Once a Kings Fan Too
Joined: Jun. 2018
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Your title is 1,000% right. Dubois sticks out on this roster like a sore thumb, requiring major adjustment of the bottom three lines. (We could put him at #2 LW but why do that for one season?)
We took some steps forward this year despite the fact that we didn't get past Edmonton in the first round again -- Vilardi showed that he's top-6 quality, Arvidsson had another good year (59 points at RW in 1317 minutes vs. Dubois' 63 points at C in 1350 minutes, at 70% of the cost), Fiala showed that he's the real deal in his first year with us, as not all new arrivals do, and Kupari, Kaliyev and Lizotte showed real promise.
I can go along with the idea of renting Connor Hellebuyck, especially if the price is not too high, but I'm not a believer in the Duboissiah theory.