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Kings deny Khabibulin interest
Have no fear, says Los Angeles general manager Dean Lombardi, the Kings will make it to the NHL's salary "floor" of $40.7 million in player payroll before opening night. However, the financial formula will not include, contrary to rumors in recent weeks, taking high-priced goalie Nikolai Khabibulin off Chicago's hands, or dealing away budding superstar forward Anze Kopitar.
Nikolai Khabibulin, Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
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Maybe he should just go play in Europe like the NBA players. Timing, Location, and Money...zzzzzzz
DEVO (SPUD)…
Spudville, ID
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Trade him..........atleast for a box of donuts......
Grossedout9
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he should get a new hobby. bowling.
get it. haha
MATTUSA
Total Comments (2849)
They'd better not trade Kopitar.
naxself
Fort Worth , TX
Total Comments (669)
If they trade Kopitar for Khabibulin, the "midget in charge" should investigte the Kings. To borrow a line from Spiny, Bettman S**KS
LGP On the Offensive
Pittsburgh , PA
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
drj0514
Total Comments (3923)
Go Hawks ....trade him.
The Tang Emperor
Toledo, OH
Total Comments (141)
The sad thing is Khabibulin would be an improvement in the crease for the Kings...
nyr35 = PH
Total Comments (516)
Makes no sense for a last place teams to acquire an overprice aging goalie.
YODA
Total Comments (16121)
The Kings would have to be absolutely stupid to trade Anze Kopitar for anybody, much less for an old, injury prone, overpaid Nikolai Khabibulin. He ain't worth the money and he certainly ain't worth Kopitar.
DCruiser
Barrington , IL
Total Comments (3155)
The Kings cap payroll is at $36.6 mil. Kopitar is due $955,867. He will be a free agent at the end of the year. Granted, he'll be an RFA, but why not try and extend him long-term for the money that he's worth now so that another team doesn't come in and poach him with an offer that is too big for the Kings ownership to match next year? He'd get $7 mil a year at least, but maybe they could get him for under that if they act now.
wtnelson = Big Chief
Fort Collins , CO
Total Comments (1688)
Over paid and old yes.........
Grossedout9
Total Comments (3323)
This is old news; this was debunked when the rumor first surfaced a couple of months back. The Kings said that they have no intention of trading Kopitar and plan to have him in their system for years to come. I see LA signing one or two vets, and then, like wtnelson said, will probably sign Kopitar, O'Sullivan and Frolov to extensions.
I'm kinda hoping the Kings will finish last so they get the top pick next year, but they'll probably mess that up too lol
badluck shleprock
Bakersfield , CA
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They have no interest because most people in LA can't spell Khabibulin
Spiny Norman
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haveaboolynn
TunaTime
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Kopitar isnt going anywhere. The title might have well said "Caps not interested in trading away Ovechkin". Lombardi would be fired the second after he made that deal. Me thinks that the Hawks are having a hard time finding a trading partner for the Broken Wall.
The leafs will make the play-offs!
Lucic007: 17-4-4
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Most people in LA can't spell LA
badluck shleprock
Bakersfield , CA
Total Comments (98)
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