Kings back to the throne

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Created by: Robinho3799

Team: 2024-25 Los Angeles Kings

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 16, 2024

Published: Apr. 24, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The thoughts are the following:

- The Kings need to re-sign Byfield (probably to a 3 year bridge deal due to cap space reasons)
- Matt Roy won't be re-signed and will probably sign in his hometown with Detroit, maybe TOR or another team from the East
- The Kings should sign a decent winger to skate with PLD in a retention deal, to make the cap space work out (Kuznetsov 3 team trade)
- Kaliyev needs a change of scenery and could get going for example with the Devils (late 2nd or early 3rd round pick in return)
- I heard from CHI fans, that they're looking for a center (if not CHI, maybe BOS is an option, as they want another center)
- The Kings should re-sign Lizotte, Thomas and ****emo, who could be an ideal 4th line
- Jordan Spence is having a solid season and should be re-signed
- Brandt Clarke is ready for his first full NHL season and needs to close the gap with Spence with regards to Matt Roy leaving
- Rittich should be re-signed after a phenomenal season with great stats and good games
- Hopefully, a tandem Nedeljkovic/Rittich can give the Kings solid goaltending for a full season
- MacDermid returns and could complete the 11-7 formation any time it's needed
- Bellemare can jump in in case of injury etc. and provide the 4th line with experience and grit

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Fagemo, Samuel	1	$775,000
Lizotte, Blake	3	$1,800,000
Thomas, Akil	1	$775,000
Byfield, Quinton	3	$5,200,000
Spence, Jordan	2	$1,400,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Rittich, David	2	$1,000,000
MacDermid, Kurtis	2	$950,000
Bellemare, Pierre-Édouard	1	$775,000
Nedeljkovic, Alex	4	$2,850,000
Arvidsson, Viktor	4	$4,000,000

Trades

LAK

2024 2nd round pick (CHI)
2025 4th round pick (CHI)

CHI

Turcotte, Alex [RFA Rights]

LAK

2025 2nd round pick (WPG)

NJD

Kaliyev, Arthur [RFA Rights]

LAK

Kuznetsov, Evgeny ($1,950,000 retained)

CAR

Grundström, Carl [RFA Rights]
Laferriere, Alex

LAK

CBJ

Hughes, Jack [Reserve List]
2025 4th round pick (LAK)

Additional Details:

Any Team:
Retaining Carolina's 50 % of the Kuznetsovs salary

Retained Salary Transactions

Ivan Provorov: $2,025,000 (30%)

Termination Fees

Mike Richards: $700,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$87,500,000	$87,488,333	$1,850,000	$850,000	$11,667

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Byfield, Quinton $5,200,000$5,200,000 LW, C RFA	Kopitar, Anze $7,000,000$7,000,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Kempe, Adrian $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Kuznetsov, Evgeny $1,950,000$1,950,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Dubois, Pierre-Luc $8,500,000$8,500,000 C NMC UFA - 7	Fiala, Kevin $7,875,000$7,875,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 5
Moore, Trevor $4,200,000$4,200,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Danault, Phillip $5,500,000$5,500,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Arvidsson, Viktor $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW UFA
Fagemo, Samuel $775,000$775,000 LW, RW RFA	Lizotte, Blake $1,800,000$1,800,000 C RFA	Thomas, Akil $775,000$775,000 C RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Anderson, Michael $4,125,000$4,125,000 LD UFA - 7	Doughty, Drew $11,000,000$11,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Nedeljkovic, Alex $2,850,000$2,850,000 G UFA
Gavrikov, Vladislav $5,875,000$5,875,000 LD NMC UFA - 1	Clarke, Brandt $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) RD RFA - 2	Rittich, David $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA
Englund, Andreas $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Spence, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 RD RFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
MacDermid, Kurtis $950,000$950,000 LD/RD, LW UFA
Bellemare, Pierre-Édouard $775,000$775,000 C, LW UFA

Taxi Squad
Moverare, Jacob $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Arvidsson, V.		Kopitar, A.		Kempe, A.
	Doughty, D.		Fiala, K.

Power Play 2
Byfield, Q.		Danault, P.		Kuznetsov, E.
	Clarke, B.		Dubois, P.

Penalty Kill 1
	Kopitar, A.	Kempe, A.
	Anderson, M.	Doughty, D.

Penalty Kill 2
	Danault, P.	Moore, T.
	Gavrikov, V.	Spence, J.

Apr. 24 at 7:41 a.m.

ecupirate07

Joined: Jun. 2020

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Canes would just take a pick at that point. Neither if those guys are real roster threats

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Apr. 24 at 7:48 a.m.

Robinho3799

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Quoting: ecupirate07

Canes would just take a pick at that point. Neither if those guys are real roster threats

Which pick would be realistic in your opinion?
Maybe Grundstrom and Laferriere are no roster threats but they are cheap options the Canes may need to get a decent roster with players like Jarvis, Necas, Teravainen and half of the defense being Free Agents and being in need of new deals

Apr. 24 at 8:01 a.m.

NJDevils1317

Joined: Aug. 2021

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AK is not worth a 2nd, or really right now an early 3rd on just the "buy for potential" argument. Devils pass.

Apr. 24 at 8:19 a.m.

ecupirate07

Joined: Jun. 2020

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Quoting: Robinho3799

A middle round pick, nothing crazy, is the value. It’ll be a decision to see if that is worth it for us

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Apr. 24 at 8:32 a.m.

JK74

Joined: Oct. 2022

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I believe your assessment of Turcotte's value is way off. On top of that I don't believe Chicago would have any interest in him. Especially at that price.

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Apr. 24 at 8:39 a.m.

SociallyHawkward

Joined: Apr. 2019

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Hawks could use a future 2C but turcotte hasn't shown he's capable of being that guy. He's also pretty small and the hawks desperately need some more size in their forward group. If this is the price of turcotte the hawks will look elsewhere.

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Apr. 24 at 8:41 a.m.

NJDevils1317

Joined: Aug. 2021

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Quoting: JK74

I believe your assessment of Turcotte's value is way off. On top of that I don't believe Chicago would have any interest in him. Especially at that price.

I would do a late 3rd for Turcotte if I was desperate at center for my farm system, but I can't see buying much more because he was a high pick....you buy the player they are now, not what a team thought they'd be. If LAK didn't develop him right, it shouldn't be up to another team to pay for the opportunity to do what they couldn't.

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Apr. 24 at 9:23 a.m.

Hawksguy81

Joined: Nov. 2022

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Hawks do need an NHL caliber middle 6 C. But Turcotte has done nothing yet to show he can be that player. He's just another roll of the dice at this point. Definitely not worth pick #34 in the draft. Easy pass for the Hawks.

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