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What makes you think that LA wouldn't do everything to keep their most valuable asset and that Hughes would ruin a relationship with another GM?
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He could have waited to be a FA and signed with the Habs. I guess they told him he would be a Jet for another year if he didn't open it up because they didn't want futures.
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If Blake puts his team in a situation where they expose Byfield to an OS (maybe by acquiring a 1G + extending Roy, Arvidsson, etc.) then its only his fault, not Hughes for wanting to acquire a great player.
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OS as presently designed are conducive to toxic fallouts. It’s fun to watch unfold from a fan POV and the resulting animosity between owners/ suits can be riveting but otherwise not a viable option.
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And I would add that this relationship thing is bullshit. If Hughes OS Byfield and in 3 years, a trade that would really help both LA and MTL comes up, Blake (or any other GM) would be plain stupid not to make it.
MTL is in a unique situation to make a big OS since they have lots of assets, lots of capspace and might want to risk giving away their first next year since they might compete for a playoff spot. I believe most teams tend to avoid OS not because of their relationship with other GMs, but because they either dont have the cap space (which is the case for most contender) OR dont want to risk giving an unprotected first (the case for rebuilding teams who however have a lot of cap space generally speaking). MTL is one of the rare teams for which it might be worth it to make a big OS since they enter in neither of those groups of teams imo.
Offesheets don’t happen in the nhl literally ever since that whole Carolina , Montreal crap years back. Fans need to give it up, not happening
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Yeah that won't happen and they will simply match anything unless Hughes offers up the 4x1st requirements.
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Can't do that with LA -- they have a master of offer sheets in their front office.
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A malign star kept him
Dubois didn't want to wait another year for a long-term deal. That was the most important thing (understandably so IMO).
Been a long time since I visited this thread. You guys still talking about Dubois... Wow. I'll be back in a couple months....
No offense of course
No offense of course
i could see Montreal circling back on PLD after a discussion with MSL BUT you can be sure HuGo smells blood and would bend Blake over a barrel. There would be retention and salary going back from montreal...Dvorak, maybe anderson...etc
I also think the only way this would happen is if Hughes strikes out on other trade fronts - in other words, a last resort
I also think the only way this would happen is if Hughes strikes out on other trade fronts - in other words, a last resort
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Marty was a rookie head coach when we got him. He could be friendly behind the scenes before that, he isn’t looking for a problem when he’s acting as a head coach. And best believe, he’ll be aware of the behind the scenes. The head coaches Dubois has played for aren’t the only ones who saw character flaws in him.
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Have fun listening to this snoozefest of a pulling teeth presser. I bailed halfway through.
It’s only my impression but he emits strong lack of conviction vibes, like someone who couldn’t be bothered to do more and who has all kinds of excuses.
As @BLONG7 would say ……… brutal!
It’s only my impression but he emits strong lack of conviction vibes, like someone who couldn’t be bothered to do more and who has all kinds of excuses.
As @BLONG7 would say ……… brutal!
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Yeah, I said something along those lines in a post earlier... He seems like the type of player who you'd spend a ton of time going over what he needs to improve/what you saw in his game, only for him to leave and not do or plan to do anything about what you said. I get a "that's how I am and how I do things" vibe from the guy.
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Genius move really... Betting against himself paid off lol
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Please make it stop.....
I don't want PLD being one of the oldest guy in the room, I don't want him anywhere near our young kids. He's far from being an example to follow on and off the ice.
Names like Necas, Holtz, Zegras, Johnson have been thrown around in the rumors and I would take any of them ahead of PLD without hesitation.
I don't want PLD being one of the oldest guy in the room, I don't want him anywhere near our young kids. He's far from being an example to follow on and off the ice.
Names like Necas, Holtz, Zegras, Johnson have been thrown around in the rumors and I would take any of them ahead of PLD without hesitation.
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Please get rid of Atta Boy Gally and Stupid Power Donkey. I'll take PLD any day. One player can't ruin a whole locker room. I'll take that gamble.
It's risky but we got the right environment to buy low on him. On his worst day he's better than both of them combined. If it doesn't work out buy him out in 3 years.
It's risky but we got the right environment to buy low on him. On his worst day he's better than both of them combined. If it doesn't work out buy him out in 3 years.
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The Los Angeles Kings' awkward place with Pierre-Luc Dubois, and draft lottery luck — The Athletic
L.A. has a simple, but expensive, solution to its Dubois problem — admit they made a grievous error and pay the man to go away.
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I don’t love PLD, I actually don’t care about him but I dislike Dumb Power Donkey and “heart and soul” Gally.
Not all games are created equally. I haven’t watched PLD play in LA but I’m confident that if he was given the same opportunities than Donkey Gallagher he would have had a decent season.
It’s a risk but I’ll take it. Give him the same opportunities than these two garbage and I think he will do well.
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Agreed in principle. Only caveat, how do we know all of those other names don’t themselves come with issues that may be objectionable?
I’ll trust the org to do proper due diligence. The PLD saga shows us how it’s even worth overpaying for an asset who has all of those traits you want from someone when committing long term. Someone or several individuals within the Kings’ org did not properly investigate PLD despite the abundance of data/ red flags about him.
