Another fail by Blake to not get anything for Roy! He is a terrible GM.

I don't picture how this team is going to be any better. Goals against in particular will rise dramatically & I feel we’re going to take a step back. Roy has been an analytic darling defensively for the last 5 seasons with us. Stay at home RHD are hard to replace.

@flyingiguana409

5 күн бұрын

we got clark to replace him. paid him with gavrikov

@Tombauer97

5 күн бұрын

@@flyingiguana409 Gavrikov and Clarke are not good defensively as Roy.

@flyingiguana409

5 күн бұрын

@@Tombauer97 better offense and i don't think the pairing will be a big dropoff

The could probably have acquired a 1st pick plus a player to improve the bottom 6. Clarke would have given us extra offence and we’d have been saved from Roy’s poor net coverage and defensive zone giveaways. I was for trading him since the start of the season. That said half the people complaining now would be still complaining if Blake had moved him.

Thanks for all you do Eddie.

Clarke would probably take his place

No way. The right thing to do would have been to let Gavrikov walk after a ‘22-‘23 rental to save room for Roy’s new contract.

Mat Roy is hopefully coming home to Detroit, We can use him on the 2nd pairing RHD.

With Spencer and Clarke coming in and both have millions less in cap hits. If Roy walks in am not that worried. He is in line for a raise and he has earned every penny of it. Not bad for a 7th round pick but since he's 6 years older than Spencer and 8 years older than Clarke the writing is on the wall. We will be fine. Probably even improved.

I can not disagree with you more Matt Roy is going to be a massive loss to the blueline, all of Clarke's offense will not replace the loss of Roy's defense, there isn't an upgrade out there so why move on, just because you want a left-right balance, screw that play the best players, they'll adapt, although i came to grips with Roy walking when Gavrikov got $5.8, i doubt LA would have made the playoffs without Roy, what he brings is so underrated and despite the PK in the playoffs (alot harder to defend Mcdavid, Draisaitl and Hymen, 12 ft from the net, when your D partner is nowhere to be found), remember this the only time McDavid went at Matt Roy, at even strength in the playoffs, he ended up on his ass, after skating through 4 Kings, no one defends McDavid better than Roy, and as far as Walker he didn't have a spot on the roster and was traded to PHI more to give him a shot to play top 4 minutes and Walker wasnt traded for a 1st Johanson's contract made it a 1st, Walker in LA, after 2 major injuries in consecutive seasons flat out didn't have the trade value and no roster spot available and by trading him Grans and a 2nd (in other words 2 2nds and an undrafted player without a spot) they cleared $5.7 mil in unusable cap,bBlake is doing a better job than the haters are willing to give credit slow down and let the artist paint

I liked walker just as much as roy if not more roy should have bin traded at the deadline for another defenseman with some term not just give him away Eddie but the kings should have got something and not hurting the team

Don't be surprised if the Kings have Spence on the trading block now that this trade was made. Spence was going to cost the Kings way more than Burroughs. Maybe the Rob wants to resign Arvidsson and trading Spence would clear up some cap space. Maybe trading Spence with their 1st pick for a better 1st pick?

Making trades and dealing for free agents is not rocket science, but Blake wants it to be like rocket science although he isn’t a rocket scientist. Blake maybe makes his personnel decisions at his favorite Sports Bar in the South Bay beaches over pitchers of beer and a plate of nachos and guacamole.

Clarke will be fine replacing Roy, bring in some offence (Toffoli) and prey the goaltending holds up.

In hind sight the Kings should have used Roy in the Fiala deal and brought up Faber.

Man, was hoping that the Kings could keep Roy but I get it. Oh well…

Good luck Grundy..

Should’ve traded him away still can. Hopefully kings trade him during the draft

Wouldn’t surprise me to see Andre Lee make it and take Tonka’s place on the 4th line. And…maybe then Sammy Helenius next year

@photoguy49

5 күн бұрын

I find it absolutely befuddling why so many are so high on Lee, including Russell Morgan. I’ve watched a lot of ONT games and there just isn’t a lot of “there” there with Lee. He’s nothing like Nolan was, barely even a Dwight King type. The only thing going for him at this point is he’s an average skater who is on a cheap ELC. Very strange fascination with #26 in ONT. 🤔

@robertbougher8820

5 күн бұрын

@@photoguy49 LMAO

Figures, Blake asleep at the wheel again

Hi Eddie, you are being unrealistic in saying Matt Roy should have been traded. I could see right now if the Kings had traded him, you'd be saying "maybe the Kings could have Edmonton, had they not traded Matt." What I don't like from Rob is that he could have traded him now. Sure, you're not going to get much since he could walk from the team traded to. But letting him go for nothing hurts.

the more i hear Blake's resume, the more i'm impressed with his constant blunders, it's baffling... at this point, yeah, i think i can do a better job, i mean anyone of us can do these dumb mistakes no problem, what's his added value!??? i don't get it!

Thankfully he'll be GONE! He took way too many costly penalties. It wasnt just one or two games.