The Pierre Luc Dubois Situation Just Got WAY WORSE 

Is this a pure coincidence? What are we witnessing?!

As an Oiler fan, Dubois very quickly became my favourite player for LA. As you mentioned he almost single handedly gave Edmonton the W in the series.

Word in wpg was Hellebuyck wouldn’t re-sign unless Dubois was gone. Dubois traded, Hellebuyck signs

Dubois' agent is the real hero for duping the Kings into signing that extension.

Canadiens dodged an absolute missile not trading for this guy lol

Fun fact: Leon Draisaitl has the same cap hit as PL DuBois.

Thank god the habs did not pick him up...what a guy

Tons of talent, no heart

This trade is THE prime example of why Rob Blake has got to go! He’s made so many mistakes which have cost coaches and players their jobs. Get rid of him now!!!

I hate PLD for his garbage attitude and horrendous effort. The funniest part is his fucking smug look all the time like he's got no idea why he isn't getting calls his way. 100% Rob Blake has to buy him out, If he doesn't he'll lose his job.

As a canucks fan, it's fun to see terrible contracts on other teams for a change

The only way to answer that question is "would you want him on your team?" Hell no

Blake announced Dubois is NOT being bought out. Goodbye, LA Kings.

Dubois made the Kings a weaker team than they were before.

Just remortgaged my house and lost 50k on the Stars game with Bet 99. I think the wife is gonna leave me when she finds out.

It was a terrible trade at the time and the contract has aged terribly.

LA needs a new GM they lost the walker trade , the durzi trade and the PLD trade last off season

He is going to play his way out of the NHL

I dont think PLD is the most "hated" per say. Dont think many if any people would mention him being a hated player in a conversation. They would mention him if people got on the topic of whos the most sorry ass pathetic low energy low enthusiasm low moral player in the league. Then PLD would be mentioned right away.

Montreal is going to send the LA kings,a draft pick as a thank you for saving montreal from making the PLD mistake

I was shocked when I saw the trade. Not only was it a massive overpayment on PLD for his contract( you don't give a guy with a career high of 28G 63P 8.5 M), but to give that many assets back is insane

LA has come out and said today, they will not buy out Dubois, so that is how that is going.

Imagine being dumb enough to think PLD would ever stop being the biggest waste of talent in the league. Talent alone has never been enough to get it done at this level and when you play your way/just demand your way out of every team you play on... probably a good sign you don't deserve a huge contract.

There was a video making the rounds a few years ago (back when he was on the Jackets) of Dubois blatantly putting in the bare minimum of effort at looking like he was "trying" on a shift. The fact that *multiple* teams have traded for him since then blows my mind. I've watched hockey for almost 25 years, and I don't think I've ever seen a player with a worse attitude than him.

Upon his first return to Winnipeg, I tried to get the crowd to chant "P L Diva" but it never caught on...a shame that. It seems even more fitting now

That trade WPG made was grand larceny.

Dubois is poison. Why any team would sign him is beyond me.

How to automatically make your team better? Acquire Dubois, then immediately get rid of him!

I always thought PLD was the most overrated player for years. This proves it.

GMs giving out these crazy contracts deserve everything they get.

the guys never cracked 30 goals or 70 points but lets pay him like a franchise superstar.

I think the kings overpaid for him too; Instead of a second round pick it probably could've been a (5th and a 7th), or (a 4th with Winnipeg giving back a 7th)

Not buying out PLD is going to be what sinks any chance this Kings team becomes a contender in the future.

Dubois could have been a star in Columbus but he was a selfish whiney player with effort problems, he could have been a star in Winnipeg but clearly showed he didn’t want to be there and continued effort issues, he could be a star for the Kings but once again effort issues. He is and always will be a selfish, whiney, player. He wants to go to Montreal, who may not take that risk

And to think - Boston wanted to trade their Vezina Trophy goalie Linus Ullmark for......THIS! Dodged a canonball there

You forgot he turns 26 a day before game 7 is scheduled to be played and they can’t buy him out till 48 hours after the Stanley up winner is determined

Trading for PLD, even at the time of the trade, was a huge contention. PLD plays like an entitled rich kid whos unwilling to do the work of an 8.5 millions dollar a year player. Luc knew some people who were close to PLD and he bought their bullshit about him. Best bet is to buyout his contract and move on. Too bad we also lost 2 certified NHLers but also a good 4c and a pick. Dude was a huge bust and its best to cut ties before the Kings are on the hook for that entire dumpster fire of a contract.

I had to put up with him for two seasons in Winnipeg ... The Jets unloaded him at the right time! He actually had a pretty good season with the Jets before he got traded ... I am so happy the JETS got rid of him!

Thank goddddd we traded him for so much better players AND A SECOND ROUND PICK w trade.

Buy him out, 2M a year is almost free compared to how much his toxicity hurts the team in the long run.

PLD has a losers mentality. I noticed in Winnipeg when things weren’t going his way or his team was losing, he would goon it up.

PLD is the problem and I see him asking for a trade out of LA in 2 seasons. PLD's track record: Year 1 he's a slightly below average player. Year 2 he's a slightly above average player. Year 3 he starts out strong then gives up on his team and requests a trade out of the organization. so by the end of the 25/26 season he is gonna stop playing hockey and give lazy shifts and request a trade out of LA by the end of the season

PLD joined Canada at the worlds, what a waste of a spot

as a jets fan, i think its good to also mention that its rumoured (idk if its ever been fully confirmed) that hellebyuck wouldnt resign with the jets unless dubs got the boot, and once he did, helle resigned like a few days after. i feel like that shows how his teammates felt about him pretty clearly

Rob Blake has essentially confirmed they aren’t going to look into buying him out. Their best hope going forward is that he either flicks on a switch and becomes a dominant force for the first time in his career, or they hope he waives his NMC so they can trade him somewhere with retention.

The penalties were one thing, but you didn't even mention the giveaways and weak puck battle losses that helped out the Oilers in that series

In his first media availability after being traded to the Jets, everyone in Winnipeg knew he would not re-sign with the Jets. He made it pretty clear on day 1. So he gave just enough effort for the Jets to fleece a trade. Chevy did the Kings dirty

As a jets fan I'm very glad he's gone. Getting rid of wheeler was also a big help

Get rid of him asap….his history proves that is the best move.

As an Oilers fan, I loved seeing him on the ice during the series. He was practically playing in our favor.

Prediction: LA buys him out and Edmonton signs him to a 1x1 deal

Blake’s answer to the problem? " He’s just going to have to play better"? He’s just a big as disaster as PLD!

I was convinced the Habs were going to trade Suzuki for him...how could they pass up on a deal that stupid?? Then a dim light bulb seemed to flicker in the heads of management...

Dubois has severe diva syndrome. He is a great player when he is on top, he’s shown that. The problem is he doesn’t try at all if he’s not satisfied.

Well this video makes me even happier that Ullmark said no to that LA trade, dude's a jinx.

As a Kings fan I hated this signing from the second pen went to paper I would love to be wrong about it but man if his first year here didn’t put a kink in that

To be fair the kings, jets and jackets have all had no success with or without Doobis. I don’t believe getting bounced first round after having a good regular season is better than bottom feeding and getting a good pick. In a cap system nothing is worse than mediocrity. I think Doobis has all tools but got to the big leagues and realized for himself that it’s not worth it to win a championship. He represents a growing life strategy within hockey’s young and gifted, whose priority is not about sacrifice for glory, but to maximize comfort and he’s incentivized to behave this way. I can’t really blame the guy, he’s essentially the player counterpoint to Bettman’s de-hockeying the league for profit. What people don’t realize is that players are people and behind the scenes there are a pile of champions and would be champions who have life long health problems from playing at the highest level for our entertainment. With the Kings Doobis hit the home run for the mail it in for profit strategy. He’s young, in great shape, lives in a nice climate as a professional athlete on a team that is irrelevant even if they become a dynasty. Nobody really cares. He gets to live in contrast to his years getting yelled at all the time in Ohio and Winnipeg surrounded by a level of life quality most people would do worse to achieve. It’s one of the contextual problems of the labour market of the NHL. This strategy was not possible when there was no money to be made playing hockey. We saw peak hockey in the late 80s where the true blue hockey for hockey players played to win and now we have money puck, where players are trained from birth like race horses to make profit. Toronto is a perfect example of this. For all the drama of zero glory in the media, the organization makes money without winning. The team is made of five overpaid attention seekers and a bunch of plugs. Why? Because the market determines what is valuable, not the culture. There’s no real incentive to win. Everyone is fine even if your team is a joke across the continent. A problem without consequence is indistinguishable from a non-problem. So, you should make a don’t hate the player, hate the game counterpoint to this video. It’s the less obvious, more revealing topic. It’s centred around the idea of everything being a trade off instead of more and bigger is better. We all love the show, but do we love the show because we love the culture of hockey or do we love the show because we have dreamified it into a distorted reflection of the excessive material fantasies that live in us all?

No way I'd want PLD on my team

I’d love to see this guy succeed but I literally don’t know what this mofo needs. This goes to show no matter how much talent you have, if your work ethic and mindset suck, so will you everytime

He's a bust, and has the attitude of an absolute bum. Talent carried him to the NHL and let him coast until the spotlights were turned on.

Dubois is VERY good. He just needs to try. Also it's not his fault the coaching play him at center because he is NOT a center. He was a winger and his dad (if i remember correctly) made him try center and PLD did not like it at all.

Very big and important note here The buy out period DOESNT START until the cup is awarded. The latest the cup could be awarded is June 27th PLD’s birthday is June 24th. The Kings may not even have the opportunity to buy him out before his birthday

ship Dubois to your biggest rival so you can beat them every time

That's crazy. Imagine being a top talent and finding out you've only made teams worse. Ugh. They sucks for the teams and for him.

PLD is a team cancer .This guy is nothing but bad news

So what you're saying is - teams are better off without him than with him.

8.5 a year for Dubois is one of the worst deals I could imagine. He never gives any effort on defense.

Montreal dodged a major bullet.

NHL referees have a secret plan to confuse fans by calling penalties the opposite of what they actually are. Slash across the hands=hooking… tripping = holding…. Holding is interference…. Interference is holding the stick…. Etc.

im so fucking glad habs didnt sign him cause mofo speaks french

I don't know if this Lazy player will succeed anywhere, maybe Europe I suppose. Most definitely a misfit toy.

PLD has the potential to pop off. He just needs to put in the effort.

As a jets fan the Dubois trade was awesome

Any team who decides to take PLD on and thinks they’re going to get value in return is gravely mistaken.

Dude has a bad attitude on every team he plays for. Don’t know the guy but seems that he is just miserable all the time and brings his teammates down with him

Not a Villanova, unless he smashes guys into the boards, slew foots, accidentally on purpose slashes. That's what Marchand and Wilson did in their pasts. PLD is just disinterested.

Trade was bad enough, extension was salt in wound.

Even Montreal knew better than to go after the so called “Francophone” star. 🤣

This goober has the same contract as Draisaitl lmfao

If you say his first two names fast enough; you get Puke Dubois. Kinda catchy.

Given his past,why is the only question I have for the Kings.Dubois has quit on every team he has played on.Imagine given a player with this lack of character 8.5 mil a season on a multi year deal!Just pure insanity.Blake must of been so desperate that he ignored the warning signals is the only thing I can think of.

Drafting Austin Matthews is looking even better. Never mind 69 goals as amazing as it is. Patrik Linne and Jesse Pulijujarvi were rated 2nd and 3rd. Then Blue Jackets GM Kekalainen opted for Dubois over Pulijujarvi. Patrik Linne looked like a great pick but like Dubois was a problem in the dressing room. So Pulijujarvi turned out to be a flub and both Linne and even more so Dubois were locker room cancers (neither were traded away for their lack of skill and talent). But the likes of Matthew Tkechuk , Logan Stanley, Jordan Kyrou, Charlie McAvoy, Jakob Chychrun are looking really good. Love that Thomas Tage and Carter Hart!

As a Sharks fan, I hope they keep him on the team. Glad to see that he's taken the mantle as worse contract in the league over Vlasic.

Could easily be coincidence, as you say, or even confounding variable (e.g. teams likely to acquire a guy like Dubois are on their way up). But there are better ways to look at a player's impact on a team, involving looking at a game- or shift-level rather than year-level.

If I was Rob Blake I’d definitely consider a buyout!

my takeaway from this is he is an overpaid player who makes every team he plays with worse lol

At 5:26 did you say Pierre coincidence… 😂

Personally, I feel for Dubois. He played on the 3rd and 4th lines all year and had absolutely BRUTAL linemates. He played hard in the playoffs and wasn't bad, just took some bad penalties.

Did the type of penalty on Draisaitl matter? It did if the intention was to use it as a cope.

PLD is my favorite Kings player… as a Ducks fan

Vilardi alone has played better than Dubois.

4:08 oilers at 4 with tkachuk on the board and they take puljujarvi right?

PLD was a cancer here in Winnipeg, I was a fan for awhile but in the end the truth became clear. Glad they got rid of him last off season.

Maybe PLD should watch this video

Can't blame PLD...we all want to get paid. The blame is squarely put on GMRB & Luc Robitaille! 40pts & over $8mil a year is criminal,at best.

1:45 is rarely called in the season, almost never called in the playoffs. You can't "grab onto Draisaitl's face," with the inside of your arm. The "lost control of his stick," is just meaningless words. You can't be called for a high stick for the stick hitting a player laying on the ice.

wtf is wrong with this kid?

PLD is a cancer, why else would both clubs he's played for move him so fast. He doesn't play a 200 ft game, and how many former players are coming to his defense ? NOTHING we hear crickets

Thank you Kent Hughes

Loved pld in 21/22 when he bounced back, then came the rumors of him requesting a trade and it was so frustrating... He stayed for an extra year but the guys seemed disconnected from the team and the fans who really supported him, there was even a notion that he would become a captain before his shananigans... Being a Brazilian fan he reminds me of football players like Neymar, only cares about himself.