Prospect Pyramid for LA Kings

Created by: PuckLuck_77

Team: 2020-21 Los Angeles Kings

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 15, 2020

Published: Dec. 15, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

For those of you who are unsure of what it is, it is simply a way of ranking prospects in tier levels rather than individual level. In other words, each tier represents a certain potential for the prospects. Tiers 1-3 will be for-sure NHL'ers in my opinion, ranging in impact. Tiers 4-5 I see little chance of NHL time.

I tried to rank them in my personal order within each tier. So my example is I rank Gabe Vilardi higher than Turcotte, personally. I also tried to take into account NHL-readiness. This explains why I have Grundstrom so high. While I think Grans, Madden, Thomas, etc are higher potentials overall, Grundstrom is closer to the NHL and seems to have a role carved out next year.

Tier 1 = LW -- Superstar/Elite level prospect
Tier 2 = C -- Top line or Elite 2nd line potential/ Really good Top 4 Dman
Tier 3 = RW -- Bottom 6 (Ranging from Pretty Good 3rd liner to consistent ice time 4th liner)
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Tier 4 = LD -- Needs to do more to prove they can carve out some NHL time. Not likely
Tier 5 = RD -- Won't see NHL time in my opinion.
Tier 6 = G -- Goalie rankings

I'm going off of NHL rookie rules to make the list. Combination of age or certain amounts of games played = not listed. I took exception for Cal Peterson since he's 26 but is just about to get his real shot at starting in net this year.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Grans, Helge	3	$800,000
Faber, Brock	3	$800,000
Simontaival, Kasper	3	$800,000
Chromiak, Martin	3	$800,000
Laferriere, Alex	3	$800,000
Parik, Lukas	3	$800,000
Shafigullin, Bulat	3	$800,000
Nousiainen, Kim	3	$800,000

Buyouts

Dion Phaneuf: $4,062,500
Drew Doughty: $6,142,857
Anze Kopitar: $4,500,000
Dustin Brown: $3,208,333
Jonathan Quick: $3,300,000
Jeff Carter: $3,939,394
Olli Määttä: $555,574
Sean Walker: $1,091,667
Alex Iafallo: $791,667
Adrian Kempe: $145,833
Austin Wagner: $422,222
Blake Lizotte: $231,250
Kurtis MacDermid: $316,667
Trevor Moore: $108,333
Martin Frk: $266,667
Matt Roy: $116,667
Michael Amadio: $116,667
Troy Grosenick: $233,333
Mark Alt: $233,333

Termination Fees

Mike Richards: $700,000
Ilya Kovalchuk: $6,250,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
38	$81,500,000	$67,526,851	$0	$3,560,000	$13,973,149

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Byfield, Quinton $925,000$925,000 LW, C RFA - 4	Vilardi, Gabriel $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, C RFA - 2	Fagemo, Samuel $795,000$795,000 ($132,500$132K) LW, RW RFA - 3
	Turcotte, Alex $925,000$925,000 C RFA - 4	Anderson, Michael $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LD UFA - 2
	Kaliyev, Arthur $925,000$925,000 RW, LW RFA - 4	Kupari, Rasmus $863,333$863,333 C, LW, RW RFA - 3
	Björnfot, Tobias $894,167$894,167 LD RFA - 3	Grundström, Carl $725,000$725,000 LW, RW RFA - 2
		Madden, Tyler $925,000$925,000 C RFA - 3
		Grans, Helge $800,000$800,000 RD RFA
		Andersson, Lias $894,166$894,166 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 1
		Thomas, Akil $795,000$795,000 ($132,500$132K) C RFA - 3
		Faber, Brock $800,000$800,000 RD RFA
		Simontaival, Kasper $800,000$800,000 C RFA
		Anderson-Dolan, Jaret $747,500$747,500 ($182,500$182K) C, LW, RW RFA - 2
		Clague, Kale $761,666$761,666 ($107,500$108K) LD/RD RFA - 1
		Hults, Cole $925,000$925,000 ($125,000$125K) LD UFA - 2
		Spence, Jordan $825,833$825,833 RD RFA - 4

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Luff, Matt $700,000$700,000 RW UFA - 1	Brickley, Daniel $700,000$700,000 LD UFA - 1	Petersen, Cal $858,333$858,333 G UFA - 2
Durzi, Sean $809,166$809,166 ($132,500$132K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Phillips, Markus $796,667$796,667 LD UFA - 2	Villalta, Matt $778,333$778,333 ($132,500$132K) G UFA - 2
Moverare, Jacob $705,556$705,556 LD UFA - 1	Strand, Austin $735,000$735,000 RD UFA - 1	Parik, Lukas $800,000$800,000 G RFA
Shafigullin, Bulat $800,000$800,000 C, LW, RW RFA	Imama, Bokondji $735,000$735,000 LW UFA - 1	Ingham, Jacob $818,333$818,333 ($65,000$65K) G RFA - 3
Nousiainen, Kim $800,000$800,000 LD RFA	Eyssimont, Michael $700,000$700,000 RW, C UFA - 1
Dudas, Aidan $786,667$786,667 LW UFA - 3	Rymsha, Drake $733,333$733,333 C UFA - 1
Chromiak, Martin $800,000$800,000 RW RFA
Laferriere, Alex $800,000$800,000 RW RFA
Södergran, Johan $791,667$791,667 C UFA - 2

Top Comments

Dec. 15, 2020 at 12:50 p.m.

NLidstrom

Joined: Aug. 2020

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I think Faber can jump a tier still in a year or two, great pick by GM Blake!

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 12:55 p.m.

PuckLuck_77

Joined: Mar. 2019

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Quoting: NLidstrom

I think Faber can jump a tier still in a year or two, great pick by GM Blake!

Here's to hoping. Defense is where the Kings are "thin" comparatively with regards to their prospect pool. It would be great if Faber could become a no-doubt top-4 player. I still have full confidence he'll make the NHL, though, which is why I have him in Tier 3.

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 12:57 p.m.

Klara

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I'd move up Grans.

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 1:00 p.m.

PuckLuck_77

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Quoting: Klara

I'd move up Grans.

A tier or just within Tier 3? I tried to take NHL-readiness a little bit into account for my personal rankings, and I think Grans is still 3 years away personally. That's the only reason he's below a guy like Grundstrom. I think he'll need some time to adjust his defensive game, but when he does his overall ceiling is higher than a few on the list above him.

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 1:05 p.m.

tryger

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Quoting: PuckLuck_77

I'm actually starting to think our defense is not as bad as we thought, once they get their top defensive line player there is a lot of options for that bottom 4:

2021 draft pick-Doughty
Bjornfot-Grans
Hutton-Spence
Anderson-Roy
Klague-Faber

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