Prospect Info: 2018 Vegas Rookie Faceoff

[kingsboy11]

I updated the lines for today's game in the OP. Aidan Dudas is in, Cole Kehler starting in goal

 

[KingsHockey24]

Guess we should scratch Vilardi out of any potential lineup scenarios.

Kovalchuk/Kopi/Brown
70's Line
Kempe-Anderson Dolan-Iafallo

 

[Chazz Reinhold]

Anyone else getting this?

 

[KingsHockey24]

Anyone else getting this?

I do.

Not sure how to fix it. I'm guessing we were just blacked out.

 

[kingsboy11]

I'm able to get it to work on lakingsinsider, but fox sports go just says the event will begin shortly

 

[Chazz Reinhold]

I'm able to get it to work on lakingsinsider, but fox sports go just says the event will begin shortly

I got it working on lakings.com.

 

[King'sPawn]

Nice goal by Michal Ivan earlier. A lot of that is from Dudas' quick work on the rebound.

 

[King'sPawn]

Kehler covers the net much better than Villalta, but he has a tendency to make his job harder by not trying to control/redirect/cover the puck when it's in his crease.

 

[King'sPawn]

Reddekopp and Eysimmont look much better today

 

[kingsboy11]

Rymsha looking good on faceoffs. He motioned for Strand to move toward the middle of the slot and won the faceoff in the exact spot that Strand should've been, but missed it.

 

[Sol]

"Jake Muzzin had back problems too" yeah yeah. Vilardi has some undisclosed back injury that he can't seem to get right.


Maybe move him if need be.

 

[King'sPawn]

Kehler let the puck hang around the crease for the Coyotes to tie it 1-1. Defense didn't clear it well, but Kehler doesn't assert his will around the net/crease too often.

 

[member 88115]

Impressed by Dudas. High energy and the team is riding that boat. Much better game. My only issue is too much board play, when our young players game is not of that breed (aside from couple of players). We are no longer drafting the King, Brown, Pearson, Clifford type players who are more than capable.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Was gonna say the same about Dudas. Kid is fearless.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

"Jake Muzzin had back problems too" yeah yeah. Vilardi has some undisclosed back injury that he can't seem to get right.


Maybe move him if need be.

Moving Vilardi would be asinine.

Will never get remotely close back. We don't need another marginal prospect. Let him recover and develop. If he plays well for someone else, we'd be kicking ourselves. If he doesn't, oh well, the chance is better than another tweener prospect.

Wasn't this board complaining about high end skill for like years? We got lucky one fell to us--ride it out.

And you can't just 'yeah, yeah' off Muzzin. He became a free top-pairing d-man after major back troubles in junior. Edit: make that a herniated disc surgery at age 16. It may take some time.

 

[King'sPawn]

2-1 Arizona on the powerplay; not sure if Kehler could find the puck through traffic as it was a wrist shot from the point.

 

[King'sPawn]

2-1 Coyotes after 2.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

2-1 Arizona on the powerplay; not sure if Kehler could find the puck through traffic as it was a wrist shot from the point.

That was the third or fourth time Capobianco waited for a King/Kings to over commit to a shot block, showing a lot of patience just getting that puck through. That's a great skill.

 

[Sol]

Moving Vilardi would be asinine.

Will never get remotely close back. We don't need another marginal prospect. Let him recover and develop. If he plays well for someone else, we'd be kicking ourselves. If he doesn't, oh well, the chance is better than another tweener prospect.

Wasn't this board complaining about high end skill for like years? We got lucky one fell to us--ride it out.

And you can't just 'yeah, yeah' off Muzzin. He became a free top-pairing d-man after major back troubles in junior. Edit: make that a herniated disc surgery at age 16. It may take some time.

Yeah well you can't play if you've never healed.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Yeah well you can't play if you've never healed.

At this point I'd rather they just be overly cautious with him than the opposite.

If the guy absolutely destroyed the field last year with a wonky back and his other injuries, let him get fully healthy and grow instead of playing through the issue. Imagine what he could do with the proper health (if possible, obviously, which I agree is the key point).

It would be nice to see him contribute to the big squad this year, but I'm much more worried about the next 10 years of Gabe Vilardi than 2018-2019.

I just don't think trading him solves any problems in any manner.

 

[Peter James Bond II]

Remarkably, JAD is STILL 18....turns 19 Wednesday. He just missed being eligible for this past draft and probably would have gone between 10 - 15.
If JAD is not ready for NHL this season, the best place would be Ontario Reign. He needs better competition than WHL. Too bad he cannot play AHL.

here is 2018 draft :

2018 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Eyssimont with a great poke on the forecheck, forces the D-man to just steal his stick so he can't finish

Edit; wow, and ag reat move and play to get to the front off the next faceoff, not sure how goalie kept it out

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

At this point I'd rather they just be overly cautious with him than the opposite.

If the guy absolutely destroyed the field last year with a wonky back and his other injuries, let him get fully healthy and grow instead of playing through the issue. Imagine what he could do with the proper health (if possible, obviously, which I agree is the key point).

It would be nice to see him contribute to the big squad this year, but I'm much more worried about the next 10 years of Gabe Vilardi than 2018-2019.

I just don't think trading him solves any problems in any manner.

Would be crazy to move him.. he has too much upside, the injuries suck but hopefully its just a short term thing ... I think with how JAD looks you guys can take your time with Vilardi and let him completely heal and be comfortable to play at 100%... really no need to rush him... but no way you get someone with as much upside as Vilardi has.

 

[King'sPawn]

Kings tie it 2-2. Although the call said Bauman, it looks like it was Watson. Nice short side shot.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

I dig Rempal's hands and speed, and he's starting to look better/more comfortable, but he still gives me a tweener vibe, like Brodzinski. mayyybe useful on the bottom six.