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 Kr55
Messages: 12880
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
6 Cups
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| Adam wrote on Thu, 05 February 2026 13:17 |
| Mike wrote on Wed, 04 February 2026 14:44 |
That’s it? What the hell. Couldn’t beat that? Wow.
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Drury is really bad at this. Announcing publicly that they didn't want to re-sign Panarin and then benching him entirely put them completely over a barrel. They forced themselves in to a corner and then they had no leverage to make him go anywhere else.
Apparently all our criticism of Holland made him realize that he shouldn't just pay whatever was asked for a player who only has your name on his no-move exception list.
Worst case scenario really, seeing him join a divisional rival for cheap and at not a bad contract either.
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Holland is back in his comfort zone I guess. Panarin wanted so badly to play in the next biggest US city that he would sign on a shorter term and for less money than anywhere else. Saw claims from Friedman that Seattle offered him 4 x 14M and that wasn't enough for him to give up going to LA.
I'm not rich enough to understand millionaire life in a huge city, but I guess Panarin can't give whatever it's about up, and that gave Holland the kind of easy mode he was used to in Detroit with a team full of HHoF players and no cap.
Not too concerned overall though about the Kings going forward though. This was a once in a decade thing for Kenny. He can keep adding Ceci's to the Kings and trading away good young players to keep his team nice and old.
[Updated on: Thu, 05 February 2026 13:23]
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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