Phil Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Quote Special teams ultimately were the reason the Kings lost, but it was hard to watch Dubois play and wonder what was going on. Shift in, shift out, he seemed alternately disinterested, slow, unwilling to engage, and mostly out of sync with whomever he happened to be on the ice with. He was a maddeningly frustrating player to watch in previous stops in Winnipeg and Columbus because of his inconsistency, and that spilled over into his time in L.A. Quote Optically, the only thing that’s worse than owing Dubois an average of $8.5 million per season until the end of the 2030-31 season is the fact that his actual compensation — the real dollars that land in his pocket — goes up next year. Quote The decision to acquire Dubois in a trade with the Winnipeg Jets was made organizationally and included significant input from team president Luc Robitaille, who has a longstanding relationship with Dubois’s agent, Pat Brisson. Ultimately, it’ll be up to the people who control the purse strings to determine what happens next because there is a simple, but expensive, solution to the problem — which is to admit they made a grievous error and pay the man to go away, via a buyout. Quote According to CapFriendly’s buyout calculator, the seven remaining years on Dubois’s contract are divided between base salary owed ($47.5 million) plus $11.5 million in signing bonuses. But if the Kings can buy out Dubois before his 26th birthday — it will be close, because Dubois turns 26 on June 24, right around the time the buyout period will open — they can buy him out for one-third of the remaining value of his contract. In all, the cost to do that isn’t terrible. It would be $15.833 million, but spread out over 14 years, which would cost them $1.131 million per year until 2038-39 season in actual dollars. The cap charges over that span would vary, but would only exceed $3 million three times in those 14 years. https://theathletic.com/5447397/2024/05/03/kings-dubois-draft-lottery/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 (edited) Blake should be fired for this. Completely emptying the coffers in terms of talent and cap space for a guy who's previous 2 teams were more than happy to see him go is a massive miscue. Plus he traded Brock Faber for Fiala...just blunders all around. Edited May 3 by Pete 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 3 Author Share Posted May 3 Yup. It's one of the single biggest blunders in recent history. Every piece of this trade tree is just extended failure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaveByRichter35 Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Is there anywhere this twat would like to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 Walking cancer. what a terrible acquisition by the kings. Couldn’t happen to a better organization. fuck the kings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersIn7 Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 15 hours ago, SaveByRichter35 said: Is there anywhere this twat would like to play? That place was apparently supposed to be LA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keirik Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 13 hours ago, RangersIn7 said: That place was apparently supposed to be LA. Maybe he meant Anaheim lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 On 5/3/2024 at 5:42 PM, SaveByRichter35 said: Is there anywhere this twat would like to play? Montréal. It's where he's wanted to be the entire time. Kings will buy him out (as long as the calendar lets them). Habs will sign him after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 1 hour ago, Phil said: Montréal. It's where he's wanted to be the entire time. Kings will buy him out (as long as the calendar lets them). Habs will sign him after. I don't think it's as simple as that. MSL won't suffer this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 1 minute ago, Pete said: I don't think it's as simple as that. MSL won't suffer this guy. After listening to 32Thoughts, I'm not sure anyone will. It sounds like he's stuck. Marek wondered out loud if they just move him to the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br4d Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Dude really looks like he wants to be out of there. 4 shots and 20 PIM in 5 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 11 minutes ago, Phil said: After listening to 32Thoughts, I'm not sure anyone will. It sounds like he's stuck. Marek wondered out loud if they just move him to the wing. Will he not be a lazy cunt if he's on wing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sharpshooter Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Of course the guy who creates the mess gets to keep his job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 2 hours ago, Sharpshooter said: Of course the guy who creates the mess gets to keep his job. Hockey Men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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