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Kings Building The Right Way
by Paul on 11/30/08 at 07:36 PM ET
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from David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail,
Finally, though, it looks as if the Kings’ latest rebuilding effort is going to take. They have a general manager, Dean Lombardi, who did not panic when the youngsters did not immediately start winning. Unlike many of his predecessors, he did not start trading away some of them along with draft picks in the vain hope of selling more tickets in a fickle market.
Now that the longest-running problem — goaltending — appears to have been solved with the promotion of rookie Erik Ersberg, the Kings can think about the playoffs for the first time in seven years. They have 12 players 25 years old or younger and they are starting to show the consistency needed to turn an aggregation of talent into a forceful team.
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Kopitar’s deal goes up 5+ mil.
Jack Johnson’s an RFA.
Ersberg is a UFA.
LaBarbera is a UFA.
Greene’s deal goes up 1.5.
If the Kings were just going to keep Johnson (getting lucky and having him re-up at 2.5) and let every other UFA and RFA walk the cap number next year would be something like 48 mil… and the Kings would need a starting goalie, a backup, and they’d have 4 or 5 other roster spots to fill.
They’ll never spend the money to flesh out that roster. They are going to have the same 42-47 mil team salary they always have.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 11/30/08 at 10:11 PM ET