Prospect Info: Los Angeles Kings Top Prospect Rankings - #7

[King'sPawn]

Added to this poll: Johan Sodergran

#1 - Alex Turcotte, F, 59.1%
#2 - Gabriel Vilardi, F, 53.6% (tie-breaker)
#3 - Rasmus Kupari, F, 46.4% (tie-breaker)
#4 - Cal Petersen, G, 28.9%
#5 - Arthur Kaliyev, F, 33.3%
#6 - Jaret Anderson-Dolan, F, 44%

Vote for one player, and post who you want to add to the next poll.

Only players who are eligible for the 2020 Calder trophy (so no Wagner, Amadio, etc). Calder eligibility is defined as:
- No older than 26 years old as of September 15th, 2019 (so Prokhorkin just makes the cut, if you wish to vote him in)
- Has not played in more than 25 games in one season or more than 6 games in two consecutive seasons. (so Matt Roy, at 25 games, just makes the cut if you want to vote him in)

List of players eligible to be nominated:
Aidan Dudas, F
Alexander Dergachyov, F
Andre Lee, F
Blake Lizotte, F
Bokondji Imama, F
Brad Morrison, F
Braden Doyle, D
Bulat Shafigullin, F
Chaz Reddekopp, D
Cole Hults, D
Cole Kehler, G
Daniel Brickley, D
Drake Rymsha, F
Jacob Ingham, G
Jacob Moverare, D
Jordan Spence, D
Kim Nousiainen, D
Lukas Parik, G
Markus Phillips, D
Matt Roy, D
Matt Villalta, G
Mikey Eyssimont, F
Sheldon Rempal, F

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[Raccoon Jesus]

Anderson for me here. Think he's got top pairing upside, Jaccob Slavin clone. I probably could have had him earlier, it's a tough call. But he's in a tier for me here with Bjornfot, Fagemo, Grundstrom.

 

[Ghetty Green]

Bjornfot

 

[kilowatt]

Wow, this is really hard. Anderson and Bjornfot should take the next two spots here, but in what order? I think Anderson has the potential to explode and become a really good top-pairing defenseman. But I think Bjornfot is gonna be the guy that flies under the radar. I’m going Bjornfot here.

As an aside, maybe we should do a top 15? As it stands, three of Clague, Durzi, Bjornfot, Anderson, Grundstrom, Thomas, and Fagemo won’t be in our top ten. That’s wild.

 

[KingCanadain1976]

Add Brickley please

 

[King'sPawn]

As an aside, maybe we should do a top 15? As it stands, three of Clague, Durzi, Bjornfot, Anderson, Grundstrom, Thomas, and Fagemo won’t be in our top ten. That’s wild.

Definitely doing top 10 at least. Hoping to do top 20, depending on participation.

Kings have 40 prospects who fall under this criteria, fwiw

 

[KingCanadain1976]

Definitely doing top 10 at least. Hoping to do top 20, depending on participation.

Kings have 40 prospects who fall under this criteria, fwiw

I am hoping for a top 40 to be honest I see theses threads as mostly positive talk instead of the doom and gloom in most of the other threads.

 

[kingsboy11]

I'm thinking Bjornfot here. Its pretty close between him and Anderson, but I think Bjornfot has higher potential.

 

[King'sPawn]

I am hoping for a top 40 to be honest I see theses threads as mostly positive talk instead of the doom and gloom in most of the other threads.

I MAY list eligible adds in the OP in upcoming posts. Seeing the names may trigger more interaction.

But yes, I enjoy these threads a lot as well!

 

[dman3474]

Still on the Anderson boat, Bjornfot just behind him (not by much)

The next tier of guys (after these two) are going to be real close, this is going to be fun

 

[Mats26]

Voted Bjornfot over Anderson simply because he is a first round talent and I expect the Kings to develop him into a player that reflects that. Although Anderson is right there for me as well.

 

[lumbergh]

No love for Clague here? He seems to be the next in line, and has second-pairing, puck-moving defenseman written all over him. If the Kings wanna get younger and faster, Clague is ready for them.

 

[LB]

No love for Clague here? He seems to be the next in line, and has second-pairing, puck-moving defenseman written all over him. If the Kings wanna get younger and faster, Clague is ready for them.

He probably has the best offensive potential of any of the dmen prospects... if he can prove that he's solid on defense, could end up as the best one overall, but too early to know. Anderson and Bjornfot have a history of being very good on defense along with bringing some offense.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

No love for Clague here? He seems to be the next in line, and has second-pairing, puck-moving defenseman written all over him. If the Kings wanna get younger and faster, Clague is ready for them.

I feel like Clague has Nick Leddy upside but that he's far less likely than Anderson and Bjornfot to reach it. He's still a complete fire drill on defense and his offense doesn't offset that enough yet. This year will tell us a lot about him imo but I feel like he's already been completely surpassed by the aforementioned two.

 

[King'sPawn]

I am going to add this list to future OPs (as well as this OP), but since there are very few nominations, I figure some reminders may help. Plus, this answers future questions of who is eligible. Just out of curiosity, does adding the list to the OP make it too busy?

Aidan Dudas, F
Alexander Dergachyov, F
Andre Lee, F
Blake Lizotte, F
Bokondji Imama, F
Brad Morrison, F
Braden Doyle, D
Bulat Shafigullin, F
Chaz Reddekopp, D
Cole Hults, D
Cole Kehler, G
Daniel Brickley, D
Drake Rymsha, F
Jacob Ingham, G
Jacob Moverare, D
Jordan Spence, D
Kim Nousiainen, D
Lukas Parik, G
Markus Phillips, D
Matt Roy, D
Matt Villalta, G
Mikey Eyssimont, F
Sheldon Rempal, F

 

[dman3474]

I like it KP!

Add Lizotte or Phillips please

 

[kingsboy11]

Definitely add Phillips. I never expected much of him, but he's had a tremendous rise the past year. Never did I expect him to make the Canadian WJC team.

 

[kilowatt]

No love for Clague here? He seems to be the next in line, and has second-pairing, puck-moving defenseman written all over him. If the Kings wanna get younger and faster, Clague is ready for them.

I feel like Clague has Nick Leddy upside but that he's far less likely than Anderson and Bjornfot to reach it. He's still a complete fire drill on defense and his offense doesn't offset that enough yet. This year will tell us a lot about him imo but I feel like he's already been completely surpassed by the aforementioned two.

Does Clague have more offensive potential than Durzi?

 

[King'sPawn]

Does Clague have more offensive potential than Durzi?

I think Durzi has some exceptional offensive skills, but I like Clague overall.

Since Durzi palled around a lot in dev camp with Turcotte and JAD (taking Kings PR pics), I wonder if management is pretty high on him and expects a leadership role in the future.