If turcotte and vilardi still can't make the line up in their draft plus 4 and 6 seasons you need to move them before they lose all value

Vilardi needs to stay up imo. Love the kid line

Agree.

With regard to the earlier comment, Tage Thompson is in his D+6 year, so it's a good thing that the Buffalo GM doesn't subscribe to this odd theory.

How has Vilardi and Kupari been this year? Seem's like if some of this teams young prospects like those two keep taking steps forward they could do some damage.

Personally I love Durzi and Byfield but don't watch the Kings enough to know whether Vilardi and Kupari still have a chance to be consistent top 6/top 9 nhlers

I think Durzi has a bright future. Kupari has shown enough in a small sample that he might be a middle-6 forward; he's a good two-way player. The jury is still out on Turcotte and Vilardi.

Tage thompson was always effectice tho even on the blues he had huge impact as a 4th liner. was he world beating no but he had a ton off potential, then he went to buffalo, not the best place to develop but it took a year and look at him now
so yes its not over for those players but TT was a werid case too

That's why you have to give some guys time. Not all prospects are Lucas Raymond or Tim Stutzle. Thompson played in 144 games in his first three seasons (sandwiched around one in which he only appeared in one game) and scored 35 points. Vilardi has 33 points in his first three years and has played in only 83 games, and we're still counting. Arbitrary rules are only good for people whose thinking doesn't go deeper than shallow.

But I sure hope Vilardi turns out to be as good as I think Thompson is going to be.