Episode 166: Trading Day
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Why are the Kings questioning their place in this deep NHL draft and trade frenzy?
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All right, before every episode we usually put down a list of things we want to talk about in the little zoom chat here and This is the longest list I've ever seen. And it has nothing to do with the Los Angeles Kings because the NHL has gone full NBA. In the last Ten days? I don't even know. F five days?
Oh, less. Less. Yeah.
It's just been it's been wild. So we're gonna try to make sense of all this and talk about Where the kings fit in, if they do fit in, if they're even here, I don't know. But this is Carl. How are you tonight, Varty?
I am excellent. Twas the night before the draft and all hell had broken loose, my friend.
My God, man.
It is like In a in a weird way, like this is supposed to be one of the deeper drafts in the longest time. Right. And yet and yet half of the teams are like, don't feel like drafting. I don't want it. Let's just have ten teams up there, three picks each. Call it a night.
That's such a great point, dude. We've been hurt hearing for two years how this draft, like this draft It's the deepest draft. No one's gonna give up a first rounder. Even you and I talking about like the kings trading this first rounder.
Right.
Throughout the course of the season we're like, no, they didn't they don't want to trade it. Do you want to go pick in this draft because the draft is so deep. And it has been F them picks s in the last six days. I'm talking guys just do not care. They don't care about this year's pick. They don't care about next year's pick. They don't care about twenty thirty picks up in here.
Florida might as well just cancel the draft. It's just the Florida just never wants to go up to the podium ever again.
They're just their last last draft party ever was last year, guys. I hope you enjoyed it. There's never gonna be another one.
Yeah, every other team was like, Let's bring back the centralized draft Florida's like, you know what, if you guys do that, we're just gonna stay where we are. We're gonna zoom our picks no matter what.
My god.
We're we're not gonna fly everyone out there for our sixth round pick or whatever whatever it is we still have at that point.
The way this is going might as well keep it decentralized at this point.
I mean basically.
Just no one's gonna be there, four or five teams, like you said.
Yeah.
Um just text message in the tree like it'll be fine.
It's not just have Gary just sit up there and periodically it'll just show up like which GM.
Like I I'm not getting service. They're trying to anyway.
So good. But yeah, this is crazy.
I don't know where to start. Um You mentioned Florida, I guess. Yeah, the Kachuk trade is the first one. Um, I was at a child's birthday party on Father's Day, which is cruel and unusual punishment to begin with. And then in the middle of the party I had two I had to like step away and just be like, I need five minutes, everybody. I need five minutes.
I need everyone out of the bouncy house.
That's right.
I need it all to myself.
It was a park, so I could just you know, all I had to do was walk away. It was great.
Nice.
Um But yeah. Uh the return Well first of all let's go here. Uh Brady Kachuk numerous times said, like, this isn't a thing. I'm tired of talking about it. It's a distraction for the team. I think he said that in like end of April. Didn't take too long, he was out skis. He had one conversation with Steve Steyos. Steve Steos basically asked him, Hey, in two years or whenever your contract is up, will you sign here? And um Pretty sure Brady said probably not, Stevie. So you do what you gotta do.
And But you gotta appreciate the honesty, because technically technically, he was not lying. I don't think he forced a trade out necessarily. I don't think he said, I'm not gonna play out the last year of my contract. I think the question that was asked of him probably was slightly different this time around, which was, hey When your contract is up, will you stick around? And he was like, nah. That was it. And kudos to Steve Steos and them for basically saying okay then.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why are the Kings questioning their place in this deep NHL draft and trade frenzy?
0:18–10:45
2
How did the Brady Kachuk trade illustrate growing player power and no‑move clauses in the NHL?
10:45–23:00
3
What impact do international tournaments and player preferences have on off‑season trades?
23:00–32:59
4
Which roster holes are the Kings most desperate to fill this summer?
32:59–42:59
5
Who are the top free‑agent or trade targets the Kings could pursue?
42:59–51:55
6
Are no‑move clauses giving players too much leverage in the modern NHL?
51:55–1:03:07
7
Can the Kings build a contender without relying on top‑five draft picks?
1:03:07–1:12:17
8
What should Kings fans expect from the upcoming draft selections?
1:12:17–1:21:39