Prospect Info: 2023-24 Kings Prospects in CHL/College/Europe

[King'sPawn]

Kings prospect games for 11/1:
Juho Markkanen (Hameenlinna) vs Karpat
Kasper Simontaival (KalPa) vs Ilves
Angus Booth (Shawinigan) vs Baie-Comeau
Matthew Mania (Sudbury)* vs North Bay
Koehn Ziemmer (Prince George) vs Brandon

*questionable

 

[King'sPawn]

I also updated the stats to date

 

[King'sPawn]

Kings prospect update 11/1
Juho Markkanen: 31 saves on 35 shots in a 4-1 loss
Kasper Simontaival: 1 A
Angus Booth: scoreless
Koehn Ziemmer: 1 A

Matthew Mania: DNP

HIGHLIGHTS
Kasper Simontaival's secondary assist


Koehn Ziemmer's assist

 

[King'sPawn]

Kings upcoming prospect games 11/2
Bulat Shafigullin and Alexander Dergachyov (Nizhnekamsk) vs Novosibirsk
Otto Salin (HIFK) vs Juho Markkanen (Hameenlinna)
Kirill Kirsanov (Torpedo) vs Kunlun

 

[King'sPawn]

Kings prospect update 11/2:
Alexander Dergachyov: 1 G
Bulat Shafigullin: 1 G
Otto Salin: scoreless
Kirill Kirsanov: scoreless

Juho Markkanen: DNP

 

[King'sPawn]

Upcoming Kings prospect games for 11/3:
Aatu Jamsen (Pelicans) vs SaiPa
Jakub Dvorak (Liberec) vs Litvinov
Kaleb Lawrence (Ottawa) vs Guelph
Angus Booth (Shawinigan) vs Quebec
Matthew Mania (Sudbury)* vs Niagara
Jack Sparkes (Muskegon) vs Des Moines
Hampton Slukynsky (Fargo) vs Dubuque
Koehn Ziemmer (Prince George) vs Saskatoon
Jack Hughes (BU) vs North Dakota
Ben Meehan (UMass-Lowell) vs BC
Ryan Conmy (UNH) vs Providence
Braden Doyle (Northeastern) vs Kenny Connors (UMass)
Jared Wright (Denver) vs Colorado

 

[Fat Elvis]

Would hope for a lot more from Jack Hughes offensively, especially in his junior year.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Would hope for a lot more from Jack Hughes offensively, especially in his junior year.

Pick still baffles me

Like his battle level but that's it

 

[Schrute farms]

Hughes is literally one of the worst picks made by this current regime. guys not developing and such is one thing -- but he was a bad pick for the Kings at the moment he was announced. I just hope it turns around and it we have a crow pie party

 

[lumbergh]

Pick still baffles me

Like his battle level but that's it

Head-scratcher when it happened turned into face-palm now.

 

[LB]

Hughes is literally one of the worst picks made by this current regime. guys not developing and such is one thing -- but he was a bad pick for the Kings at the moment he was announced. I just hope it turns around and it we have a crow pie party

Yeah but there was really nobody else available at that point...oh wait the Ducks took Tristan Luneau 2 picks later who made their team already.... but nah - they wanted a Center and there wasn't any.... Oh wait Mathew Poitras was drafted 3 picks later who's also in the NHL already.
So yeah.

 

[King'sPawn]

Yeah but there was really nobody else available at that point...oh wait the Ducks took Tristan Luneau 2 picks later who made their team already.... but nah - they wanted a Center and there wasn't any.... Oh wait Mathew Poitras was drafted 3 picks later who's also in the NHL already.
So yeah.

Hughes is definitely an odd study. He was one of the youngest collegiate players in his draft class, and put up 16 points in 39 games. For reference, in his D+1, Kenny Connors put up 26 points in 32 games, and he played well enough to make the WJC team.

It's just that Hughes looks to have decreased ice time his D+1 year. I wasn't able to watch many, but when I checked the box scores, it looked like he was on the third line.

So he transferred from Northeastern to BU. And he's still seemingly in the bottom-6

Incidentally, Braden Doyle, another Kings prospect, transferred from BU to Northeastern the year before.

 

[King'sPawn]

Kings prospects update 11/3:
Kaleb Lawrence: 1 A
Angus Booth: scoreless
Koehn Ziemmer: 1 A
Jack Sparkes: scoreless
Kenny Connors: 1 G (OT GW)
Ryan Conmy: scoreless
Ben Meehan: scoreless
Jack Hughes: 1 A
Jared Wright: 1 G

Aatu Jamsen: DNP
Jakub Dvorak: DNP
Matthew Mania: DNP
Hampton Slukynsky: DNP

HIGHLIGHTS
Kenny Connors OT goal


Jack Hughes' secondary assist on what turned out to be the game winner


Kaleb Lawrence's secondary assist, a scrum in front of the net


Koehn Ziemmer's secondary assist (well, the tail end of it)

 

[King'sPawn]

Kings prospect games for 11/4
Alexander Dergachyov and Bulat Shafigullin (Nizhnekamsk) vs Yekaterinburg
Kirill Kirsanov (Torpedo) vs Spartak Moscow
Juho Markkanen (Hameenlinna) vs Lukko
Aatu Jamsen (Pelicans) vs JYP
Kasper Simontaival (KalPa) vs Assat
Otto Salin (HIFK) vs KooKoo
Angus Booth (Shawinigan) vs Drummondville
Hampton Slukynsky (Fargo) vs Sioux Falls
Jack Sparkes (Muskegon) vs Waterloo
Koehn Ziemmer (Prince George) vs Prince Albert
Jack Sparkes (BU) vs North Dakota
Ben Meehan (UMass-Lowell) vs BC
Ryan Conmy (UNH) vs Providence
Jared Wright (Denver) vs Colorado College

 

[Docgonzo]

Hughes was the first time in Blake’s tenure I was pissed at the pick. There were a couple times I was disappointed but I could see the logic in who they picked. But Hughes just was so dumb. He was redundant to what they already had in the system. Since there wasn’t much available that was a need goalie/big toughness Blake should’ve swung for the home runs of Huston or Trikozov. Instead he picked the super vanilla pick.

 

[King'sPawn]

Hughes was the first time in Blake’s tenure I was pissed at the pick. There were a couple times I was disappointed but I could see the logic in who they picked. But Hughes just was so dumb. He was redundant to what they already had in the system. Since there wasn’t much available that was a need goalie/big toughness Blake should’ve swung for the home runs of Huston or Trikozov. Instead he picked the super vanilla pick.

I was underwhelmed by the Hughes pick, too. There were a couple D that I liked around there (Luneau, Odelius, and Ronni). I was most excited about forward Adam Sykora.

 

[ru4reals]

Hughes was the first time in Blake’s tenure I was pissed at the pick. There were a couple times I was disappointed but I could see the logic in who they picked. But Hughes just was so dumb. He was redundant to what they already had in the system. Since there wasn’t much available that was a need goalie/big toughness Blake should’ve swung for the home runs of Huston or Trikozov. Instead he picked the super vanilla pick.

Didn't like the pick either it was a headscratcher for sure.

 

[King'sPawn]

Kings prospect games from 11/4
Alexander Dergachyov: scoreless
Bulat Shafigullin: scoreless
Kirill Kirsanov: scoreless
Kasper Simontaival: 1 G
Otto Salin: scoreless
Angus Booth: scoreless
Koehn Ziemmer: 1 G, 2 A
Jack Sparkes: scoreless
Hampton Slukynsky: 12 saves on 14 shots (did not finish the game)
Jack Hughes: scoreless
Ben Meehan: scoreless
Ryan Conmy: scoreless
Jared Wright: 1 G

Juho Markkanen: DNP
Aatu Jamsen: DNP

HIGHLIGHTS
Kasper Simontaival's goal which extended his point streak to 5 games


Koehn Ziemmer's first assist of the night


Koehn Ziemmer's goal


Koehn Ziemmer's second assist of the night

 

[King'sPawn]

Kings prospect games for 11/5
Jakub Dvorak (Liberec) vs Kladno
Kaleb Lawrence (Ottawa) vs Barrie

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Kasper Simontaival with only 4 points in 14 games. He hasn't shown much improvement since being drafted. He had some nice moments playing in WJCs, but in Liiga he has always looked mediocre. I don't think that Kings will even sign him. Aatu Jämsen is definitely a lot better prospect than him.

Kasper looks sharp after your reply, Jukurit.

You might still be right. Must end the year with 15-20 goals, me thinks.

 

[psych3man]

Maybe Blake/Yanetti heard the name “Hughes” and got completely confused which one…

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Maybe Blake/Yanetti heard the name “Hughes” and got completely confused which one…

It's ANOTHER hughes bro going to college! Jack Again Hughes!

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Would hope for a lot more from Jack Hughes offensively, especially in his junior year.

With a team that looked stacked why did Hughes move to BU?Very Odd

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

Kasper looks sharp after your reply, Jukurit.

You might still be right. Must end the year with 15-20 goals, me thinks.

I think Simontaival is a classic Late Bloomer!

Maybe Blake/Yanetti heard the name “Hughes” and got completely confused which one…

There were better prospects on the board I think...still hope he turns out to be a decent 3rd-4th liner in the NHL

 

[King'sPawn]

Kings prospect update 11/5 and 11/6
Jakub Dvorak: scoreless
Kaleb Lawrence: 1 G
Alexander Dergachyov: 1 G (GWG)
Bulat Shafigullin: scoreless

HIGHLIGHTS
Kaleb Lawrence's goal