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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 25, 2018 at 10:27 p.m.
Thread: Panarin its happening
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>coga16</b></div><div>If Panarin was gong to sign where hes buddy is at...it would be in St Louis with Tarasenko. Thats his best bud in the NHL and from back in Russia

I wouldn't be shocked to see Ilya try to get out of LA before the end of this season. This is not what he signed up for, playing 3rd line minutes with some scrubs</div></div>

Kovy is 4th among forwards in ATOI? Not sure how that equates to 3rd line minutes. Sure he's been away from his usual spot with Carter and Toff, but at the same time I wouldn't call Kempe 'some scrub' either. Kids pretty decent.

If the Panarin camp is really looking for a paycheck of 10-10.5 million after this season, I'm not 100% sure St. Louis would be able to fit that, though crazier things have happened lately in the NHL lol. It's really gonna be a wait and see kind of thing with that. There's a number of markets out there that match his wants.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 22, 2018 at 3:39 p.m.
Thread: A New King in the Crease
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tkecanuck341</b></div><div>If Quick goes anywhere, it's likely going to be to Seattle in the expansion draft. It's worth keeping him around for that reason alone, since making Quick available would distract them from going after a young forward or defenseman instead.</div></div>

Let's just say for this hypothetical scenario that Necas stays in the AHL once he comes to LA and Luff and Wagner play the mandatory games required over this year and next year, and that Seattle gets their draft for the expected 2020-21 season.

Because its rumoured that the Seattle draft will use the same rules as the Vegas draft, this would exclude most of our young players that are worth protecting, even if they all made the NHL in the 2019-20 season (Clague, Brickley, Kupari, Thomas, Vilardi, Anderson-Dolan, etc.)

With that in mind, this is the likely protection list if every player listed above remains with the Kings until the draft:

Forwards:
Anze Kopitar (NMC)
Ilya Kovalchuk (NMC)
Jeff Carter
Tyler Toffoli
Adrian Kempe
Alex Iafallo
And say, Matt Luff for the 7th forward

Defencemen:
Drew Doughty (NMC)
Dion Phaneuf (NMC)
Jake Muzzin

And that would leave Cal Petersen for the goalie

This would leave Austin Wagner, Michael Amadio, Jonny Brodzinski, Jack Campbell, Alec Martinez, Trevor Lewis, etc as the most desirable players available, and trading to protect Wagner and Amadio wouldn't be too tough I would think.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 14, 2018 at 12:40 p.m.