Fresh on the heels of making several other trades over the past week, LA Kings GM Rob Blake pulled off a massive trade with Winnipeg on Tuesday. By sending Gabe Vilardi, ALex Iafallo, and Rasmus Kupari to the Jets, Blake was able to acquire 6-foot-4 center Pierre-Luc Dubois.
Later in the afternoon, Blake met with the gathered media to share his initial thoughts on the deal:
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DUBOIS MIGHT BE A VERY GOOD O PLAYER BUT THEY NEED D AND A LEFT SHOOTING D PLAYER(BIG AND TOUGH) IS WHO THEY NEED NOT ANOTHER 20 SOMETHING CENTERMAN ALTHOUGH KOPPY CANNOT PLAY FOREVER. SEND AARVIDSON, TURCOTTE, BJORNFOT , FAGEMO AND ANOTHER ROOKIE THAT WILL NOT PLAY AND GET A (ROBIN REGHYR) TYPE. BIG AND TOUGH TO SLOW DOWN THESE SPEEDY TEAMS.
We need a Tom Wilson/Tanner Jeannot sandpaper Power Forward. I agree with Sandy’s post above that we also need a physical D-Man,I think we lost a lot of grit when we got rid of Kurtis MacDermid.
I personally think GM RB gave too much to Winnipeg,PLD is a nice player…but he’s not that good. We also need to re-sign Korpi ASAP to solidify the netminders.
Don’t have cap space to sign Korpi unless other deals are made. Props to Blake for getting someone to take Cal’s contract.
This is going to be a more exciting team. We are 3 lines deep. The Kings gave a lot but we are getting a good caliber player, I know RB has the experience and knows the team more than a lot of us. I hope it works out. Let’s go kings!
I think getting rid of number 19 was a mistake personally, but I agree we need defense, a lot of games were lost to us not being able to hold a lead once we got it. A positive note is Oilers will not have their dynamic duo anymore, because I dont think they can afford it, but we will see how this works out. GO KINGS !!!!