It appears that based on the comments in the article that Sutter will be back with the Kings.
Obviously, need the announcement but this seems like it'll get done soon.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/kings/...512-story.html
Not sure whos following but I would REALLY appreciate some input on Jeff Carter. Looks like he has found something special with Taffoli and I am looking to see if he will keep up his pace and pot 30 goals and 65 points. Any sign of decline or is he still a stud for a couple more years?
Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
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It appears that based on the comments in the article that Sutter will be back with the Kings.
Obviously, need the announcement but this seems like it'll get done soon.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/kings/...512-story.html
So it seems to me that one of the "least covered" stories of this offseason is the fact that Dean Lombardi and Darryl Sutter have been replaced with Rob Blake and John Stevens.
John Stevens is not Darryl Sutter. Tough to get a handle on exactly how things will go, but you'd think Doughty and Kopitar might be given more of a green light? That might trickle down to the 2008 dream team of Gaborik, Brown, Cammalleri as well as not-so-hated Carter and Toffoli.
Anybody got any thoughts here? Usually coaching changes have fantasy GMs drooling and theorizing about the implications. I've seen almost none of that about the Kings this offseason.
I think your theory is very legit.
When Stevens coached the Flyers they scored 248 and 264 goals... so I think I would suggest he will let these guys go.
And clearly when they interviewed him to take over... they asked what he was going to do differently and it wasn't going to be play solely defense like Suter.
This team looks good and even with Carter going down it looks like they could keep it up. What a difference it has been with Stevens coming in! The above two comments sure were spot on.
Anyone watching tonight's games or LA games in general?
Is kop and Toff playing on the same line now? Seeing box score of them getting points together?
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Hearing Kovalchuk's contract with the LA Kings will be terminated but Ilya still wants to stay in the NHL while having a lucrative offer from Omsk Avangard in the KHL #gokingsgo
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Few points to remember:
- Kovalchuk has a NMC; therefore, would not need to go through waivers first
- As a 35+ contract, his $6.25M cap hit would continue to count against LA's cap for the remainder of this year and next year
- Kovalchuk would forfeit roughly $4.7M in salary https://twitter.com/IgorEronko/status/1205561714558799879 …
Wow I hated the Kings stadium series jerseys and did not watch that game. I didn't realize they wore they amazing helmets though.
Also glad they wore them again last night.
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More great news from LA...from Pierre LeBrun
. Hearing that the LA Kings are talking to Will Ferrell about being their representative in the April draft lottery. Not clear it will happen. But I would love it. Stay classy, @LAKing
Which rookies does everyone think will be earning a regular spot in the Kings' roster for next season? There are a lot of potential players in LA.
Anderson-Dolan and Vilardi seem like locks, but out of Dudas, Kupari, Fagemo, Thomas, Byfield, Turcotte, Kaliyev, Madden, etc, I think we see some cups of coffee but only two regulars. Roll some dice to try and get that right.
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