Posts Tagged ‘ Jarret Stoll ’

Loktionov omission is unconscionable

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September 22, 2012

Andrei Loktionov played 39 regular season games for the Kings, and 2 more in the playoffs. The cut-off to qualify to get your name on the cup is 41 regular season games, or one game in the Finals. Loktionov didn’t dress in the Finals, so I was prepared for the news that his name...
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Why I prefer to just say no to Doan

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July 10, 2012

Going into next season with the roster intact (which, by the way, is some kind of miracle) is a silver lining inside a cloud no-one is talking about yet. The conventional wisdom is that a huge contributing factor to Stanley Cup hangover is the fact that the team has just played 100+ games compared to...
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Whither Clifford?

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July 4, 2012

Of the six left wings mentioned -- Brown, Penner, Gagne, King, Nolan and Clifford -- one of them (Gagne) is almost certain to leave after next season (if he can even make it through 2012-13 healthy), and another (Penner) is not any kind of lock to return after next year either. I would say,...
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Will Stoll be here for three years?

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June 24, 2012

One of the advantages of signing players to cap-friendly contracts is that those contracts are tradeable assets. Would it be mean or disloyal for Lombardi to trade Stoll, say, at the trade deadline, or next summer, or anytime before his contract expires in 2015, considering that Stoll could have gotten more money signing...
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How many prospects make it? How long does it take?

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June 22, 2012

Short version: Two or three out of every ten picks will turn into a viable roster player. One, maaaybe two, of those will be someone special. And it takes two or three years from the draft for the player to develop, sometimes less, sometimes more. Long version: Class of 2000 (GM Dave Taylor) Alex...
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Hickey, Stoll, Azevedo, Loktionov and Nash (not a law firm)

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June 19, 2012

Hockey Buzz (Matt Barry): Rumors Depending on who you talk to, Kings former #4 pick and RFA (with a 1.3 mil NHL cap hit) Thomas Hickey has asked to be traded. The Kings don’t have 2nd or 3rd round picks this year and Lombardi and his staff have made a killing in the 2nd...
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Is signing Jarret Stoll a “must-do”?

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June 13, 2012

If you're comparing Stoll to Loktionov, don't forget that Loktionov is going to get older and better, while Stoll is going to get older and worse. I don't think Loktionov is going to have too much trouble scoring 20+ goals a year, once he starts getting a regular shift. Do you want to see...
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Bob McKenzie’s Bernier trade rumor

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June 8, 2012

Matthew Barry :: McKenzie: “I Think Tampa Will Trade For Jonathan Bernier”. Well, God said it in a tweet, so there must be SOME sort of speculation, right? Fans are offering Brett Connolly and maybe one of Tampa’s 1st round picks for JB and Muzzin? Or Loktionov (if Stoll is re-signed as expected)? There’s...
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KINGS 2, Devils 1 (OT) – SCF Game 1 Real-Time Bullets

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May 30, 2012

And we're off...

  • Yes, suddenly Lewis is 6'4" and menacing. No, Mike, that was Dwight King.
  • I wonder if we can go the whole game without hearing "regathers."
  • I would like to keep it to under 10 incidences of "knifes" as a verb.
  • I guess Eddie Olczyk never really watched the Terry Murray Kings. I think he just...
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2012-2013 LA Kings Season Preview — Wait, what?

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May 29, 2012

Two or three months ago, I don’t think anyone would have batted an eye if I said that the chances of Dustin Penner or Jarret Stoll re-signing with Kings were about zero. We would have been talking about which rookies might make the team (e.g. Tyler Toffoli, Linden Vey, Jake Muzzin?), would Gagne return...
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