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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 14 at 11:48 a.m.
Thread: RB needs to figure it out
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KINGS67</b></div><div>Spence would be the guy most likely not Clarke.

Byfield isn’t going anywhere.

Kaliyev should be apart of the deal.

Spence/Roy, Kaliyev and a pick or 2 depending on if a 1st is involved is my guess.</div></div>

I'm gonna go ahead and say Roy is a nice piece and certainly one the Preds would like, but not one they would want on this deal. He doesn't fit the timeline of their "rebuild/retool". I could see Spence being a part of the deal, but I don't know how Trotz views his upside. I'm sure they're also interested in someone like Turcotte who's around the same age and has a fair amount of upside.

The fact that some of these guys will also need new contracts is probably an issue too. I don't think Trotz would want to trade for a guy who hasn't played a game for us and then have to worry about getting them extended the same season
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 11 at 11:50 a.m.
Thread: What Id do
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RipNasty</b></div><div>This is surprising from you. Dubois was a bad trade and signing and definitely is going to cost you. Paying 8 million for a 3rd line (that's how he often plays) is really bad. Getting a guy who without a doubt becomes your best player for him and the rest is a big win.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RipNasty</b></div><div>Marner is the best player ever to play with absolutely no value. It's incredible. Guy could win the hard and art Ross and still have no value.</div></div>
It's a little premature to say that DuBois was a bad trade and a bad signing. If I remember correctly, Jeff Skinner looked like one of the worst signings of all time when he recorded only 37 points in 112 games his first two seasons there. Patience is a virtue.

Nobody thinks that Mitch Marner has no value, especially Kings fans. Our antipathy to having anything to do with him is the cost of his acquisition and his salary structure. Giving up our anticipated future #1RhD, a first and two seconds (never mind abandoning the DuBois attempt) for one year of Marner would be moronic asset management even if he were to win the Conn Smythe in his one season with us. Los Angeles fans have dynastic ambitions, not transitory ones.

Selling DuBois at a low point would be just as stupid and criminal as Anaheim selling Trevor Zegras at his low point.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 29 at 11:18 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 28 at 8:28 p.m.
Thread: Turcotte and Knight 2026
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>KINGS67</b></div><div>I just don’t know if swapping prospects is the right trade. I could be wrong. Turcotte looked pretty good today.

I’d be for trading someone like grundstrom to try and get a bit better but I doubt he gets a prospect like Clarke. Maybe add lizotte to him. I’ve said before I wouldn’t mind possibly Kaliyev to get a prospect like Stillman or now maybe Clarke</div></div>

I like Turcotte because he can play both sides of puck, can skate, play fast. There have been a handful of guys that have come here and instantly looked slow. He is also close with Hughes brothers and would probably fit right in.

Grundstrom maybe as we have had Nolan Foote and Thomas Nosek (two guys battling for 4LW) both hurt all year. We have even used a dman in that spot a few times. Kaliyev should be nice trade asset, but I don’t think he fills a need…others will pay more.