Comments on: Capitals Deal Della Rovere to Blues For Tough Guy D.J. King

By: Dead Penguin

Dead Penguin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:07:31 +0000

Caps fans have little to worry about. King will dress for one or two games before he suffers a season ending injury.

By: Tom Fioramonti

Tom Fioramonti — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:06:18 +0000

I would have preferred Dave Semetco (sp?) of the early Oilers to King but….. The Star on a team can’t be the lone physcial force on a team as Ovie is with the Caps. See early Eric Lindross career. Last year, several teams (especially Ric Tocket’s team) tried pushing the Caps around and were somewhat successful. So, we get a real tough guy and second rate players like Talbout (Maxine???) have to think of the consequences of the shift after messing with Ovie….. Isn’t it nice that the Carcillos, Talbots or Cookes of the NHL need to include Dental coverage in their benefit package for 10/11…..

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:48:34 +0000

I should also add – last season, we had Laing up mainly just to sit him – at $550K. King will sit for the most part, for $637K – not a big difference. Plus, he brings something the Caps don’t have and might need.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:44:38 +0000

I know he’s one dimensional, but we don’t currently have anyone to protect our stars from goons like Downie or Carcillo. Chimera and Erskine are decent, Bradley gets pounded until he bleeds almost every time, and no one else is even worth mentioning. Even if King gets sat most games, his cap hit won’t do anything to the Caps. Plus, the trade involved a player who will probably never crack the NHL – so no loss.

By: Russian Machine Never Breaks

Russian Machine Never Breaks — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:06:34 +0000

@Tim: Downie & Carcillo are not one dimensional fighters. Downie had 20G/24A and was a +14 last year with a ATOI of 14:43. Carcillo (ATOI 11:15) had 3x more goals last year than King has had in his career. If we got an “enforcer” type in that mold I would welcome the trade but I don’t see much use for a pugilist who will be “mainly a scratch.”

-Neil

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:52:20 +0000

I think King is mainly a scratch, but gets brought in for certain games, or if a player is hurt. I think he gets virtually no time at Hershey – mainly press box time. He is a very tough fighter – has taken on Boogaard multiple times (and broke his nose), Orr, and Koci. Also, his stats are misleading – he’s been on the Blues his whole career. Not exactly a great team. What it boils down to is the Caps just traded a player who can hardly crack the AHL for a proven NHL enforcer.

As for if they need an enforcer – Koci… Downie… Carcillo. Plus, Boogaard and Shelley are now in the East. King might not do much for the Caps, but I don’t see how he can hurt. Especially at his near-minimum $637K.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:42:13 +0000

The Caps may need an enforcer down the stretch IMO. King won’t be needed most nights, but he could turn out to be huge in terms of setting the tone during the postseason.

In all likelihood, King won’t play more than 10 games though.

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By: Netty

Netty — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:30:36 +0000

I think he very rarely gets a Caps sweater, is either a scratch or in Hershey most of the time, and an enforcer isn’t needed but this probably doesn’t hurt the team at all.

By: Gracie

Gracie — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:16:42 +0000

“So I missed first pitch at Nats Park b/c a 20-year-old didn’t have his cell phone on him. Sigh.”

Didn’t like that tweet. At all. Sorry a hold up at your job was such an inconvenience, Nate. It’s the NATIONALS nonetheless.