Free agency got underway and the Kings were very busy but did they get any better?? Top defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov has left while LA added 5 players including the much hated Cory Perry! What does the lineup look like now? That and more on this edition of Locked on LA Kings.
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28 Comments
Your line projections are exactly how i saw it myself.
Been a Kings fan longer than you and it's hockey, get over it! You sound like a friggin high school kid. I can't stand listening to you complain, get over it he's a King now so move on, every time I watch this all you do is dissect everything and criticize, you have no clue what's going to happen moving forward so shut up!
I think Holland is doing exactly what he said , making tweaks to get us farther , and think it will work we5her we think so atm or not .
Wrong again, how do you know what the lineup will be on July 1st? Annoying
Talk about the guys in the system for once, they've got talent
I don't think 7 mil for Gavrikov was the issue. I think he just didn't want to stay here. Just my theory.
Corey Perry is a death nell for the locker room. His career should have ended in Chicago as he hustled the wrong woman after lots of drinks. I fear he'll be another PLD in the room!!
Oilers fan here, you have the best analysis, Eddie! These moves are classic Holland: names everyone knows who have had decent careers but that are past their prime and overpaid. This is the 'guide and record book' decision-making you will come to hate as a Kings fan. Wishing you guys luck this year, regardless.
You failed to mention how much these players can improve special teams. Perry included,( I hate to say that). All around I honestly feel the team is better, adding size and experience is a good thing. Especially when it comes to rolling 4 lines. I heard on another podcast that Russian players like New York because of the large Russian population there. Don't know if that is true or not but maybe that is why Gavi went there.
One more thing I'd like to add is Holland brought up Greentree twice in his address about free agency. Maybe he gets a shot at making this team, if so Moore is probably gone.
Seeing Ceci in his 1st informal video conference call w/Reporters…Dude looked about as excited as Diddy getting served Warrants.
Gavrikov clearly did not want to sign with the Kings. It is hard to believe Holland did not offer 8 x $7M+. Maybe Gavrikov concluded that the coaching in the playoffs was so bad, he did not want to bet on the Kings management long term.
Right now I just hope the kings just extend Adrian Kempe at this point
None of these moves do anything for me and on top of that, I have to cheer for Katy Perry now.
Luc is the one to blame! He kept Blake forever even though he was mid! Now Holland is garbage! Nobody wants to play here! Hiller sucks ass! Kings management is total crap from top to bottom!
My first reaction was to throw my phone. And yes,I too, sighed. Damn Ken, this dude? But If Corey can just do his usual thing FOR LA it's definitely upgraded the 4th line.
Sigh. But other than that What is happening in 2025?!? Corey Perry is an LA King. We are living the upside down #GKG
Well…. At least we won’t be seeing Trevor Lewis anymore. (Take any little Wins you can get)😢
I don’t understand when people say I don’t like a player because he’s this kind of person… you don’t know him personally. You don’t know what he is like in real life or even in the locker room. Yes, I get the rivalry history and what he was in the past but to “hate” him as a person? But his teammates seem to like him. Doughty seems to like him. Management and the team seem like he can help. So what’s the problem?
People hate him because he’s a good player worth hating on. If he was a mediocre player, who cares. He’s been in the league for decades and he can still bring it in many different ways. So let’s all relax with your personal onions about a person you don’t know about and look forward to how he can help the team.
I was fine with the Armia, Forberg, and Doumblin signings.
But Ceci and Perry…Oh man, we are in trouble.
Gavrikov got 7×7 which is 49 million, the Kings could’ve offered 7×8 which would have been 6.125 million on the same 49 million. His previous contract was 5.68 million and he showed he could play right or left side and he filled in for Drew Doughty
The La Kings now will have the first ever grandpa line in NHL History
No they are not because they still have Drew doughty 😂😂😂😂
So what you’re saying is…you love Corey Perry
Do you think I will be a Kings fan with Katey Perry on the team? Will not happen! Go Avs Go. What at horrible day for thus far horrible hockey year. They absolutely blew it in the playoffs. All they had to do was Park and Ride in the 1st round and they would have trounced the TOILeters; but no, they (Hiller) decided that the 3rd Period should be played entirely in their own zone. Brilliant, just brilliant. Forget it, man. Maybe I would still be slightly supportive, but with Perry on the team and this bad GM, I will do what I have been doing with the Lakers the past few seasons and hope they lose every game. Oh, anyone still thinks Byfield and Clarke are the heir apparents? I have a bridge to sell you.
Yeah it's going to be weird to see Corry perry playing with Drew or Kopitar. Anyway Go kings Go always.
Gavrikov leaving really hurts.
What this is a joke
p.s. did management know something I didn't about Bowen Byrum ? Why didn't they try to recover from their stupidity in the 2019 draft?
I’m pretty sure Corey is here to protect the rookies like Clarke and turc