yr old Damn.. Kings likely don't want to lose either but have to waive them to make room https://mayorsmanor.com/2024/03/report-kings-will-place-anderson-dolan-and-moverare-on-waivers-today/