Confirmed Signing with Link: [LAK] F Phillip Danault signs with the Kings (6 years, $5.5M AAV)

[Darren McCord]

Vegas should have made this deal over dadanov

 

[RomanianLeafs]

0 chance Montreal make the playoffs..

 

[SML2]

Thank God that's over. Thought Drury was gonna go for it.

 

[GJB]

5.5m/year for a guy playing top minutes in the playoffs and managed 1g 3A in 22gp.

Mega overpayment.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

LA just planning on icing a roster where everyone is a center? It's what Sacramento tried to do in the NBA.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

The Habs dodged a bullet, thanks God.

 

[bsu]

Thank you LA, Henrique definitely has value now.

 

[Love]

LOL

Will be a "mentor" to Byfield and Turcotte

 

[ICanMotteBelieveIt]

That sure as hell came from left field!

 

[boredmale]

Holy shit that's a lot money.

technically that is roughly the same contract Pageau signed

 

[Gravity]

Yes it's definitely odd to try and fit all 33 million dollars in his pocket at once, I agree!

It's an odd fit for LA. They have Kopitar and like a million C prospects, some of which are bluechip.

 

[Natey]

That is one of the worst contracts in the league.

Good player. But that's just a ridiculous amount of money for someone who is going to score 25 points a year in a more reasonable role.

 

[frederixx]

1m too much. Good player but he's really a 3rd line center. Don't let the advanced stats fool you, he can't generate any offense.

He's one of the best shutdown center though. He chose money and can't blame him for it.

 

[Ogi1Kenobi]

Jarett Stoll 2.0 or the second coming of Frans Nielson?

 

[Maitz]

Wow hahahaha in LA it will be funny bye danault

 

[Michoulicious]

500k more than last year Montreal offer.

Good for him, but that is too much.

 

[The Moose is Loose]

Oof that’s a pretty big misstep for the Kings, who up till this point had a very nice rebuild running. They already had a shutdown center to shelter their kids in Kopitar and they surely have at least 2 top 6 centers out of Vilardi, Turcotte, and Byfield.

Very soon Danault is going to be a 6 million dollar 3C/4C (who doesn’t bring offense) that’s signed long term.

In terms of fit there should have been a lot of teams more interested than the Kings

 

[Colezuki]

Good god happy that's not us, you'll see what we we're saying when your frustrated when he can't score

 

[Iwishihadaspacebar]

Strange decision considering the Kings have more C prospects than most of the league combined but Kopitar and Danault as 1 and 2 is nice.

 

[Machinehead]

I can't believe you guys

 

[KingsHockey24]

LAK Centers:

Kopitar
Vilardi
Danault
Byfield
JAD
Turcotte
Lizotte
Kupari

This signing makes no sense.

 

[Jozay]

Damn son

 

[HanSolo]

The Habs dodged a bullet, thanks God.

Vegas too

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Good riddance Danault
5.5m for a guy taht can't play on the powerplay is completely bad.

 

[NobleSix]

Yikes. This is going to be bad.