Kings veterans await word on possible moves

would trade Blake, Cammy, Thornton, Lubo & if anyone would take them, Nagy, Handzus, Wilsie, Dallman, Calder for any pick or young player they can get.

I would have never even brought back the greedy Blake, who left before, for bigger money as the many millions the Kings offered him was not enough & hurt his feelings! Nor would I have brought back Modry, who at 220# would not hit a tackling dummy made out of pillows! Lubo seems lost, Cammy is too small & streaky & the others, are just his 2nd year pick ups of average journeymen players - not their fault as they are what they are. And Dean has butchered the Goalie situation - Cloutier was still injured as he had not played a regular season game when he signed him & Aubin ?! Labarbera is what he is, a good goalie he will never be a great goalie as he can't make the big saves consistently to keep this team in the game!

I would keep Brown, Kopitar, Frolov, Jackson, the other young players that have recently seen ice time,, make smart draft picks with the 1st or 2nd overall pick in the draft. As a 40 year fan, I have seen this team & it's host of bad GM's over the years, even a favorite player of mine, Dave Taylor, wasted picks on "reaches", who can forget McMaster the Disaster, etc. This team has had a knack of trading away picks & youth for aged, past their prime stars & after 40 years, what has it got this team ? Look at what Burke has done down the street & this team in only 13 years, won the Cup & Burke operated under the same cap as did Dave & Deano !

I also feel Crawford is not the guy - look at the collective pluses/minuses of this team - the majority of players, by far are way under 0! They all love to try & score but he doesn't teach them Defense! & Tim & AEG is more concerned with real estate than this hockey club & I have forgotten more about hockey than Tim has ever known ! Sure glad that Luc is on board, but hope he can get more into player personnel & development, than marketing because if they put a good product on the ice, the fans, be they fair-weather fans, those bandwaggoners that jumped on board when 99 came to town, or a true fan like myself, of 40 years, will show up - we need no marketing, as the team should be the only marketing tool they need. We don't need another bobble head night!

Rather than a nickel & dime team - trying to win, but trying to build, is not going to work ! They need to be honest with us & if tell us they ARE rebuilding & to bear with them over the next 1-3 years as they build from the draft & Manchester, than trading away the future for the Wilsies & Dallmans of the NHL ! They have tried with Dionne, Dugay, Lewis, Robinson, Sandstorm & Granato -yes that was a fun product to watch, but still no cups - Stevens, Allison, Palffy, Demitra, etc. & while they added some punch, alone with no supporting cast, they went nowhere!

If only we could fire the ownership, because until they get a proven leader of player personnel & talent scouts, this team will never win a playoff round!

As usual, there are no Kings fans concerned, then again, if they were real fans, they would, should be

To follow up, here's the current +/- for the Kings

SKATERS: GP G A +/- Pts
A. Kopitar 64 27 33 -14 60
A. Frolov 53 19 37 -1 56
D. Brown 60 26 20 -11 46
P. O'Sullivan 64 16 23 -12 39
M. Cammalleri 45 16 23 -8 39
L. Visnovsky 64 6 26 -16 32
D. Armstrong 63 8 21 2 29
L. Nagy 38 9 17 -2 26
R. Blake 53 5 21 -13 26
B. Stuart 63 5 16 -16 21