That one reporter had it right: "So you're basically going to do the same thing and expect different results." Haha.

The hubris of the front office is unbelievable. Blake and Robitaille are both unqualified for their jobs

Fire Rob Blake!!!!!!!

If the owners don’t take care of this miss management we should not pay those outrageous prices to see this crap on ice.

THREE YEARS OF THE SAME RESULT. ONE ABSOLUTE BUST OF A TRADE TO TOP IT OFF. WHY DO THESE GUYS STILL HAVE JOBS?

Is this press Conference an SNL skit Luc has no clue he is asked in the opening what do you tell the fanbase…and he looks lost and goes down the core values in his office because he didn’t know WTF to say

Dear Rob... How would you rate PLD's passion and commitment from scale of 0-10?

2022: Lose to Edmonton in 7 games 2023: Lose to Edmonton in 6 games 2024: Lose to Edmonton in 5 games. How exactly is that progress?

The definition of insanity…. Trying the same leadership group expecting different results

I’ve been a fan since 86-87, pre-Gretz so I’m not some cup run fan. This Blake/Luc run team is the epitome of mediocrity. Get Luc as far away from decision making as possible…his relationship with Brisson is part of why the organization is now stubbornly saddled with PLD at 8x8.5. As for Blake, he thinks he’s a Sakic/Yzerman level post player GM but he’s just not. He’s too busy waxing up his board with one eye on the team and the other on the surf report. To essentially run this mediocre roster back again is bloody insanity, yet from Spicoli himself, that’s what the fans can look forward to in October. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Absolute unacceptable level of response from those two buddies. As a loyal fan, I will no longer buy the merch, pay the price for tix, or eat the tv bill until Rob Blake gets his permanent surfing papers.

Integrity, passion, family...all fantastic ideals and qualities. But all these years of not winning a playoff round, those qualities mean nothing if we as fans continue to spend money just to watch this team fail in the first round. It's sad that the fanbase would probably be happy just winning one round now. And to Rob's statement around progress, it's actually been a regression. Losing in 7 games 3 years ago, 6 games last year and 5 this year while ending up with less points this season vs last season. I'm not sure how anyone can see that as progress. Other teams have had the same amount of time to get better and some have passed up the Kings. Too many excuses, too many poor decisions that haven't moved this team forward. I'm a half season ticket holder, went to more games than I've gone to in years and have been a fan since the early 80s. This offseason and the changes that are made will determine how much time and money I invest in this team moving forward. Be better, do better.

Sounded like 2 used car salesmen😂

FIRE ROB BLAKE AND LUC THE FANS DONT WANT THEM

Disappointed but not surprised that Rob Blake does not seem to have any answers. It does indeed sound like they are going to do the exact same thing over again while expecting different results. This is sad. I am a Kings fan since 1976.

Probably the most insulting thing to come out of the organization ever was this presser and the responses from Blake and Robitaille. AEG needs to step in.

If Rob Blake sticks around, I'm done. If i'm going to root for a team that does what the Kings have been doing in recent years under Rob Blake, it's gonna be because management legitimately has little to no idea of what's wrong and how to fix it, not because they know and choose to become a meme by saying "this is fine" while everything burns around them.

Feel good management. How about "winning" gets on that list of things of the wall and accountability.

fire blake. this is pathetic

The problem isn’t if pld can play or not. The problem is his attitude and how he gives up and leaves his team and teammates out to dry when he doesn’t like something or just because he felt like it. 2 other teams traded him away because they realized their team wasn’t going anywhere with him in the locker room. Count your losses and figure out a way to loose him it’ll be better for your organisation

hey Rob, we got farther vs Edmonton with Vilardi and Iafallo, explain that big guy

Seriously No Kings Fans should support this management period!!! What a Joke to sit there and pretend they had success this year 🤬FIRE BOTH LUC and BLAKE ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did not even finish watching the rest of this interview Can't stand Blake specially! Both of you Man up and admit you are killing this Kings organization specially with the Horrendous PLD contract! Enough is Enough!!!

These buffoons don’t care about this team and saying this season is better than previous is an absolute joke. This team will not improve and now they have to deal with that albatross of contract with PL. Get out your umbrella Kings fans, dark days ahead.

They handcuffed the team they both should be fired

The definition of insanity… keeping these two 🤡s

WHAT PROGRESS? 🗣🔥🔥

No other management would of been given these many chances with those many mistakes. Only because their jerseys are in the rafters

The LA Kings are telling you they don't care about their fans or winning. They're going to waste the end of Kopitar's and Doughty's career. Dubois will stay and ruin this franchise, and management will allow Blake to do it.

These delusional clowns think they've made progress when they were a few points from missing the playoffs.

Nothing against Hiller, I think he filled in admirably but this team needs new coaching if they are sticking with the same players.

MIKE FUTA FOR GM! He knows this team, drafted many of these players, and wants to buyout PLD (Like we should). Kudos to the dude that asked the first question. This presser did nothing but piss me off more as a 44 year fan. NO real answers or accountability for bad decisions. Shameful.

I love Luke, Blake can go back to CO for his cup but they’re starting to look a lot more like Beavis and Butt-head

Would be nice if we got a straight answer to any of these questions. The old “answer the question you wished you were asked instead of the question you were actually asked. Q: “How do you respond to critics that think you two should be fired”A: “Well we had disappointments, and anger (with the players)” I didn’t hear any responsibility for anything in this interview. Easy to blame the players, but the players are only there because of one guy (hint, he’s in this interview.

The disappointment now is because you still have a job!!!

anybody else notice that Fagemo isn't mentioned by blake at all? After scoring at a high league level? What is the problem there?

Thanks Blake, imagine having an extra 7M to grab a goalie + another LHD or perhaps a depth forward. But no, let’s keep the 8.5M buster and hope he somehow learns how to play with more passion.

Let them go

Gonna bee a loooong summer with Kings fans. 😂

Fire Blake! He failed 2 years in a row on getting the players needed to get past the first round and nothings going to change next season. Hes ruined this franchise for the next decade!

The coaches need to make a player that is receiving over $8 Million Dollars better!? Sorry, the $8 Million in his bank account should give him all the motivation and drive he needs to improve on a consistent basis. Kempe, Byfield, Fiala...they all figure it out with much less money. If I were any of those players, I'd be pissed. 20 PIM and only one point in 5 playoff games this season? What is wrong with this management team? No accountability. PLD needs to go...

Bring Back Dean Lombardi!!

Sounds like PLD ain’t going anywhere SMH

Absolutely inept, mealy-mouthed non-answers we've come to expect from Rob and Luc. Pathetic. This front office staff is a frat house/country club of their buddies and needs to be purged.

What progress? You took steps back this year. If there was progress we A: Wouldn't have finished 3rd in the division again and B: Would have at least gotten out of the first round. We have tone deaf leadership :/

Fool me once (2021-2022) shame on you. Fool me twice (2022-2023) shame on me , (2023-2024) Fool me - you can't get fooled again.....(2025-2025)

As the famous philosophers The Four Tops said, “it’s the same old song..” And this has been the same old song for three years now with these guys….

good question by Dave bernstein

Joke management. To summarize, "we'll run it back and hope for the best"

PLD deal absolutely indefensible. Blake made the team so much worse.

Soooo the song remains the same🙄

Blake just resign ,do the Kings a favour.move on

Fiirrree Blake and Luc!!!!

This will be the end for the team and most fans. Enjoy a decade of mediocrity.

Luc I love you but you gotta be delusional if you think the kings were “in” every playoff game. They were only “in” 2/5 (arguably 3 if you consider game 5)

What completely shameful and disgraceful media availability for the FO. Next time just put out some nonsense statement it would have had the same impact as the evasive, cliches and rhetoric we always hear from Luc/Rob. Zero accountability, zero concrete plans/goals to rectify/improve..embarrassing

Literally no progress being made at all. This teams a joke now

It’s not about beating 1 team but the Stanley cup. Ummmm. You’re gonna need to beat at least 1 team to win the cup. Maybe focus on that and then see if you can win the cup.

You won "ONE GAME" Luc!

We need to clean up the front office and get a GM that understands what’s actually needed instead of panick buying and over paying with draft picks and players!!

The words passion and Pierre Luc Dubois is an oxymoron. It sounds like they're gonna basically run it back which is utterly stupid. This team is fundamentally broken.

Kings fans deserve better. Fire these two rudderless bozos before they do more damage to this team.

Ownership gives 0 F‘s about hockey and only about $ or they would break up the ‘family’!

Blake hasn’t built an elite NHL team. Elite teams are the best 8, not 16. Elite teams hit 110 points or more. They really do well at home, and decent on the road. They win most OT and shoot out games. Goaltending is always high quality stats. Elite teams always have two potent lines 1 & 2. Lines 3 & 4 just need to be competent and consistent with league averages and not make regularly bad mistakes. Kings aren’t elite because they can’t achieve top points in their division or conference. So they start playoffs with no home ice advantage. Reaching the playoffs is a joke. Reaching top points in the conference means a team is likely elite status. Player scoring stats really mean a lot. The Kings had Kempe barely squeeze into he top 40, at the bottom. The elite teams have at least 2-3 scorers in the top 40. The whole world can see that PLD is a mental case problem. Something is seriously wrong upstairs with this guy. He was a marshmallow the whole season. He was loafing and out of position and lackadaisical. He likes the big paycheck, but he doesn’t care to earn it. His exit interview was atrocious. He exhibited body language of being age 13 but in a man’s body. He is a quitter and a huge demoralizing drag in the clubhouse. When on camera, you don’t bite your finger nails, you don’t fuss with your mustache and beard, and you don’t look sullen, lifeless, smug, nervous, and disinterested. This guy showed no pride nor integrity in his disastrous interview. Blake is lying through his teeth he can make PLD play better. How so? It is time for a sports shrink to figure out what is going on with this guy. Something is really wrong. Byfield by NHL standards was mediocre as a 1st line forward. Stats don’t lie. 55 points isn’t anything to write home about. His on ice performance was erratic and chaotic with no real hockey sense for sufficient scoring intelligence and acumen. His production isn’t close to star status. His long term future with the Kings seems remote, with being jettison in a year or two. Kopi had just 3 points in 5 playoff games. Edmonton neutralized the supposed Kings best two way player. Kopi wasn’t any star in the 5 games, except for the OT winner based upon more luck and Edmonton error on the play. The other important players for the Kings, Arvidsson, Fiala, and Denault, all choked with minuscule production. PLD was MIA, with one point in 5 games. That was deplorable and a terrible humiliation for him and the team. Sorry Blake and unlucky Luc, there are serious deficiencies with this team and there is zero reason there will be improvement and more reasons the team may miss the playoffs next season. Given that situation, why should you Blake keep your job? 7 years at the helm is enough to prove you misjudge talent, potentials, and waste precious cash on certain players that are non productive and have mediocre skill sets. Standing “pat” is stupid if you are staying. You ought to swing all kinds of deals this summer as other teams want to unload their disgruntled and failed players. Toronto wants to dump good players since they choked in round one again. Take a chance, show some smarts and courage and bring in 3-4 new veterans that want out of their city or management wants to dump them. What do you have to lose anyway?

Ya'll fumbled the rebuild on the one yard line. C'mon.

Fire both of them!!!!

both should be fired

I think Rob and Luc have watched too many Kamala Harris press conferences.

Selling off futures for nothing and playing the 1-3-1 is not passionate. It's trap hockey. Even the players hate it. No way you get past the first round when the players hate playing it as well. Maybe good to get to the playoffs but a forecheck is necessary to win in the playoffs. Doing the same thing next is year is beyond frustrating.

Rotten, useless front office.

Values!?!? Integrity?!? Passion?!? Strike three, you’re out!!!!!!!!!

Lucky for GM. Blake did ok up until the PLD move. All the warning signs were there with him and his prior teams.

AEG should sell the team to a private group soley committed to winning a cup and not only making $. #AEGSelltheKings

Luc just shouldn't be in front of a mic. Says absolutely nothing.

Got nothing out of their statements. Joke Integrity speech? Win some playoff games

Kings are NOT built for the playoffs. They are too small and the one guy they traded for to supply some size and skill was a bust. This is all just lip service. The cap handcuff is gonna keep this team down for a while. Turn the team over to the kids in Ontario.

I can’t believe I made the right decision canceling my season tickets after decades. Would rather watch AAA 18U where the players actually give everything. This is a joke

How are the LA Kings going to beat the Oilers next playoffs?????? The only question that matters. 4 strikes and you’re finally out?

We've been hearing this same message for the last five years Enough is enough. Two steps forward and three back with this group. They talk about organizational culture which is fine, but this team has had no identity or grit since the cup years. Blake's over his head, and is throwing darts after tequila shots hoping his hollow words and leadership hits the center of the board. He needs to go, Bergevin needs to go, Luc needs to go back to a Community Relations role where he excels, (it is not in hockey ops) and bring in new GM and some hockey ops people who are willing to come in and make the hard decisions. Kings are a mess. Long time Kings fan (1970) , and the wishing and hoping by LAK senior mgt. has to stop.

This reminds me of spending time with my father..who was very successful in his life in career and public service..yet had a very specific model for things and could wax on about that indefinitely. Very tough to have a back n forth ..it was all about a mindset he was certain was the right one. So you could have wonderful times in his presence but the plan he had for things you had to accept.

Save your coins and ditch watching these fools live. Embarrassing.

What the heck was Luc babbling about with that first question? Also, please get rid of PLD and stop trying to pretend that his lack of production is the management's fault. It's all his because he is lazy as hell.

Team needs a coach that comes in and demands respect. A torteralla would get this team far just on the mentality change

Hire me to get your audio fixed yeeesh

Can we plz get a real number 1 goalie? And then hope pld does better next year. No shot he plays worse than this year.

I'm going to say the poll says to fire both of these things😂

Rob please next season top of the better!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😤😤😤😤😤😤😤

Kings need to build a winning attitude how you think teams like Detroit made the playoffs every year for decades its a attitude and team philosophy and accountability

This roster has more offensive talent then defensive, we need a level of fitness to play attack style hockey . Defense is just something you have to do at certain moments, it shouldn’t be the plan , that’s playing not to loose , instead of playing to win .

Blake says were trying to get the kings to bring there season game into the playoffs. why sure the season games of the kings wasn't that good either blake is sooooo full of crap man .and grow a set of balls luke and do your f in job .sure teams and players should b close but i am not a fan of the buddy system it most times doesn't work

Fans want them gone because see them as part of the problem. They have mismanaged the HUMAN BEINGs on the team so it destroys the "team" environment. Rob doesn't address the question directly but deflects responsibility. So he is trash. Luc was even worse, trying to gaslight us all by pretending they treat the players right as a family. Absolutely false. But let's ask Sutter, Quick and even Brown when he had his C taken off his jersey. These two tone-deaf leaders are hurting the team without even comprehending how. Someone tell them since they are clueless?

Luc, there just isn't any way we-the long term fans-could ever hate you. But...when a GM goes into an offseason looking for a goaltender and comes home with another forward, that's where stupidity/frustration/arrogance gets challenged by the fans. Sooooooo, let's just say, ONE MORE YEAR. That's it. I must say I got my wish...the Kings winning a Stanley Cup in my lifetime. They didn't win it because of either of you. But you have both done a good job of rebuilding the team/it's dynamic/it's minor league team/opportunities. Regarding DuBois, I do remember a young goaltender who loved to sleep in, was kind of lazy at working out and barely got to L.A. He lead us to the Cup...and that came after Jonathan Bernier. So, there's always hope... But Jonathan Quick didn't start in L.A. @ $8 million dollars. Anyway, whatever you do, thanks be to the Anshutz family for their patience and unlimited resources to allow you to do most anything you want!!!

Progress 😂 more like progressively getting worse. Luc and Rob are puppets and don’t know what they are doing, but since they are Kings legends, the owners won’t fire them smh

Luc sounds like Commodus in Gladiator….😂

PLD was a bust in Columbus and Winnipeg. Let’s sign him to a 8 year nearly 9M per year. Why are you tanking this team? Get rid of Blake and Luc. They are fan favorites as players does not correlate to management.

Thank god kopi and drew aren't gonna waste their final years of production under management that wants to slow road to China playoff success

Fire Blake and Buy out Dubois while they can still get out cheap.

If they dont buy out PLB they should fire the GM. Its only a 1.3m cap hit for a bunch of years. Come july 1st it gets worst. Use the money to buy a new player to replace PLD.

Cant help if he doesn't play

Bring Brownie back in coaching some where.

Every team in the playoffs do not have a realistic chance to win. It was obvious to everyone but Luc that Caps, Isles, Preds, Kings were not winning anything this year. It was right there? Kings won 1 game in OT and were thoroughly outplayed by every metric the whole series. Just get in the playoffs and anything can happen is such bad philosophy. That's why this management group fails.

Blake is in the last year of his contract and firing him would would mean paying him another year for doing nothing. Owners are making him earn his current rate and fulfill commitments - this is also why theres no buy out for PLD - you wanted him, you got him, you have one more year to make that work (good luck). I don't see a lot of roster moves for next season, maybe a deal for a veteran defensmen, which is what they did to win in '12 and '14 (but they better not deal Laferriere, their best player in the playoffs). But without a doubt, Hiller is going away. The failure of special teams is squarely on the coach.