I know very little about the kings so don’t take this as argumentative.
You post seems to directly contradict the post I replied to. That post seems (right or wrong) to be that guys opinion of how Iafallo plays. … honestly as an outsider yours seems … well like a nothing burger. Is there something out there showing Kopitar and Doughty called the front office every day? … it seems made up.
That's because it is made up. Kopitar and Doughty were not crying to management for Iafallo to get a deal done. Iafallo's a pretty good player, but the Kings have a bunch of pretty good players in that $3-4 million range.
Here's a comparison between Iafallo and Cirelli over the last three seasons, just as an example of approximately what you're getting in an Iafallo. The problem for LA is that they've got almost the exact same player in Trevor Moore too:
With Fiala, Kempe, Arvidsson, Vilardi, Byfield, and Moore, that's six wingers for LA's top nine with a few more on the way (Kaliyev, Fagemo, Chromiak, and Turcotte to name a few). There just isn't room for all these guys at their current cap hit... specifically because of Petersen's contract, and because we need to re-sign Gavrikov and Korpisalo.