tkecanuck341

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Forum: Armchair-GMMon at 10:45 pm
Thread: Tampa fans whats the asking price for Sergavhev
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ZiggyPalffy</b></div><div>Thanks! I agree. Kings are probably better off hoping they get Clarke or hopefully Grans or Faber can take on the 2RD someday.</div></div>

I don't know that I understand what one has to do with the other. If the Kings are trading for Sergachev, it's because they think they don't have a LHD prospect in the system capable of rising to the level of 1LD. They're very high on Bjornfot, but it remains to be seen whether he can be a top-pairing guy or if he'll cap at the 2nd pair. Sergachev gives them a proven top-pairing guy for a decade or more.

If they were sold on Faber or Grans for the 2RD spot, they might be more willing to trade other futures, not less. Quite the opposite, I think the Kings are very much in a "wait and see" holding pattern right now, and don't want to move any assets to fill gaps that they may or may not have before they are able to assess how their prospects will develop.
Forum: Armchair-GMMon at 7:18 pm
Thread: Tampa fans whats the asking price for Sergavhev
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ZiggyPalffy</b></div><div>When you take into account how long Vilardi didn't play hockey or even train/workout before those AHL games it might make you wonder how much better those numbers would be if he wasn't injured and had been doing that... Vilardi was a projected top 5 pick and slip mostly because of his skating. He would have made the team that year had he not been injured.

I'm not going to go back and fourth about numbers and whether or not Vilardi is a 2C when you are 100% capable of watching him yourself and watch how he carried himself and his complete two way game against other top 6 NHL players.

To say Vilardi is nothing, but a prospect is "naive" especially coming from a numbers guy who doesn't watch hockey. Vilardi is the Kings 2C, he was the last 10 games and he will be next year. He performed like a 2C and he will again and we have evidence from last season to be confident he will do so again. Most people also have him as a Calder finalist, but nevermind that.

<a href="/users/tkecanuck341" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@tkecanuck341</a> I would love to hear your insight on this if you'd be willing to share.</div></div>

Kings fans want to acquire Sergachev without giving up very much (i.e. a 2nd round pick and a couple A-/B+ prospects). Tampa fans don't want to trade Sergachev, but if they do, they want a Kings ransom (i.e. a lottery pick and Vilardi) in return. The answer, like most things, is probably somewhere in the middle. You're not going to get Sergachev for that return, but you're not going to get Vilardi/Turcotte/Byfield/Bjornfot/Grans plus a 1st round pick either.

I suspect the actual price would be a 2nd round pick and Vilardi or Turcotte, or a 2021 1st (top 5 protected) and Kupari or Thomas. As a Kings fan, I wouldn't do either one, but that's what the price would be.

Realistically, I don't think there's any chance Sergachev ends up in any jersey other than Tampa's.
Forum: Armchair-GMNov 18 at 10:22
Thread: Just wait for next year oh man
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ZiggyPalffy</b></div><div>Letting them take Lizotte is a mistake. I rather protect Lizotte than Walker. Or trade Walker before hand then protect Lizotte.</div></div>

Defensemen are more valuable than forwards on the expansion market. We saw that with Vegas. Vegas took the required number of forwards and goaltenders, then took defensemen with all of the remaining elective picks. A second-pairing defenseman has significantly more value than a bottom-six forward.

Additionally, with Walker's freshly signed team-friendly contract, he's likely not going anywhere anytime soon. The Kings would trade Roy (his contract expires next summer) before they traded Walker.

Due to his potential upside and what they gave up to get him, I think the Kings would protect Andersson over Lizotte right now, but that could change based off each player's performance this coming season. If Andersson has a rough year in Sweden and Lizotte has another quality season, it's possible that the Kings choose to protect Lizotte over Andersson with their final forward protection slot. So far Anderssen has 6 points in 8 games (he missed 5 games due to a suspension) with HV71 in the SHL.
Forum: Fauteuil - DGNov 12 at 4:48
Forum: Armchair-GMNov 11 at 4:38
Thread: I Wonder if This Works
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>JaredOfLondon</b></div><div>remember when i said other people have watched him play? Yeah, i was talking about me, and again i retort, he has never shown anything that he could be a capable starter. He's looked like his ceiling is good backup for 95% of his career.</div></div>

Then we disagree. I watched him play every game of his NHL career (except the one for Dallas, of which I only caught highlights), including most of the home games in person. He flat out stole many games that the Kings had no business winning and was frankly the better option for LA in net. It's hard to go with a rookie over your franchise goaltender though.

Now, if your argument is that he hasn't shown that he can sustain that play over a full NHL season since he capped out at 31 games in 2018-19, then I will concede that point. However, the level of play that he brought during the games he did play in was every bit consistent with that of a starting goaltender.