Value of: Young LA Kings Centers

[Kurrilino]

Pick the youngster of your choice and give it your best shot.

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[go4hockey]

Trading prospects while your in a rebuild is a god awful idea. Wait a few years and see who develops and where your holes are as your close to being a playoff team. The way this thread was started your sure to see a bunch of crap offers for our young talent.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Kupari for Borgstrom (if Borgstrom wants out)

Hoping to re-unite Kupari and Heponiemi's magic from Liiga.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

What does LA want/need?

 

[Ciao]

What does LA want/need?

Young centers?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Young centers?

Odd thread then.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

LA is loaded prospect wise. Let them bloom and trade the surplus when their value has increased.

But hey, if you really don't want another center, we'll gladly swap #2 for #4.

 

[Kurrilino]

Guys.... this thread is to figure out what's out there value wise, to have a better understanding
what other people would have to offer as soon as we have a clearer picture regarding our youngsters.

And yes, this is for fun only since i am no GM of the Kings like all of the other proposals around here.

And NOOOOO, we don't want young centers

 

[Kurrilino]

Kupari for Borgstrom (if Borgstrom wants out)

Hoping to re-unite Kupari and Heponiemi's magic from Liiga.

Not sure a center who scores 23 points in the AHL is the right approach to get a projected 1st line center.

 

[Kurrilino]

What does LA want/need?

Everything but centers.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Not sure a center who scores 23 points in the AHL is the right approach to get a projected 1st line center.

Kupari didn't really light it up this year either. 6 goals, 8pts in 27 games?
I'd hold off penciling him in as a #1C for now

 

[kilowatt]

Forgive me for hijacking the thread, but to perhaps make it a little clearer, I think the point of this thread is to try to evaluate the potential value of the following players:

Gabe Vilardi
Alex Turcotte
Tyler Madden
Rasmus Kupari
Jaret Anderson-Dolan
Akil Thomas
Aiden Dudas

Unless the Kings are getting a potential #1 defenseman back, it’s unlikely to see Turcotte or Vilardi (or Byfield) move. So the question then becomes are there any scoring wingers or potential 2-3 defensemen that the Kings could acquire for the others? That’s kind of a strange one too though, because I can definitely see Kupari and Madden playing top six scoring roles if they make the NHL.

For example, would Detroit be willing to move Seider for one of Turcotte or Vilardi? Would the Flyers consider Cam York for Tyler Madden? Or maybe Madden for Connor Timmins straight up? Or Romanov? What about Kupari for Jake Bean?

I dunno, just some ideas off the top of my head.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

For example, would Detroit be willing to move Seider for one of Turcotte or Vilardi?

Not even for one second.

FWIW I did briefly think Hronek plus something small for one of them, but I'm not as high as most on Vilardi, and Turcotte is basically a Larkin clone.

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Guys.... this thread is to figure out what's out there value wise, to have a better understanding
what other people would have to offer as soon as we have a clearer picture regarding our youngsters.

And yes, this is for fun only since i am no GM of the Kings like all of the other proposals around here.

And NOOOOO, we don't want young centers

1. Young centers is the one thing LA has a surplus of.
2. If you want to know what their values will be once you have a clearer picture of their development you can either a) get hold of a flux capacitor or b) wait until they develop.

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Forgive me for hijacking the thread, but to perhaps make it a little clearer, I think the point of this thread is to try to evaluate the potential value of the following players:

Gabe Vilardi
Alex Turcotte
Tyler Madden
Rasmus Kupari
Jaret Anderson-Dolan
Akil Thomas
Aiden Dudas

Unless the Kings are getting a potential #1 defenseman back, it’s unlikely to see Turcotte or Vilardi (or Byfield) move. So the question then becomes are there any scoring wingers or potential 2-3 defensemen that the Kings could acquire for the others? That’s kind of a strange one too though, because I can definitely see Kupari and Madden playing top six scoring roles if they make the NHL.

For example, would Detroit be willing to move Seider for one of Turcotte or Vilardi? Would the Flyers consider Cam York for Tyler Madden? Or maybe Madden for Connor Timmins straight up? Or Romanov? What about Kupari for Jake Bean?

I dunno, just some ideas off the top of my head.

4 of those listed players will likely be moved to the wing. Some of them may split the circle based on hand advantage. You can never have too many centers.

 

[2-4 Slashin]

Young centers?

That was a good one. We want ALL the centers!!

 

[2-4 Slashin]

View attachment 366646 At this years draft!

 

[HockeyWooot]

I think the Canucks would be after Kempe. LAK after futures, or roster players?

 

[kilowatt]

4 of those listed players will likely be moved to the wing. Some of them may split the circle based on hand advantage. You can never have too many centers.

Agreed, especially if the Kings draft Byfield. Unless the Kings are planning to use Kopitar - Byfield - Turcotte - Vilardi down the middle, but even then you’d have Kupari, Madden, Thomas, and others shifting to the wing.

 

[kilowatt]

I think the Canucks would be after Kempe. LAK after futures, or roster players?

Kempe is a strange one. He’s a former first round pick, he’s only 23, and he looked great playing on the second line with Vilardi. I think he has second-line left wing written all over him. But if the Kings could package him in a deal for a good defenseman, I would consider it. How is Juolevi doing?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Addison or Beckman for Thomas

 

[57special]

Turcotte +2nd for Beckman+ Menell.

Madden for Menell.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Turcotte +2nd for Beckman+ Menell.

Madden for Menell.

The first one is an "oops".

 

[Richard88]

Just let your prospects develop, draft Stutzle/Byfield and a top 10 pick in 2021, and then once you start to have a competitive roster you trade whichever pieces are surplus then. No need to jump the guy and try to get cute with the rebuild.

 

[Patagonia]

AV have the 1C and likely need a 3C, so there is no need to pursue the best prospects. LAK need DMen. Maybe a smaller deal for either:

Kupari or Dolan

for

Graves or Zadorov