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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 21, 2018 at 4:30 p.m.
Thread: Bs-LA
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tkecanuck341</b></div><div>Kings already have a lot of lefties that play on the right side. Fantenberg and Martinez are both left handed guys that play on the right. If they were going to trade a quality piece like Toffoli for a defenseman, it would be for a RHD. Between Brickley, Walker, MacDermid, and Clague, the Kings already have enough lefties in the farm system. They don't need another.

As the guy who made this trade proposal said, this trade would be made if the Kings keep sucking and go rebuild. If they do that, they're not going to want 22+ year old players. They're going to want draft picks and 18-20 year olds that will be in their prime when the Kings are ready to compete again. I'm sure Donato and Lauzon are potentially quality players, but they're not significantly younger than Toffoli and are only a few seasons removed from being UFAs. That's not what the Kings would target if they decided to trade Toffoli.

Finally, the Kings system suppresses scoring. There's a reason why players like Brian Boyle can't score with the Kings, then move to the East and put up double digit numbers. It's the same reason why when the Kings bring in players like Jeff Carter that scored 40g+ in the East, and can only manage 20-30g for the Kings. The Kings have only produced 4 players with 30g seasons since Terry Murray converted the Kings into the defense-first system that they've played since 2008. Those players are Anze Kopitar, Alexander Frolov, Jeff Carter, and Tyler Toffoli. Toffoli would be a 40g scorer on an Eastern conference team. Donato would be, at best, a 10-15g scorer on the Kings.

Bruins might pass on this deal, but so would the Kings.</div></div>

Donato is a perfect for LA, he is fast and can shoot. Put that with Kopitar or Carter and that's dangerous, also LA is a deathly slow team Donato can help that. As LA's defense corps on the left side, would you rather have 33 yr old cone Phaneuf or start transitioning to younger, mobile defensemen (like Lauzon). Can buyout Phaneuf at years end. The draft pick was a throw in, but the B's will not trade their first rounder this year. As far as I'm concerned this is a more risky deal for the Bruins as they are somewhat hedging their future to maximize the Bergeron, Marchand, Chara, Krejci era. LA's window is closed as far as I see it.