This Has Gotten So Ugly... 

literally makes the same money as draisaitl lol

oilers fan here, they got rid of IAFALLO for this chucklefuck? biggest fumble i've ever seen, condolences to the kings fans

As a Kings fan, I’m really not sure what the plan was when signing PLD. Vilardi is a better power forward than Dubois is and it clearly showed this season on the Jets. I know they were expecting a breakout season with Dubois but 8.5m x 8 for a player with a career high of 63pts is crazy to me. That’s not even factoring in a high depth player and good penalty killer like Iafallo and a pick on the side for the cherry on top. What a joke of a signing

WPG did a fantastic job getting rid of PLD lol. good on the jets.

When this trade went down, I thought wtf is LA doing... got rid of way to much depth, depth that played well against the Oilers. I feel for Kings fans on this one...

As a habs fan, I'm glad Kent Hughes never pulled the trigger on this guy. What a nightmare that would've been. You think he's bad in LA? Image how bad he would've been under the Montreal media spotlight, and being a local boy no less. He would've been more of a disaster than Drouin.

Classic Pierre-Luc DoNothing. As an Oilers fan, this makes the Nurse contract look like we signed Lidstrom to a life-long ELC deal. So it's got that going for it.

After the drama in Ohio and then Canada, L.A. decides to sign this goof for 8 years at that amount? They deserve everything they get.

Kings fan here - jumping on the Dallas bandwagon for the rest of the playoffs. For Dubois though, in terms of realistic ways to handle the situation, my vote would be to move him to wing and play him on the first line. It's tough because he hasn't really earned that role (so what kind of message are you sending to your team - especially the young players).. But if you're going to pay a guy like a 1st line player you may as well deploy him like a 1st line player and try to get as much as you can out of him. Personally, I'd move Byfield back to center and up to the top line to create a 1st line of PLD - Byfield - Kempe. I legitimately think those 3 could form a formidable top line especially as Byfield steps into his prime.

As a jets fan am glad they have him, I have some inside info and the players on the jets wanted him gone. To much drama with him . Brought the whole team down.

That was a baffling trade when it went down and I remember thinking that they must see something that I don't.

As an oil fan I saw this coming, vilardi and iafallo had me scared during our last series

The Kings played so well the last couple of games. It's just the oilers are so explosive on the power play. I think overall the Kings looked good, I'm really liking Kempe, and hopefully big things happen for him next year. As a long time Kings fan, I can die happy that I saw them win the Cup twice, but a third one would be nice some day. I just wish they could stop facing Edmonton in the first round. I have a rule that whoever eliminated your team has to go on to win the cup. So even though I hate them, I hope the oilers win the Cup to make it all worthwhile.

Merci Beaucoup! Love, Montreal.

I don't think a new coach/system is going to help him much when PLD has already played for 5 different coaches on 3 different teams and is only 25 years old.

Lol guy gets the same pay as drai........ but isnt even close to producing the same.

He had one 60+ pt season?...it's all projection...and he got his money. I can't imagine playing on a team with such talent as the Kings actually have and not showing more. Shameful...what a puke, everybody is trying so hard, and you have this distraction in the room. 1-He needs a performance coach.(Armia in Montreal had success with one) 2-They need to trade him for another gross under achiever, but the problem is that no wants his arrogance and privilege in the locker room or on the ice. 3-Could they transfer his contract to a European Team. 4-They could sue him for breach of contract. (that's the LA way) I blame this on Rob Blake...who should be fired. PLD's shady performances with Columbus and Winnepeg proved his mental issues were characteristic, but they looked the other way.

The Kings are stuck with his contract for at least next year. No teams would want him, LA just have to hope he has a bounceback season. LA got so lucky with some of their players like Laferierre, Byfield and Spence stepped it up huge this year on cheap contracts.

Crazy thing too is those 3 guys that got traded were all guys that were scoring on the oilers

Pld tried to start a scrum and step up, but Bouchard old man strength grab him and held him down like a failing child on that one shift in game four. After that embarrassment he just rolled over and gave up. Not surprisingly out of character.

Pld played the whole season on the third line with rookies. 40 points is expected. New coach, new system, new goaltender, fresh start. Pld will bounce back. Blake is the one that has to go.

It’s a mind boggling trade that I’m not sure there will be an easy way out of. When I heard about a 1 for 1 Ullmark for PLD trade was possible I was praying it would go through. Maybe we can work something out with Boston in the off-season if they still want him.

It makes me wonder what Rob Blake was thinking when not only making the trade but also the contract. I get you gotta make projections on guys but he has never even been a PPG guy. It seems like that 8.5 x 8 is the new normal for young guys coming off their rookie deal, many teams are doing it hoping the player turns into a great player, suzuki has a similar deal, so does Robert Thomas in STL. But Thomas had a PPG season this year and came close 2 years ago. Suzuki was close this year also. All these young guys getting massive deals. Just seems odd they'd give up so much and give this guy a long term deal when his on his 3rd team at 25 years old.

Please don't say la thought PLD was the next Kopi! Kopi is a top 50 all time points player with 2 cups and 2 selki and he should have won the heart but he plays on the wrong coast. PLD will not reach those heights LA just needs him to be better next year.

you wanna fix the Kings? Go back to the Gold and Purple unis full time. Problem solved. Where do I send my invoice?

I remember the PLD for Slafkovsky talk in the Montreal fanbase. The Habs dodged a bullet on that one.

So, I didn’t know PLD was only 24, I thought we was a proven like 30 goal scorer and 70 points, at like 28 but, no he is 24 he has time to develop further. He will get better.

Every Jets fans face burst into a huge smile when we first heard the news...at this point, any of the 4 pieces would've been a fair trade, but now it just looks like a straight up robbery. The front page of one of the newspapers that day read "A King's Ransom". 👑💯👑

As an Oilers fan watching the series, I honestly forgot PLD was even playing

I thought at the time the Kings made this deal that they are taking a huge gamble. Now they are stuck with a $68 million fourth-liner with a terrible track record as a former high draft pick who wore out his welcome with his first two teams. Blake absolutely needs to go for making such a boneheaded deal, and they need to seriously consider a buyout. The only question for the new GM would be the timing of the latter step

Jets were smart trading him before he sucks lol

The Kings need to find some dirt on PLD. Similar to a Mike Richards scenario where they terminated his contract in 2015 after he was arrested for possession of oxycodone, without a prescription.

Lol “holding” call summarizes that last game when it comes to officiating. The PLD trade was just awful my wife is a Kings fan I was pissed when the trade happened on behalf of her and she was even more pissed. The only hope is that he does well next season which is possible the Kings need a lot of changes especially in net. Wish they got Ullmark. As for who she’s rooting for I’m a Knights fan so we’re hoping for that beautiful game 6 and 7 win.

I heard Elliot Friedman discuss on #32T one of the challenges of PLD's buyout is that he turns 26 this june. That takes his buyout from 1/3 to 2/3 as per Cap Friendly!!! LAK will have to hold the bag on this one.

The only contract worse than his is Calgary signing Hubereau for $10.5 for eight years.

"the next Kopitar" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

One of the things trending, in the Pittsburgh area, is for the Pens to trade Tristan Jarry to the Kings, because of how well Ned played this season, and the prospect of Joel Blomqvist winning a spot on the NHL club, next season. It would make sense, for both teams, because it would give LA a damn solid goaltender who needs to play behind a solid defense, for a little while, to regain his confidence. He finished the season tied for the lead in Shutouts, but had some really rough games, mostly due to Pens' defensive breakdowns.

Kings fan of 31 years here (since I was 5 years old)... we definitely got ourselves in a pickle with this contact... no ifs ands or buts.... But! I think there are ways PLD can be good. We need to redefine his roll for the team. He's not a top playmaker, he's not a 2 way player (terrible on defense), and he's not a good center (terrible on the dot). My suggestion would be to put him on wing with Danault and Moore. Danault and Moore are both great 2 way players. PLD is a pretty big dude, have him take on the roll of a Tkachuk or a Marchand. Lots of hitting, messing with the other team, and goal scoring. Don't rely on him to become a Kopi replacement... he will never be that player. We have to assume that he won't want his legacy to be "the guy who stole the bag and played like trash for 8 years"... if you give him room to develop in the right role, I think he can contribute to the team. Here's to hoping though... cause the trade still infuriates me to this day.

The problem I had with pld, as a Jets fan, was that his "good year" was a streaky stumble up to 60 points. I don't see $8.5M there, and I don't see pld as a ppg player. He obviously has the talent, but he is so far from the mental consistency that I don't see it happening

Kings fan and I enjoy the way the Rangers and Florida play. I want that in the East.

A good number of teams have players making league-minimum that are performing better than PLD.

I wasn't a fan of the trade. We gave up too much for a guy with his reputation. Then he has a pooper of a season, and was MIA in the playoffs. He gets this next season to sell us. I'm hoping we hire a coach that develops the offensive talent on this team. The Kings are way too deep with offensive talent, including PLD. I also wouldn't be surprised if the front office got a cleaning. But I think they also get one more year. If PLD lays another egg and the head coach hire stinks. The front office, all of them, including Luc, are gone.

Look, as someone who watched all 5 games of this series from start to finish, Dubois was HEAVILY shadowed by Ryan McLeod and Sam Carrick/Derek Ryan. They did a good job minimizing his impact in the games, to the point where yeah, he did look invisible at points. I remember that he was brought it to give LA a chance to win the matchup vs McDavid and Draisil as those guys would be matched up with one of Kopitar/Danault.

Someone should get dubois, laine, and marner and then put them on a line together. 😅

I wasn't actually sure what PLD's career stat line looked like, but was surprised to see his production throughout his career. The most points he's put up in a season is 63 during his last season in Winnipeg. The most goals he's scored is 28. Before this season he had 302 points in 434 career GP. Just outrageous that his agent was able to convince the Kings to sign him for 8 years at 8.5 mill per season.

I think all we can do is hope and start to believe in him. I think they overpaid for sure but that he will eventually grow into something really good. I don’t even mind the trade itself. They had to make a big move and lost the gamble. I wish we managed to keep Iafolo tho

Even if they find a trade partner they’re going to have to eat salary in order to get rid of him. He didn’t want to go to LA. He wanted his home team. Not sure if Kent Hughes is willing to go that route.

Ik hockey is a Canadian sport and so it gets a lot of eyes when u talk about Toronto and Edmonton, but dude the stars are in a really interesting spot and even when you cover them it’s never in depth compared to the videos u make on northern teams. The stars and southern hockey deserve a deeper look.

Blake screwed LA more than Draisaitl, McDavid, Hyman, or the Zebras…

Pld even looks like a tool

Chicago could take him but they'd need to get some decent picks. Maybe trade for Hall too. Chicago needs more picks, Hall would be great for the Kings and Dubois' contract would help bring Chicago up to the floor

There seeme to be a pattern of paying players when they haven't really shown they are worth it It's always a what if what if

As a kings fan I'm definitely not a fan of this trade. that being said, I do think we owe him at least one more year to try and gain some confidence and prove himself. After all, it can't be easy to try and adjust to a new environment, new teammates, and a new system, ALL while being under the spotlight for a huge contract and supposed toxicity. That kind of pressure has got to be insane.

im a pld hater but my god did i ever know the kings got fleeced on this deal from day 1...

Didn't the Kings also have to make cap space by getting rid of Durzi and Petersen (Walker was also included a sweetener)? To make PLD's contract work they had to give up Durzi, Petersen, Walker, Iafallo, and Vilardi. They were better off keeping all those players and just looking for an upgrade in goal. At the very least trade Petersen/Walker to free up cap space for a good goalie.

Unfortunately Robbed Blake is under contract for another year and buying out PLDoucheboy or trading him would be admitting failure, and Blake will never do that. We are stuck with him until he gets tired of LA and asks for another trade, probably 3-5 years. And yes, I’m rooting for anyone playing the Oilers.

Hyped for the oilers sweep over the kings next year

He makes basically the same as Crosby that's nuts kings fans must be pissed 😡🤬

Didn't like the trade for DuBois from the very beginning. I loved the Kings upper management when they were actual players, but not sure they've been doing a great job in procurement/development.

his infamous shift was Ovi all playoffs :)

Pay a guy top 6 money then play him in the bottom 6, yea doesn't make sense. Good players shine with good line mates, good minutes, PP time. They get touches on the puck, their confidence starts rolling, they get in a groove. It's not this guys fault. Plus first years of big contracts are hard mentally, once that dust settles he'll do better.

Real problem is the GM Rob Blake. He needs to go

What a trade for the Jets

As a die hard Kings fan. I really have no clue what we can really do with this guy. We never asked for him and we were completely aware of his bad reputation. Dudes a complete bust. In all honesty, all blame goes to our GM Rob Blake for making this unrepairable trade. It baffles me how someone can make this bad of a trade and continue to hold the title of GM. One thing that I do know is that Blake HAS TO GO

I remember thinking Dubois was getting shafted by Torts in Columbus and once a trade happened then the player would show his true skill. Unfortunately he is a bit of a dork, got a big contract and has shown the worst of himself. Not a fan of his anymore.

I hated PLD since colombus tbh. I thought he was the biggest baby in the world. The only thing I notice that may be a positive is that PLD feels like he wants to be a king. That's pretty much it over paid under perform. Still is a king so I love him. GKG

Since a lot of people are demanding for him to be bought out, capfriendly shows that if a buyout were to happen, the Kings would be dealing with a fluctuating dead cap hit until the end of the 2037-38 season. As bad as Dubois has been for LA, I would think the team would try to find a way to make him work on the wing to help alleviate their center logjam rather than to deal with a cap penalty for that long. Trading him to a bottom feeder where he would actually be a top 6 center is almost automatically out of the question because of his no movement clause.

The trade itself was an obvious fleece from the get go and the Kings really have just panicked I think, dumping assets to get PLD and then lavishing a crazy contract on him. WHy are they panicking? Because they look down the prospect pool and there is little if anything that is likely to be better than PLD in the next few years. this is a team that is going to struggle for offense and so really they better be praying PLD turns it around. COming out of their rebuild it already looks like a bust and while they might continue to make the playoffs, they will be mired in irrelevance as the core ages.

I love watching ice hockey

Dubois was deserving of his draft position based on what he accomplished to that point. Dubois is deserving of his current position based on what he has accomplished to this point. LA is in tough here...maybe having to bite the bullet and buy out his contract

As a jets fan I love this trade! and a massive fan of Iafallo! I dont think that Cheveldayoff could've done better! Also it feels like PLD leaves as soon as he gets going and if his career continues like this. He might be one of the MOST disappointing NHL players of the current ERA!

He got the bag 💰 and the sun 🌞 in Los Angeles ... What other city is better to be rich in? Time to coast 😎

Just a bad trade. Not a worth the players trade for especially Vilardi. With Byfeild taking a big step this season, Byfield is better poised to take the second line center spot. PLD will not be moved, he will have to score at least 65+ points next season in order to justify his place on the team or Rob Blake will be fired.

You wouldn’t play well either if you had to play with a rookie and a 4th line winger for the whole season lol. Don’t get me wrong, it was a bad trade, but Blake screwed him the opportunity to play well. The system that Blake has for this team is garbage, and he put him with garbage players for a majority of the year. Once Hiller took over as head coach, his lines got even more inconsistent. At the end of the day, it’s on Rob Blake.

Yeah I agree

addition by substraction

P.L.D. is on course to become the Kenny Powers of the nhl.

The contract will be fine with the cap going up. 8.5 million in 3 years will be what a second liner is getting.

It’s wild but I think he’s bought out this off season. Servalli did a break down and it’s not as painful as I would have expected

Buy him out a first opportunity, after firing Blake and Robitaille.

The Jets dodged two bullets by getting rid of both him and Laine.

There is no way the Kings will buy him out. At worst they will trade him away and retain a part of the contract.

Kings head coach should be fired for game 82….pulling the goalie to tie the game…to make sure they play the Oilers in the first round. Stupid move.

I’d do the buyout but the king’s as usual just said there keeping him , can’t wait till Blake is gone. Did love Rob as a player, not so much as a manager

His exit interview was a PR disaster. When asked what he could do to improve for the next season, he said he planned to go to the gym to workout and do some skating drills. Huh? GM Blake got sucker punched with this deadweight so-called hockey player.

drafting vilardi was the problem. typical 2010s kings pick, but suzuki is the better fit for today's nhl.

That one goal he had was just puck luck in garbage time that bounced off an Oiler’s defenseman and in right after Ceci’s stick broke. It was as dumb as dumb luck gets.

When you're Defensive Center got more point than that guy...

Kings fan friends of mine are already trying to convince me (and themselves) how a PLD buyout 'makes perfect sense'... Woof

That’s a gross trade

It’s never a good look for a player , when they request a trade . From an NHL team that wanted you and gave you a 2nd chance in the Leauge where you had a toxic reputation

There's talk in Flamesdom about exchanging Huberdeau for Dubois... Huberdeau's contract is 2M per season worse. Dubois is younger. Huberdeau is well liked in the room. Dubois is... questionable. I'd assume that if Dubois came to Calgary it'd be a disaster. He doesnt want to play in Canada, clearly. Being stuck here for 7 years would not be good for the Flames. I'll take the aging overpaid likeable guy in Huberdeau to lead in the next generation.

Really, I think the only option is for them to trade PLD and a 5th rounder to Pittsburgh for Crosby. 😂

My feeling on PLD is that he plays hockey, but he's not a player. Sick skill set, big physical frame, not driven at all.

A team is not about one individual.. welcome to the playoffs or not.

I say we buy him out in that tiny window before he turns 26 after the stanley cup (as long as it doesnt go 7 games). We'd only have to pay a third of the contract, if that doesnt happen i think were stuck with him for 7 more years, ugh. Blake needs to go, this signing and petersen shows hes not qualified for the job.

Let's go Avs! They need to get rid of PLD and Fiala. Both of those guys are about themselves. Maybe their could be a blockbuster where you move both of theire salaries by including Byfield or Clarke. I like both guys as players but they are not MacKinnon and Makar, so whatever. If a team says we will take PLD contract if you give up Byfield and the Kings can get a couple of prospects back or whatever i take that deal.

Kings need to hire Woodcroft.

This isn't a charity. If you can buy him out at a 1/3rd contract penalty then you buy him out. You got hosed on a trade and you got hosed on a contract. You have a chance to correct your mistake and pay less dearly than you could be. Take your medicine and move on. If he gets picked up and does well then good for him. WPG isn't out of the doghouse here. I think they went in the wrong direction with this trade. WPG definitely should have went full rebuild and garnered draft picks for PLD. The Schieffele contract and hellbyuck contract are also terrible. Don't believe me? just look what happened against colorado in the playoffs and you have zero room to add and get better capwise.

Dubois for flames Huberdeau with kings eating the $3M difference? 🤷🏻‍♂️