Kevin Fiala isn't happy about the system the Kings played...

[Kshahdoo]

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[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

I'm sure he'd dive right into a new system.

 

[Three On Zero]

He’s not wrong, winning or losing they still rely too heavily on 1-3-1

 

[Hale The Villain]

Pretty mild criticism in the clip

 

[Kshahdoo]

He’s not wrong

So he sucked because of the system? And on Minnesota too?

 

[Rowlet]

Kings fans: other teams fans are stupid for complaining when it works

Kings players after it didn't work: it's not fun and I want to do something else

 

[Turin]

“I didn’t like that”

“Nobody did Kevin!”

 

[Three On Zero]

Kings fans: other teams fans are stupid for complaining when it works

Kings players after it didn't work: it's not fun and I want to do something else

It’s a very limiting system, it stifles the few skill guys LA has

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

The problem with 1-3-1, and why other teams abandoned it is while very effective against more conservative teams or those who play a "north-south" style of games. It completely falls apart with any sort of aggressive rush or board entry.

It's also worthless if the opposing scores first since they have no reason to engage in a neutral zone trap when they're winning.

 

[Heffyhoof]

Enjoy him and Dubois. 'It'd be fun to play a children's game for millions of dollars a year in California.' The new breed of NHLer is puke worthy.

 

[Danarqhy]

Maybe he should stop embarrassing himself by diving all over the ice first before commenting on anything else.

 

[Spurgeon]

So he sucked because of the system? And on Minnesota too?

He was pretty effective last year for LA. During the COVID play-ins, he was the only Wild player that played well.

With playoffs being small sample sizes, it’s inevitable to have playoff performances that are duds.

 

[Three On Zero]

He was pretty effective last year for LA. During the COVID play-ins, he was the only Wild player that played well.

With playoffs being small sample sizes, it’s inevitable to have playoff performances that are duds.

The comment was so out of touch it didn’t deserve a response

 

[HanSolo]

Pretty mild criticism in the clip

That a player would publicly undermine their coach even to this degree is pretty noteworthy imo.

 

[Divine]

He's looking for more cookie nights

 

[SoundAndFury]

Enjoy him and Dubois. 'It'd be fun to play a children's game for millions of dollars a year in California.' The new breed of NHLer is puke worthy.

You know what also is? Level of "analysis" that lumps Dubois and Fiala into one. The man is at PPG over the last 3 seasons on the team with crap offense. Oh the humanity, the Kings will have to endure him.

 

[POVERTY]

Enjoy him and Dubois. 'It'd be fun to play a children's game for millions of dollars a year in California.' The new breed of NHLer is puke worthy.

Lmao what

 

[Kshahdoo]

The comment was so out of touch it didn’t deserve a response

I could probably get dozens of comments like this from LA and Minnesota fans, but I'm too lazy to search for them... yeah, my bad, sorry.

Oh and 23 points in 43 playoff games don't look great for a $8M player...

 

[Mr Positive]

1-3-1 is a fine system that works, but not against the Oilers. The Oilers buckle under heavy forecheck. Sitting back lets the Oilers play around too much.

 

[Three On Zero]

1-3-1 is a fine system that works, but not against the Oilers. The Oilers buckle under heavy forecheck. Sitting back lets the Oilers play around too much.

Oilers have the speed to break the 1-3-1 formation, it’s a terrible system to deploy against them

 

[Drake1588]

So he sucked because of the system? And on Minnesota too?

I'm not sure if you're only talking playoff production, but this comment is simply bizarre otherwise.

His last three seasons:
2023-24 (Kings): 82 GP, 29g - 44a - 73 pts. $7.875 million AAV
2022-23 (Kings): 69 GP, 23g - 49a - 72 pts. $7.875 million AAV
2021-22 (Wild): 82 GP, 33g - 52a - 85 pts. $5.1 million AAV

In terms of value, he's paid fairly today. He certainly produced well beyond his contract in Minnesota. Past three seasons, his production was lower, but so was his AAV. The cap hit for the two years from 2019-2021 was $3 million AAV, and it was always less than $1.5M/yr for the five years before that. He's never been grossly overpaid.

For playoffs, his 11 points over 14 GP in the last three seasons isn't tremendous, but hardly puts him in no-show territory.

Sources:
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[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Enjoy him and Dubois. 'It'd be fun to play a children's game for millions of dollars a year in California.' The new breed of NHLer is puke worthy.

Then go away.

Player voiced opinion. What they did clearly didn’t work. Agree with him, disagree with him, just don’t be weird and paint an entire generation off one guy. Not like there are gonna be fewer of these new generation guys, with their damn answers to questions.

 

[TheNumber4]

Only time the Kings really had the Oilers on their heels these last three series has been with a quick, and heavy forecheck. Yeh, they should try it. Oilers aren't even great off rush chances, or not as good as you'd think, so if they turn it over in the process... it may not kill them.

 

[Terry Yake]

the kings are an incredibly boring team to watch. there's no doubt about that

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Wouldn't he be the laziest player on the team if it weren't for PLD ?