The LA Kings have acquired goaltender Darcy Kuemper from the Washington Capitals, in exchange for forward Pierre-Luc Dubois.
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Time for you to QUIT Rob!!!
It was exposed in the playoffs. PLD was brought for his size against #29 of EDM and Leon D. ate our lunch and stole our dinner money.
Ok Rob you need to work on recovering from this horrid trade.
"Wasn't a great fit for us" Translation: I fell on my face of this one.
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Joe Reedie lol how embarrassing
Saros was availableā¦ but ok letās get a 34yr old goalie that got swept by the rangers. We arenāt the Avs we canāt help Kuemper that much
FĆala and Moore next and Kaliyev. Get rid of lizzotte and arvy
Love the Kuemper move. Glad Dubois is gone. Not even close to a GREAT player.
[NI] + [SES] + [UH] + [TAYTS]
Blake and his special adviser Bergevin are going to be fired. Both of them.
Great move by Blake. Took a swing, it didnāt work out. Smart enough to move on. The fact we didnāt give up either picks or prospects is amazing. Well done.
Rob Blake made the right tough decision and I hope the critics will maybe consider him in a better light.
Kyle Dubas approves. Good on Blake for getting the Kings out of that turrible contract
I find it incredible that a major trade was worth only a 9 minute interviewā¦and please ask open ended questions donāt give Rob answer within your question he will take the easy way non elaboration way out every freaking timeā¦but Iām glad PLD is gone Rob should be included in the next trade and Luc for a sack of used pucks
BEST news of the day!! Thanks, Rob for making it happen!
I had no idea PLD was a puppet? How can Blake take responsibility for his abysmal play when it was clear PLD just didn't produce. Did you run out of batteries for his controller? Remember the 'Point System' the coaches gave him to perform at the NHL level? There is something fishy with PLD and I think I know what it is, but not sure people would be ready to hear it.
The number of trades made NHL wide of this magnitude which are made by the team GM is exactly 0.
The owners decided to bring in pld, the owners decided to send him out.
Attempting to judge whether a gm is good or not good based on the decisions of an owner is stupid.
One pathetic deal after another, how can you justify over 5 mil a year for an average goalie! You can tell blake messed up again because he had to put Darcy together with ritick, yea that's the ticket to getting booted in the first round AGAIN!
Everything out out blakes mouth is š©.
isn't looking up and to the left a sign someone is thinking of a lie?
This trade is a win for Los Angeles. Good start on the changes for next season.
For all you Dubois haters, did you know Dubois only was 8 points behind our #2 line center, which was our highest scoring line. Of couse Dubois didn't get to play center on one line, nor did he even play his position all the time. This whole thing stinks…8 points separates failure and success. F.U.
P.S. Quick was coached by a real goalie coach and had a fantastic year!
Rob made one of the worst trades in Kings history by getting Dubois from the Jets. Saying this he did great by fixing his mistake by trading Dubois to the Capitals and his contract
I also feel that Blake and Luc still need to go, but I give Blake props for sort of admitting his mistake on the trade and the contract. Pretty softball session. The toughest Q was by Helene near the end when she asked Blake if PLD had anything to do with the failure. Blake said it was on us.
That is not a sale with me. Fiala had n-p with the system or rotating lines. PLD seems like a problem child wherever he goes. I understand why Blake doesn't want to say, "W as management poorly assessed his character and his compete level. That is on us."
Joe Ready should not be a hockey journalist. He didn't even understand a buyout! What a poorly prepared guy.
Rob Blake: the cause of and solution to all of Los Angelesā problems