Over the course the Kings’ bye week, we’ll be taking a look at Rob Blake, what he’s done for the team, and what he needs to do next, but right now, we’ll just leave it at this: it could always be worse.
Peter Chiarelli, who made onlookers anxious from the very day he was named Oilers GM, has finally been cut loose, but not before he gave a big contract with a NMC to a backup goalie whose numbers have gotten steadily worse as the season has progressed. The list of head-scratching trades and signings is very long—hey, look at that bullet the Kings dodged when Dean Lombardi decided not to re-sign Milan Lucic—and, speaking purely as a hockey fan, watching Connor McDavid toil away the early years of his contract is beyond frustrating.