- Tumbleweed

The reality is Vancouver is a very bad team. I have them last in the west & 27th overall this season. Linden, Benning & a meddlesome owner Acqualini have doomed this team for years. Some of the worst asset management I have ever seen. Haven't won a single trade or even gotten fair value buying over selling.

Desjardins isn't the issue nor is he the solution but he will be the 1st 1 shown the door. The prospect cupboard in Vancouver is virtually bare. With the exception of Stecher, thank god he choose to sign as a UFA with his home team, none of the few remaining prospects, Demko, Bouser or Juolevi will be NHL ready for years. Virtanen looks to be the wrong selection at #6 to young to write off but looks like nothing more than a 3rd line winger but lots of time to prove me wrong. He should have been returned to JR last season. This love of big, physical players is some what outdated for today's NHL. At least Virtanen can skate something that isn't really Gubranson's strong suit. I hated that trade. Well lets be honest I hate all the trades Benning has made.
- striker777

Candidate for post of the year Ek??

Hard to blame Willie after some questionable moves Benning's did in the off-season.

This is priceless coming from a Columbus fan, who team is in a perennial state of mismanaged assets. Pray tell, what was Benning's questionable move? Gudbranson?
- neem55

Not really, I dont think there is a team in worse shape than Vancouver.

Eklund: Kings/Isles Talking More Than Just Halak. Ramo on ice for Leafs.
- Eklund

Ek went all Trump on Twitter tonight on Thereien. Hans fans get ready for tomorrow's blog in which Ek rakes Thereien over the coals (again).

Having Ramo, Hyman and Brown on the same team would be too much for my juvenile sense of humour to handle.

There will be bans'a'plenty.

Don't know what made my hockey night more... Habs getting blasted 10-0 by the lowly Blue Jackets or Max Domi one-punch TKO of Ryan Kesler. Papa would be proud.

Don't know what made my hockey night more... Habs getting blasted 10-0 by the lowly Blue Jackets or Max Domi one-punch TKO of Ryan Kesler. Papa would be proud.
- grim

Ha ha he did too,just watched it

Don't know what made my hockey night more... Habs getting blasted 10-0 by the lowly Blue Jackets or Max Domi one-punch TKO of Ryan Kesler. Papa would be proud.
- grim

lowly?? they've played the sharks twice, stars twice the pens, hawks, kings, and habs and are 5-3-1.. that's gotta be the toughest october for any team.. i've watched 3-4 of their games they look good and as long as bob stays healthy they definitely aren't "lowly" this year..

lowly?? they've played the sharks twice, stars twice the pens, hawks, kings, and habs and are 5-3-1.. that's gotta be the toughest october for any team.. i've watched 3-4 of their games they look good and as long as bob stays healthy they definitely aren't "lowly" this year..
- gopherwildfan

didn't mean to offend anyone other than Habs and Kesler fans... how about "traditionally lowly"?

didn't mean to offend anyone other than Habs and Kesler fans... how about "traditionally lowly"?
- grim

so like the leafs?? just not as long??

Wow, Josh Bailey and a conditional 2020 3rd rounder for Toffoli? I like it.
- eichiefs9

LMAO !! who comes up with this poope ???? a 2020 conditional 3rd rounder ???

That big trade happen yet?

I laugh everytime Garf says the phrase " Tim Murray always gets his man...."

Except, of course, Connor McDavid, Mike Blabcock, Jimmy Vesey, Cam Fowler ( or wait..maybe that was made up by Garf)....regardless, GMTM is brutal.

In his entire tenure he has done one thing right, IMO...and plenty wrong.

1.Picked the wrong guy in Sam Reinhart...shoulda went with Draisaitl ot Bennett...or even Nylander
2. Got absolutely ass raped trading Myers , Stafford and 2 of their best forward prospects for Evander Kane ( headache) and the bamdaid Bogosian.
3.Orchestrated the most blatant and obvious tank since the Pens did it to get Mario....and still missed on McDavid
4. Wasted yet another first on a career back up with scrambled concussion mush for brains and fragile limbs


I give him full marks for the O'Rielly trade.

It saddens me that my GM is just as bad.
- Larsson_fan

Try being a Flyers fan

I just said that.. It kinda makes some sense though eh. Enroth knows the system. Kings need a goalie. Low cap hit. And he really hasn't had a great start in Toronto anyways. Apparently Ramo is just rehabbing. But he could of rehabbed with the marlies if that's the case in my opinion
- Trevrrrgavo

Did Enroth only sign a 1 yr deal with the Isles? If he signed more than 1 then he will b e pissssssssed if he got traded back to LA. The whole reason he never wanted to re-sign was because he flat out said in the media that he wants more playing time and won't get it in LA. Which is correct because Sutter likes to play Quick 95% of the season. If it he only signed for a year, then yes he would be playing a lot for now as Quick will likely be out a couple more months if not longer.

Trading for Halak would be a stupid trade unless they plan on trading Quick. Oh and the fact the Kings have no cap space.