Kings are going to be adding wingers, not sending them away for picks.

Wingers as in Dustin Brown? Two 2nd round picks is very good value at this stage in his career.

He's gonna have a statue outside of Staples Center in 10 years... 2 essentially 3rd round picks ain't gonna do it. The team is full of kids, they're gonna want him to reign in the next generation.

Brown won't be traded. I fully expect him to sign a new contract in LA when his current one expires.

Also, you don't buy out your future Hall of Fame goaltender when you have nearly $20M in cap space so you can sign David Rittich.

Golly what a comment ... nostalgia a helluva drug

He didn't even win a conn smythe like Williams

Much less get major awards voting like Kopitar/DD

His career comps: Andrew Brunette Geoff Sanderson

Those two picks are way more value tho ultimately...

Quick HOF ?

Career .913 G who was only really good 1 year ('12)

A great many good NHLers have won multiple cups

A great many of them are not in the HOF naturally

He also sucks so bad right now it's a sv% huge drain

Holy jeez the mindset around the kings is *still* rooted in 2012 like wow no wonder they're a mess with everyone myopically clinging on to the past

Can do both! They did here. Brown <-> Janmy

Also they have so many young guys upcoming...

It's going to get crowded so might as well trade em

Quick had 3 more wins than Petersen this season, despite getting 10 fewer starts. Not sure why you think he sucks so bad. He's 35, so he's no spring chicken, but he'll do just fine in a backup role. He didn't do well earlier in the season when he and Petersen were rotating starts, but his save percentage when playing a game after taking multiple games off was like .940. He's an above average backup goaltender.

Yes, he'll easily be in the Hall of Fame. 2 Stanley Cups, a Conn Smythe, and a pair of Vezina nominations (one of which he should have won). Even in the 2018 playoff series when the Kings were swept by Vegas, Quick was lights out and was arguably the best player in the series for either team. He allowed only 7 goals in 4 games to a vastly superior Vegas team, posting a .947 SV% and 1.55 GAA In the series. Fleury was fine, but didn't really need to make any quality saves in that series, whereas Quick was standing on his head every night.

He might not be a first ballot guy, but he's definitely getting into the HOF.

You apparently don't follow the Kings.

Blake has said that the biggest thing missing from the Kings locker room over the past several years has been leadership. Brown is the guy that they point to as the only remaining leader in the room. They purposefully went out and drafted guys like Bjornfot, Mikey Anderson, Akil Thomas, Aiden Dudas, etc. All guys that were captains and showed leadership ability at the junior and international level. Brown is the role model for those players. He is exactly what the Kings leadership wants the players to emulate in their on- and off-ice approaches to hockey. Even if he wasn't the Kings' leading goal scorer this year, the Kings would still keep him around for that reason. It certainly helps that he can still put the puck into the net at his advanced age.

Brown isn't going anywhere.

Jennings trophy 13-14, 17-18.
.947 playoff sv% 17-18
40 wins 15-16

Career .921 ES


OnLy ReAlLy GoOd 1 YeAr

Taking 4 playoff games and saying look at his sv% and thats how he gets to the HOF.

Congrats on reading 1 part. See also how he had won the Jennings trophy that same year. Secondly, notice how I addressed his position on only having 1 good year.

This is very backwards thinking. Quick has been god awful for the last 3 seasons, it's in both parties' best interests to allow him a fresh start elsewhere. Hanging on to old memories is what will sink this team into the ground, and is arguably the reason why they are where they are today. Paying Drew Doughty $11M per season until the sun, while his play has declined dramatically? Yikes. Holding on to Quick when his poor play over the last 3 seasons has been overshadowed by Campbell and Petersen? Even more yikes. Jeff Carter being traded was the first sign that this team is finally ready to move on to youth. Expect Dustin Brown to be moved accordingly.

It's clear you have no idea what you're talking about.

Drew Doughty had two down seasons for sure, but this season was one of his career bests. He was just voted by the players as the 4th best defenseman in the league, behind only Hedman, Makar, and Josi. His play has not "declined dramatically." He's every bit as good as he was as in 2015-16 when he won his Norris. The team around him is terrible, which is the main difference in his underlying stats.

If Quick was still the starting goaltender for the Kings, then I would agree that they had a problem. However, he has excelled in a backup role, outperforming Petersen this year. As I said in my previous post, Quick's save percentage is very high after he takes multiple games off. In other words, given enough rest, he'll be one of the best backups in the league. The fans love him, his teammates love him, and he has said that he likes it in LA. Sure, his contract is high for a backup, but the Kings have $20M+ in cap space, so it's not like they're not able to afford him. Unless he specifically asks to be traded, Blake isn't going to move him. It's possible Seattle takes him in the expansion draft, which would be disappointing. Dennis Bernstein from TFP said last year that the Kings would be prepared to give up an asset to Seattle to make sure they don't take Quick.

LA has been trying to move Carter for 2+ seasons. No one was willing to take his contract. As soon as Pittsburgh was willing, the Kings traded him ASAP. Keep in mind, Hextall and Blake worked together in LA's front office for many years. Jeff Carter isn't Dustin Brown. He was a veteran presence in the room, but isn't the heart and soul of the Kings like Brown. Dustin Brown is the franchise leader in games played for the Kings and is moving up the list in other categories. He and Anze Kopitar are currently chasing the NHL record for games played together by teammates (currently held by Gordie Howe and Alex Delvecchio). Brown will finish his career in LA and end up taking a job in the organization as either a coach, scout, or executive. He'll end up with his jersey in the rafters and a statue outside Staples Center.

This is ridiculous, it's clear that YOU have zero idea about hockey. Doughty has been in very steep decline. His on-ice impact in terms of play-driving has been dreadful for the last 3+ seasons and everyone is aware of that fact. Doughty is nowhere close to being an $11M defenseman, no clue what games you watch or what stats you follow to lead you to think otherwise. At this stage in his career, he's a mistake-prone defenseman who can run a powerplay and has the stamina to eat up minutes while playing them poorly. Link: https://jfresh.substack.com/p/drew-doughty-is-not-only-no-longer

Now on to Petersen and Quick:
The idea that Quick 'outplayed' Petersen this past season is absolute ridiculousness. Petersen finished 17th in the league in GSAx with +3.76, while Quick finished 47th with -3.24.
The last time Quick posted a GSAx above 0 (meaning a net positive) was in 2017-18. Since then, he's gone:
-25.47 (dead last at 88th)
-6.42 (57th out of 85)
-3.24 (47th out of 92) which is slightly better but still not anything resembling 'quality'.

Stop with the ridiculousness and learn to let go of the past, even the Kings have.