Kings Article: One-On-One With LA Kings Mark Yanetti On 1st Round Pick Gabriel Vilardi

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In addition to bringing you some comments from Los Angeles Kings assistant general manager Michael Futa and their first round pick, center Gabriel Vilardi, Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yanetti did a one-on-one interview with Frozen Royalty late on June 24. In this story, he added his voice to those talking about Vilardi and what the Kings tried to do to make sure they got him.

One-On-One With LA Kings Mark Yanetti On 1st Round PIck Gabriel Vilardi

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In addition to bringing you some comments from Los Angeles Kings assistant general manager Michael Futa and their first round pick, center Gabriel Vilardi, Director of Amateur Scouting Mark Yanetti did a one-on-one interview with Frozen Royalty late on June 24. In this story, he added his voice to those talking about Vilardi and what the Kings tried to do to make sure they got him.

One-On-One With LA Kings Mark Yanetti On 1st Round PIck Gabriel Vilardi

We can also count on you to get the interesting angles in your stories, Gann. Futa, like Yanetti, is one of the best interviews in the organization. Thanks for filling in the gap in the Kings draft coverage. Looking forward to the next article.

On Gabe Vilardi:

The next thing you notice is that he's got excellent individual skills. When you start breaking them down, the final things you notice, and the most important things, are his creativity and his hockey sense, his ability to make players around him better, make subtle plays; his ability to recognize seams, and subtle weaknesses in coverages that he can take advantage of. Those might be the most defining things about his game.

On the Kings getting lucky:

In the first round, we were fortunate, but I don't believe in luck, or chance, or things like that, said Yanetti. Too often, people who do the right thing, people who work the hardest, are the ones who get the luck. Has Chicago been lucky in what they've done? The old New Jersey dynasty, were they lucky at what they did? Getting Martin Brodeur with that pick was lucky, right? I don't think so. Again, people who put in the work do things the right way are the ones who get what is perceived as luck. But I would postulate that those people put themselves in position to recognize and reap good fortune.