Random Kings-Centric Reactions to the Trade Buffet
by Quisp on Mar 3, 2010 2:28 PM PST
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Print- I predicted Lombardi would go for a bottom-six sandpapery veteran and a depth defenseman. I was half right.
- Both Modin and Halpern have the Lombardi traits: leadership, veteran presence, grit, guts. Not to mention skill. That's all good.
- Halpern, combined with Handzus and Stoll, makes the Kings formidable on face-offs.
- I am not celebrating the departure of Teddy Purcell. He is going to score 25-30 goals for Tampa next year. Puck Daddy must at least to some small extent agree with me, or he wouldn't have given the trade three Milbury heads.
- Purcell
hashad the lowest GA/60 of anyone on the Kings. - Barring injuries, when Williams comes back there will only be room for one of Clune, Parse or Moller.
- Yes, I know Moller and Cliche were just sent down to Manchester.
- The Kings did not pick up a depth defenseman. I guess this means DL/TM think Drewiske will be back to 100% by the playoffs. I'm a little worried about someone getting hurt, because all we've got in Manchester is Martinez.
- I know we've got Voynov, but it wouldn't be the ideal time to get him into his first NHL game.
- Terry Murray said today that the new guys will start out on the fourth line tomorrow. But I think the idea has to be for Modin to play on the second line with Stoll and Brown (after Williams comes back and Brown drops back down from the first unit).
- I'm guessing the lines (post-Williams return) will be:
- Calgary and Edmonton appear to be idiots.
- Anaheim got Lubo, which sucks, but
- Anaheim is not going to go 13-5-2 to close out the season, so
- Anaheim is not going to make the playoffs.
- Phoenix has gone trade nutty, but I'm not sure what that's going to do for them. It might be good. But I don't know how you add that many players without messing with chemistry. It's a bad time to have a second training camp.
- I had been reading on somebody's message board that there was no way Burke would be dealing Ponikarovsky for something so stupid as (someone's suggestion, not mine) Purcell and a 3rd. Then Burke traded "Poni" for Caputi (sub-Purcell) and Skoula, whom he then flipped for a 5th. And it turns out Burke turned down a 2nd and a 4th, in favor of Caputi and the (eventual) 5th. So, as far as the leafs fans who thought the return for "Poni" was going to be a 1st or some wonderful package, this is what you call an "optimism bias."
- Last thought: are we sure all the trades have been announced?
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I'm sorry to see Teddy go, too
But I think it was becoming increasingly clear that he was at a dead end with the Kings. I agree that he should do well with the Lightning, who need him more than the Kings do, and who will give him a fresh start.
It occurs to me that the Kings are trying to look at as many of their young players who might be ready for prime time before the entry-level contracts run out. Parse, Segal, Clune and Cliche have all had their chances this year, and only Segal was found truly unworthy. I expect this process will continue next year, and it kind of made Purcell the old toy sitting in the back of the closet.
I got the impression that the...
… three Milbury heads were pointed at Tampa Bay and not the Kings based on this comment:
“As for Purcell, the majority opinion on Purcell is that he ran out of chances in LA and, in the opinion of one observer, is “soft as a pillow.” Sounds like a 3 Milbury trade at the moment."
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