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AndrewLadd

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Forum: NHLThu at 3:44 pm
Thread: Serious Question Are the Ranges and Kings Mismanaging all their Prospects
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PuckLuck_77</b></div><div>I didn't even talk about Madden missing the full AHL season last year from an absolutely dirty hit early on. (I think he played somewhere along the lines of 5 total games). Or Bjornfot who had to miss time with concussion issues because of a dirty Chandler Stevenson elbow last year, his rookie year.

Every single one of the Kings 1st round picks since 2017 have missed extended time. It's like we're fricken cursed.
Vilardi 2017 -- back
Kupari 2018 -- ACL
Turcotte 2019 #5 -- multiple, ranging from sickness to broken fingers, etc
Bjornfot 2019 #22 -- Concussions
Byfield 2020 -- fractured ankle
Clarke 2021 -- just missed all of development camp and preseason from mono.</div></div>
Dang that’s awful, I hope all these prospects are able to overcome the injuries
Forum: NHLThu at 3:35 pm
Thread: Serious Question Are the Ranges and Kings Mismanaging all their Prospects
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>PuckLuck_77</b></div><div>I'm a Kings fan, so I'm biased. But here's my quick take:

Rangers look to be in trouble with their development staff. One player might be a one-off, but with Kravtsov now asking out and being okay with playing in the AHL for any other team shows that there might be a disconnect between players, organization, and NHL/AHL goals. I'm also not a fan of how quickly they rushed Kakko to the NHL, and it definitely backfired on them with Lias Andersson.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I have absolute faith in the fact that the Kings and Reign are aligned in how they want their prospects developing. They hired Wroblewski specifically to develop the prospects. However, there are two problems that have plagued the ability for prospects to reach the NHL for LA. The first is that the NHL roster has been littered with contracts like Lemieux, Wagner, Lizotte, Grundstrom, etc that don't expire until this year. The second is that the players that you discuss have all had significant injury history (which is a problem with luck, as well as maybe some disregarding of past history by Kings scouting staff).

-Vilardi missed SIGNIFICANT TIME due to his back injuries. We're talking nearly two full seasons of development. His first full NHL season last year was as a top-6 center, and he's going to be allowed to grow against more appropriate talent this year as the de-facto 3C. It's one of the reasons they brought in Danault.

-Turcotte, while yes in his D+3 missed significant time both in his D+1 year at Wisconsin due to injury and sickness, then proceeded to have more injuries in his D+2 in Ontario. He's only played 61 games in the past two years, the equivalent of one year in the AHL.

-Kupari tore his ACL at the 2020 World Juniors and missed over half a season as a result. He was able to get back last year and made his NHL debut after the deadline. He's coming along nicely.

-Byfield was actually going to make the team this year. MacLellan is on record saying the 4C spot was his before his injury. Look for him to have a conditioning stint in the AHL upon the healing of his ankle, and then I expect him to jump to the NHL and never look back.</div></div>

Jeez, I never realized how bad the kings luck was regarding prospect injuries
Forum: NHLMon at 11:01 pm
Thread: 2021/22 NHL Season Discussion thread
Standing Prediction Time!
Metro
1. NYI
2. CAR
3. PHI
4. WSH (WC2)
5. PIT
6. NYR
7. NJD
8. CBJ
Atlantic
1. FLA (ECF Winner)
2. TBL
3. BOS
4. TOR (WC1)
5. MTL
6. OTT
7. DET
8. BUF
Central
1. COL
2. MIN
3. WPG
4. STL (WC1)
5. CHI
6. DAL
7. NSH
8. ARI
Pacific
1. VGK (Presidents Trophy Winner)
2. EDM
3. LAK
4. SEA (WC2)
5. CGY
6. VAN
7. SJS
8. ANA

Playoff Predictions

Round one

FLA vs WSH- FLA in 6
TBL vs BOS- BOS in 7
NYI vs TOR- NYI in 5
CAR vs PHI- CAR in 6

VGK vs SEA- VGK in 5
EDM vs LAK- EDM in 7
COL vs STL- COL in 6
MIN vs WPG- WPG in 7

Round two

FLA vs BOS- FLA in 7
NYI vs CAR- NYI in 6

VGK vs EDM- VGK in 4
COL vs WPG- COL in 5

Conference Finals

FLA vs NYI- NYI in 7

VGK vs COL- COL in 7

Stanley Cup Finals

COL vs NYI- NYI in 7

Awards

Conn Smythe- Mathew Barzal
Hart- Aleksander Barkov, Finalists: Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon
Art Ross- Connor McDavid
Vezina- Darcy Kuemper, Finalists: Robin Lehner, Cal Petersen
Norris- Cale Makar, Finalists: Adam Fox, Aaron Ekblad
Selke- Mark Stone, Finalists: Anze Kopitar, Joel Eriksson Ek
Calder- Cole Caufield, Finalists: Spencer Knight, Trevor Zegras
Jack Adams: Peter DeBoer, Finalists: Joel Quenville, Todd McLellan
GM of the Year: Lou Lamiorello, Finalists: Kevin Chevaldeyoff, Ron Francis
Forum: NHLMon at 10:49 pm
Thread: 2021/22 NHL Season Discussion thread
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Db1899</b></div><div>No cory Schneider 🤔

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Isles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">#Isles</a> 23-man roster, per the NHL site:F: Lee, Barzal, Palmieri, Beauvillier, Nelson, Bailey, Parise, Pageau, Wahlstrom, Johnston, Cizikas, Clutterbuck, KomarovD: Pelech, Pulock, Chara, Dobson, Greene, Mayfield, Aho, HickeyG: Sorokin, SkarekIR: Varlamov</p>— Arthur Staple (@StapeAthletic) <a href="https://twitter.com/StapeAthletic/status/1447733712234303492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">October 12, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Hickey over Salo 😔