2024-01-11 17:13:11
The Los Angeles Kings are a good NHL team, but they’re not exactly a powerhouse. With 47 points in 37 matches, 11 clubs are ahead of them in the standings.
We might expect to see them higher… and certainly not, as of January 11, 2024, behind the Flyers. The Flyers.
Obviously, we can think that the club will want to improve on the sidelines of the trade deadline. Improvements might come, on paper, through an addition in front of the net or on offense.
The blue line is not the problem: the club has only given up 90 goals this season, placing it first in the NHL in this regard.
Among the goalkeepers, David Pagnotta tells us that the club is ultimately no longer interested in the idea of looking for a goalkeeper to replace Phoenix Copley, whose season is over.
He also mentions in passing that Jake Allen no longer seems to be an option for them. Remember that Marc Bergevin works for the Kings.
We can certainly think that the performances of the Canadian goaltender – as well as his contract – have cooled the Kings’ enthusiasm, but we can also think that the projected space under the ceiling of $1,941 is a brake on the addition of n any cerberus. Not just Allen.
For now, it sounds like the only big #GoKingsGo add this season will be internal, when Viktor Arvidsson returns next month. As of today, Kings don’t expect to be players in the rental game this season.
— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) January 11, 2024
According to Pagnotta, the Kings’ “addition” this season should be Viktor Arvidsson, who will return from injury. He doesn’t expect, due to the club’s cash slack, to see the Kings be big players in the rental player market by March 8.
And for that, we can undoubtedly point the finger at Pierre-Luc Dubois.
After all, if the problem is not defensively (fewer goals allowed in the league, I remind you), we see that the problem is offensively. With 123 goals, the club is 18th in the league.
Let’s say that with his meager production, Dubois is not doing his part in an attack that must give more. We agree on that.
(Credit: Hockey DB)
It is precisely to compensate for his lack of attack that the Kings should move if they want to win, but his contract of $8.5 million per season is necessarily blocking them at the moment.
If only they had a cheaper Gabriel Vilardi…
When you look at the Kings’ top earners, you realize that offensively, they all give their team a lot of bang for their buck. Pierre-Luc Dubois and defender Vladislav Gavrikov are the exceptions.
Let’s say that Dubois, who sees Kings fans not being satisfied customers at the moment, must find the time a bit long.
A lot of
– When will Mikhail Sergachev return to the game? Not right away.
Jon Cooper said there is no update on the status of D Mikhail Sergachev, who he said is not skating and remains out week-to-week #GoBolts #TBLightning
— Lightning Insider (@Erik_Erlendsson) January 11, 2024
– Tough season for the Quebecer.
Marc-Edouard Vlasic should play this evening once morest CH.
His last match was on January 4.
1 assist in 19 games this season. Differential of -12.
— Anthony Martineau (@Antho_Martineau) January 11, 2024
– Logic.
Trading Cutter Gauthier wasn’t easy for Daniel Brière, but he’s happy with the return of Jamie Drysdale! pic.twitter.com/pBU0aHnQSW
— RDS (@RDSca) January 11, 2024
– Jeff Skinner still injured for a little bit.
Jeff Skinner is week-to-week with an upper-body injury.
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) January 11, 2024
– It will be even higher in 2025.
And the former Blue Jays will only climb this ranking in 2024.
— Passion MLB (@passion_mlb) January 11, 2024
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