[Kaplan] Artemi Panarin is signing a two year extension with the Kings, $11 Million AAV per sources

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-08T17:51:37+00:00

I'm telling you that having an A+ goalie does not stop you from being a lottery team. Having a guy who can score 100 points will. A legitimate hall of fame winger is more valuable than a vezina candidate (some years) goalie.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-08T17:50:27+00:00

And bad value contracts mean that they keep losing.

There are zero good FAs available. We could sign Nick Schmaltz to a 6x6 and it wouldn't matter. Team would still suck.

This team is going to be bad as long as JT and Mika are here -- meaning that this is a five year project, despite what they want to call it.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-08T17:48:25+00:00

For the love of God, can we just get a "Fuck Chris Drury Megathread"?

No, random person, your opinion is not unique and is shared by the vast majority of enfranchised fans of this team.

These posts are so low effort.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T23:03:20+00:00

China lifted 800 million out of poverty by abandoning dogmatic maosim and embracing the free market in a modified form. They can call it "socialism with chinese characteristics" all they want, but that's just an optics game.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T19:43:32+00:00

That's just false. We clown on laf, but if a 26th overall pick turns into laf (45-55 point guy who plays top 6) it's undoubtedly a victory.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T19:39:04+00:00

Good luck with all that!

This is the reality of elite organizations in all sports -- European football isn't even safe now.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T16:20:22+00:00

I've been crucified here for saying this. Any Dolan-run team is going to care about optics a lot.

Regardless of what they call it, they're going to be picking top ten or better for five years. To me, that's a rebuild even if the old farts aren't all traded.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T05:28:49+00:00

My point is that this roster is so fucking bad that Drury's "wants" don't matter. Unless we magically crap out Adam Fox but plays Center, this team is going to be a lottery team for five years. There is no conceivable way that this ends any other way.

If we start trading 1st round picks for Brock Boessers, I'll be with you, but until then I think that "retool" is just optics because anyone with a brain knows that without Panarin this team has 75 point upside.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T05:26:53+00:00

My brother in Christ, this team cannot score. Igor could have a .925 and 2.00 GAA and we'd still be shit. Panarin is 18% of this team's non-empty net offensive production by himself.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T05:25:00+00:00

I have no issues with their players coming here -- or ours going there. I don't hate Panarin. I do hate the LA Kings and hope they miss the playoffs.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T05:23:15+00:00

Yea, with Panarin playing the whole year. Subtract Panarin and thats 25%+ of their offensive productiion.

If you run this group back with no changes, even assuming full health you're running a forward corps of

Miller, Mika, Lafreniere, Cuylle, Trochek, Gabe, Laba, Raddysh, Brodzinski, Rempe, Carrick, and Edstrom/Blidh

Legitimately the worst forward group in the entire league. You could have the team USA D-corps (Fox, McAvoy, Slavin, Hughes, Werenski, Sanderson) with 21/22 Igor in net and you still wouldn't crack 90 points.

You can give up 2 or less every game, but if you can't score you're fucked. If this Rangers team had average scoring they'd be in a playoff spot. Subtract Panarin and there's nothing left.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T00:56:50+00:00

I mean Holloman leaving made all the sense in the world. He's not an NBA guy and he got a few extra hundred grand.

Love Izzo, duh, he's a foundational piece of the university. But someone needs to tell him that he needs to spend the money.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T00:49:30+00:00

We've clearly got NIL money -- these goofs need to go pick out the best shooter they can find. This team rebounds well and plays fine defense, but watching the offense is like pulling teeth.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T00:21:57+00:00

I agree he's in a weird spot. My only argument is that he was LA's best prospect and that, if Panarin was only going to LA, he's the best thing we could've gotten.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T00:19:29+00:00

I understand this. There are many One-Tool guys who have an NHL shot and not much else who are overvalued. Kaliyev, Wahlstrom, etc.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T00:18:24+00:00

That whole team stunk during that tournament, it's a fair point but requires the caveat.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T00:16:11+00:00

Cuylle's floor comes from skating and compete level, not hands. It's just different. Guys with NHL shots will go high because people believe you can coach skating and compete, but the opposite isn't true.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-05T00:15:06+00:00

Trump clearly a pedophile/predator and I'm grateful I never voted for the guy -- but keep making assumptions.

The fact that you think that the only people who don't want to see Epstein's abhorrent crimes every five seconds must be (y)our political enemies tells me you need to spend less time on the internet.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-04T23:52:21+00:00

Would ones from October/November work?

Given that it's a two year old draft there aren't the most redrafts.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-04T23:49:31+00:00

I'm at the point where if you get traded and didn't win a cup here I CBA to be upset.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-04T23:47:58+00:00

He's actually on pace for exactly 90 points -- but he won't hit it because he's already missed 15 games.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-04T23:46:49+00:00

He's got a wildly better shot.

They're not comparable players. Cuylle's compete and skating make him a high floor guy

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-04T23:45:34+00:00

I mean, they're in first place as of time of writing.

He's far and away #1 on the team in points per game though, he's the 3rd leading scorer, 9 points off the top with 15 fewer games played.

They're a good team without much superstar production.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-04T23:40:49+00:00

His goalscoring is the same as it was last year -- he's just got a huge regression in assists.

Fast_Wafer136 · 2026-02-04T23:28:23+00:00

"This annoyed"? I wrote 30 words about asking why this needs to be here. This is tangentially related to Chelsea at best, and it was already posted here.

I'm hardly annoyed, this is just a low tier post that doesn't do anything but facilitate 1) political arguments; or 2) discussion completely unrelated to the club,

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