Prospect Info: 2021 Los Angeles Kings Prospect Rankings #3

[BigKing]

Voted Kaliyev. I get that Turcotte is probably the pick if we are forecasting no injuries and hitting potential but Kaliyev is my favorite prospect so there it is.

Add Spence.

 

[kilowatt]

Turcotte, and now the adds get challenging...let's say add Spence.

I think the last two of this tier is Turc and Kaliyev and it's a hard choice either way.

I DO think Kaliyev has done everything asked of him and more. Turcotte has had his injury issues continue and that's troubling--but I still think he has a higher ceiling than any remaining prospect, dude just oozes Richards/Toews and we know what that can mean to a championship team. I also think he's much more skilled than people will give him credit for.

He put up 27 goals and 62 points in 37 games on that insane NTDP team. Caufield put up 72 goals which is ridiculous, but the only other guys to outscore him were Hughes and Boldy, which they barely did in significantly more games played (34 in 50, 33 in 64). Turcotte actually outscored Zegras 27-26, despite Zegras playing 60 games.

Turcotte is highly skilled, he's just oddly fallen out of favor around the hockey world I think. Most likely due to his injuries at Wisconsin and a bit of missed time post-WJC.

Turcotte didn't score for Ontario at all in his entire first 10-game stretch. His 23 points in 32 games was also 23 points in 22 games. Give him a healthy offseason and watch him shine!

 

[Choralone]

I voted Kaliyev but debated Turcotte - based on the results so far, together they are our 3 & 4 no matter which one we have on top.

 

[TruKingFan]

Went AK but Turcotte so no far behind. Labeling him as "injury prone" at this stage of his career is very premature. Our top 10 is just ridiculous.
Add Chromiak.

 

[LAKings88]

Tie goes to the winger-AK

 

[kilowatt]

Tie goes to the winger-AK

Why would the tie go to the winger?

 

[LAKings88]

Why would the tie go to the winger?

Cause LA hasn’t had a decent scoring winger in years.

 

[Trash Panda]

Cause LA hasn’t had a decent scoring winger in years.

Regardless, if we are arguing Arty/Alex for our 3rd/4th best prospect, we are lookin pretty shiny.

 

[Reclamation Project]

Tie goes to the winger-AK

Warrior needs to bring back the AK for AK!

 

[lumbergh]

I went with Kaliyev again. Add Tkachev. I’m curious where people think he fits on the depth chart. Complete wild card.

 

[King'sPawn]

At the risk of sounding like I'm changing rules/timelines/etc, I'm going to call this one here. Turcotte has more than doubled Kaliyev, and of the nominations, Spence has more than doubled Nousiainen. We get far fewer nominations.

I'm pretty sure No. 4 will be a landslide anyway, but still want to give opportunities for nominations.