The Pierre-Luc Dubois Situation Has OFFICIALLY Hit Rock Bottom…

Make DAILY NHL picks with Sleeper Fantasy and use my code GRAV to get up to $500 on your first deposit: sleeper.com/promo/GRAV QOTD: If YOU were the Los Angeles Kings folks, what would YOU do with Dubois? Would you trade him, buy him out, or try to make it work? Let me know!

Signing PLD, basically sight-unseen, to a long term contract with his off-ice history at the time was an absolute braindead move by LA.

I can't believe LA seriously did that trade

LA kings fan here... just fire rob blake, always making bad trades. and for dubois just buy him out

Looks like torts was right again Being a talented player and not putting in the effort is just sad

Blake has done everything to seal his fate as the most hated king of all time. Between getting rid of JQ and dubois I really can't see his popularity getting any lower. Even if we buy him out, there's going to be a handcuff there which is just ridiculous. At this point LA just needs to determine if we're going to retool or rebuild.

Dubois is like Alexander Daigle back in the 90s. Tons of talent, zero heart or interest in hockey. Kings should limit their damage, buy Dubois out and save 40 millions. Then watch Dubois beg Mtl for a job at minimum salary...

With Dubois, Huberdeau, Lafreniere and Drouin (last 2, had a descent year, though)… The latest high profile players from my corner of the world, tend to be disappointing more often than not. Bummer.

As a Montreal fan I still catch myself daydreaming having the big talented local kid playing in our top 6. I convince myself that Marty St-Louis can get into his head and work a miracle But then I wake up from this dream and realize that there's such a high risk that it could turn out to be a nightmare beyond nightmares. It could destroy our rebuild.

As a flames fan, I’m happy there’s a worse contract than Huberdeaus.

Gm should 100% be fired, blew this trade, and gave that extension. And b4 that ita lookin like the fiala trade they gave the wild calder finalist brock faber and what looks like a good pick of liam ohgren.

The worst part of the PLD deal was the impact on goaltending. Blake moved Quick and Petersen out saving 10.5 mil. He then signed PLD for 8.5 mil. Since Blake was now up against the salary cap, it left him only 2.5 mil for the goaltenders. Common sense tells you that you can't go from 10.5 to 2.5 and expect the goaltending to be better. Next year, the Kings have 14 players going UFA or RFA, but their combined cap hit is only 19 mil. The Kings have to figure out how to fill 14 slots, including both goalies, for 19-21 mil. They won't be able to afford to resign Roy or Arvidsson unless they take the same deals they currently have. Byfield is also due for a substantial raise from his current 875k entry deal. Stand by Kings fans, we are going to be fielding an AHL team next season.

Buyout is the easiest choice, the cheapest, the obvious. So of course they won't do it.

Habs fan be like " we need more quebecois in the team " PLD and Huberdeau being the 2 worst contract in the entire NHL

PLD is who everyone thought he was (Besides Rob Blake).

The only thing i am not laughing my a** off about in this situation is that this crybaby player got so much more money than he is worth for a long time by his horrible behaviour on 3 teams. Players need to be respected. Yes. but he has no respect for his teams amd fanbases screwing everyone over every time and playing how he did on several occasions is just annoying. I‘m not even a fan of any of the involved teams

its so funny lookihg back the Kings just giving up Vilardi and Iafallo for Dubois and then looking st the contracts its so bad fireable imo

Should be a STAIN on BLAKE !!! It's not like it was a big SURPRISE !!! FIRE BLAKE !!!

Everyone has been saying how disappointing he is playing for his skill level for the past 3 years. Maybe he's not that skilled?

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