Prospect Pyramid for LA Kings

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Created by: PuckLuck_77

Team: 2020-21 Los Angeles Kings

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 15, 2020

Published: Dec. 15, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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

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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

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

NLidstrom

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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

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

papishark

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Your tiers are so wide. Why would an elite first liner be the same tier as a borderline second liner

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

Swedenheim

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Grans is tier 2 I think he’ll be good for you guys, if only he fell one more slot

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 1:19 p.m.

nalzugaray12

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very interesting and doesn't seem like there's much bias. great post. I would maybe even have a couple players jump a tier- guys like Fagemo to tier 2 or Madden to tier 2. I can see why you might be kind of skeptical of Madden though due to size, but Fagemo is a very interesting prospect. Overall though, this is solid. LA's prospect pool is probably my favorite in the whole NHL

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 1:28 p.m.

Klara

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Quoting: PuckLuck_77

I'd move to Tier 2.

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 1:55 p.m.

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PuckLuck_77

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Quoting: papishark

Your tiers are so wide. Why would an elite first liner be the same tier as a borderline second liner

Sorry if my description was tough to read. Tier 2 isn't "elite first liner", for me. It's players who might play on the first line OR Elite 2nd liners. To me, "Elite" 1st liners are saved for tier 1 status.

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 1:56 p.m.

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Quoting: nalzugaray12

I know analysts like Pronman are salivating over Fagemo. I hope he proves me wrong, but I don't see a player that's more than a contributing 3rd line winger who can play up the lineup in the event of an injury. I still have yet to see Madden play at any pro level, so I don't want to overhype myself on him just yet. If he plays 2nd line minutes for the Kings, it'll be on the wing.

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Dec. 15, 2020 at 3:14 p.m.

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Quoting: tryger

Surely you meant Hults? (This is the kind of mental-hangover mis-key I would make.)

Dec. 15, 2020 at 3:17 p.m.

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OldNYIfan

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Really well done. Very impressive.

I'm hoping Durzi and Chromiak get there, but I share your doubts about everyone else in Tiers 4 and 5.

Dec. 15, 2020 at 3:28 p.m.

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tryger

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Quoting: OldNYIfan

Surely you meant Hults? (This is the kind of mental-hangover mis-key I would make.)

He definitely should be in there, my biggest omission is Walker though which was just a brain fart.

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