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Disappointing choice in coach latest in line of GM mistakes

This is, admittedly, kind of a weird first post.

So, hi, I’m Kelsey, and I hate this hiring.

I hate it because Todd McLellan has helmed two teams to the bottom of the league - the (2014-2015) Sharks and the (2017-2018) Oilers - who did not rebound under his watch. How will his time with the Kings be any different?

Mainly, though, I’m disappointed in the GM Rob Blake is turning out to be. I was hoping for a clean slate after Dean Lombardi, someone with an eye to the future who would build a team that could self-propagate rather than one that implodes every five years.