Quoting: aadoyle
Andersson-Doughty or heck Gavrikov-Doughty
Man the takes be getting rougher for yah lul
Like Doughty has been in the league for a long time and has been good at both ends of course he's gonna be out there the final min unless hurt or on rotation.
Andersson-Doughty
Gavrikov-Clarke
Englund-Spence
I'm sorry I try not to post in a critical way but you are insulting someone with a crazy level or arrogance when you are so wrong it's not even funny.
Roy gets the majority of D zone starts for LA. He is on PK1, he is out in the last minute.
Doughty is not a defensive D. It's the equivalent of playing Morgan Rielly in the last minute when up by 1 goal. It's not a winning strategy.
Having worked for Rob, I would be shocked if he went into the season with Doughty, Spence, Clarke. If they did that I wouldn't be surprised if they were nowhere near playoff contention, it would be a disaster.
Which of the three they move I'm not sure. It's definetly not Doughty. Spence likely fetches a 2nd or 3rd in a Durzi type trade and can be replaced by DeMelo/Desharnais/Tanev or any other DFD. That is likely the plan.
But to say Clarke is untouchable is absurd. Pretty much every insider reported at the deadline that he was on the table. LA fans don't want him to move cause he has Erik Karlsson type potential but as the other poster said, those fans don't understand the current window has 1-3 years.
There isn't a window in 5 years from now. Dubois killed that. If they still had Byfield/Dubois(as a 1C)/Fiala/Spence/Clarke/Andersson after Doughty/Kopitar left then he would be untouchable.
Now they have nobody to play down the middle and no goalie. It's too many holes to consider that a window. Kings will either retool (highly unlikely) or go all in next year.
The Fiala for Saros/Marner for Clarke suggestions isn't far off from what LA management is actually thinking. Ulmark is their goalie target but I can see them trading a winger for Ulmark then trading Clarke for Marner. That would make them an instant top contender next season.