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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 26, 2023 at 2:46 p.m.
Thread: Dubois
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tkecanuck341</b></div><div>It's been a problem for a while, and one of the reasons why Vilardi being involved in trade rumors didn't make much sense. However, if Vilardi is playing hardball in contract negotiations as rumored, he's buying himself a one-way ticket to Winnipeg.

A lot of Kings fans are speculating that the Kings are floating the "Vilardi for PLD" rumor to scare Vilardi into signing a team friendly extension.</div></div>. I hadn’t heard this but it makes sense. I can’t remember the timeline exactly but I read a year or two ago that someone close to Vilardi said he wasn’t happy with how LA handled his back rehabilitation and that at the earliest notice he would leave the organization. It’s nearly impossible to verify this sort of information but if it’s true, then an actual trade involving him makes sense. TBH, not just the lefty/righty issue but I would much rather keep Gabe over trading for PLD personally. His hands are otherworldly and with his size and shot, plus his defensive metrics were outstanding last year or so I’m told. That’s the kind of young player I’d want. Not a guy who has and will leave his second organization in the near future
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 23, 2023 at 1:07 p.m.
Thread: Difficult Decisions
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MNKingsFan</b></div><div>I’m wondering if a Kings fan can explain to me why we’re interested in PLD. Is his ceiling higher than his past production? If not, I’m not seeing the benefit in throwing so many assets at a guy who’s never been happy with his situation and is expecting to be paid like a 1C. I personally hope they don’t pull the trigger.</div></div>
The easy answer is time to allow Byfield to develop into the Center the team drafted him to be. He’s a bit behind on his development due to injuries mainly so PLD entering his prime could become the # 1 center when Kopitar retires and Danault can slot into the 3C and hopefully Byfield could at least be the 2C by then. I’m apprehensive about him being unsatisfied too but Columbus and Winnipeg as markets leave a lot to be desired. Not sure how it will shake out but it’s fun to pretend on here so why not
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 23, 2023 at 12:39 p.m.
Thread: Difficult Decisions
We can agree to disagree about Turcotte but his underlying stats in the AHL are excellent(good predictor of future success)and he makes everyone he plays with better, when he’s not injured of course. Iafallo is signed for 2 seasons and produced a 48 point rate per 82 games this season, plus plays responsible and can play up and down the lineup and is good defensively. I can understand the bias against his age but objectively he does produce to his contract. Arvidsson same thing. He scored only 4 less points than Dubois in only 4 more games. It’s easy to surmise that he produces to his contract. If anything you could argue Dubois produces the least relative to his contract of all 3 players. I also named it difficult decisions because contrary to your belief, most Kings fans would say that these would not be all pieces that we would just want to get rid of for low value etc. Time will tell what Winnipegs return will be and if with such a massive departure of much of their core if they will be even remotely competitive when they almost missed the playoffs this season already as it is. Of course trades don’t happen the way fans want, then why participate in the website at all then. Lol
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 23, 2023 at 11:21 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 13, 2022 at 4:50 a.m.
Thread: 3-way trade
Durzi is talented but I don’t think he’s long for staying with LA because of the over abundance of RHD they have in LA or in Ontario. I know they’re high on Helge Grans who will get his shot with LA sooner than later but Brandt Clarke is held in the highest regard and some say could push for a spot at 19 but I think he should go back to the OHL for one more season. One guy who has a lot of upside and maybe not on everyone’s radar is Jordan Spence. He was best defenseman in the QMJHL in one of the seasons and he was more than a point per game player his last season there. He had 42 points in 46 AHL games this past season and was on the top PP unit. I believe he was first all team in the league as a rookie in the AHL as well and he was a 4th round pick. Sneaky good pick by their scouting staff and he’s someone who I’d look out for as early as this season