My thoughts exactly.

LAK will probably make playoffs next season. They're far and away better than SJS, ANA, and SEA. They're decidedly worse than VGK and EDM. They're about even with VAN and CGY, but the Kings young talent and motivation will lead the way.

Worse than Edmonton? They got far better defense and Goaltending than Edmonton, and now they can shut down McDavid, who struggled against Montreal last year Danault being part of the reason why.

Kings are gonna need to show me something before I put that crown on their head. They still need to develop chemistry. And you can't win if you can't score.

If only it could have been 5 yr x $4 or $5

If only...

True, but the issue isn't really showing chemistry which they have done before, but rather containing it with consistency, consistency is the biggest issue the Kings have had. They would follow great games with a horrible game and good periods with bad.

Phillip Danault's 6-yr deal with LA has a full NTC in years 1-3, and a 10-team no-trade list in years 4-6Alex Edler's 1-year deal with LA pays him a base salary of $1.9M and a signing bonus of $1.6M, and includes a full NMC

— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) July 29, 2021

lol your gonna A LOT more like 1000000000000000x more to shut down McDavid and that is just McDavid not Drai also well, and yes the Oilers are still a far better team the moment

This aged well.

yes it did

Yikes.

1 game

L-M-A-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You said they are a far better team and they barely beat the Kings without Doughty and Arvidsson..... They aren't even close to a healthy squad Kings team. Have fun getting your **** kicked in by the Flames.

wow, their really struggling against the fLames