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Clarke4Norris
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Los Angeles Kings
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Carolina Hurricanes
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Forum: Armchair-GMOct. 7, 2023 at 11:31 a.m.
Thread: The Ofseason They should of have done
Lots wrong here, Vladar had a worse save percentage than Copley, Tablot, and Rittich last season. The Kings want an experienced goalie in net, you can't have your two starters combine for ~100 games. The center depth here is much worse than what the Kings currently have, and at wing the Kings have 3 30+ goal scorers on 3 lines (Kempe, Fiala, Arvidsson). Durzi and Clarke might be an offensive duo but both don't really play great in their own zone, you need to have a stay-at-home with one of those guys, last season Roy had to babysit Durzi, who had the lowest +/- on the team at -12.

Bringing back dowd would be nice and all but Lizotte actually can ice the third line and has chemistry with a lot of Kings, it's a lateral move at best.

Byfield playing on the top-line is better for his progression than playing as a shutdown center.

The trade worked for LA because they have Iafallo's role covered by Lewis and Moore. They have better players than Kupari. Durzi was basically Jack Johnson 2.0. What this came down to is LA better with PLD or Vilardi, and because PLD is a center who is less injury prone I think I can understand the moves.
Forum: NHL SigningsApr. 12, 2023 at 12:41 p.m.
Thread: Carolina Hurricanes signed Yaniv Perets (2 Years / $805,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jpsnow13</b></div><div>One one side, <strong>NCAA goalie prospects rarely become impact players in the NHL</strong> and his size only add doubts.

On the other side, as a Habs fan, I am sooo jealous that Carolina signed our hometown boy after his championship when we so desperately need depth at this position.</div></div>

Really?

Connor Hellebuyck
Jake Oettinger
Thatcher Demko
Jeremy Swayman
Ryan Miller
Cory Schneider
Jimmy Howard
Ben Bishop
Curtis Joseph
Mike Richter
Ed Belfour
Marty Turco
Jim Craig
Tim Thomas
Jonathan Quick
Rick DiPietro
Ken Dryden
Tony Esposito
Al Montoya
Dwayne Roloson
Darren Puppa
Robb Stauber
Chris Terreri
Mike Dunham
Curtis McElhinney

...and countless others

Not to mention other guys playing now...Pheonix Copley, Talbot, Lyon, Knight, Lindgren, Stolarz, Woll, DeSmith, Elliott, Daccord, Petersen, Kinkaid, Gillies, Stalock, etc
Prospetcs Levi, Commesso, Chrona, Dobes, Bussi, etc

NHL gets a lot of their goalies from NCAA.