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Forum: NHLThu at 3:25 pm
Sujet: Serious Question Are the Ranges and Kings Mismanaging all their Prospects
LA has come out and said publicly that they intend to take their time with their prospects and won't rush them to the NHL. Just because 21-year olds aren't playing in the NHL doesn't mean they're mismanaged.

Vilardi had serious injury issues coming out of the draft, so it's no surprise that it took him a bit longer to develop. McLellan just called him the MVP of training camp, so he's doing something right. I don't think the "middle six" assessment is accurate. Byfield was on track to make the team this year out of camp before he was injured. Kaliyev got a call-up in his place.

I'd much rather have guys like Kupari, Turcotte, and Thomas playing top six minutes in the AHL than playing 10 minutes a night on the 4th line for the Kings, or even worse, watching the games from the team suite.
Forum: Armchair-GMWed at 6:14 pm
Sujet: LA going for it
I read through again and this needs some follow up commentary:

The only Ranger player that LA might be inclined to trade Turcotte for is K'Andre Miller, and NY would need to add to the deal for the Kings to pull the trigger. LA doesn't need any help at RHD. They are already overloaded with quality RHD (Clarke, Faber, Spence, and Grans all look to be quality NHL defensemen, Durzi and Strand are depth RHD options). They could use an upgrade at LHD though.

Speaking of LHD, what happened to Mikey Anderson? He's the Kings single best LHD and he's just missing from your roster. You apparently replaced him with Jake Gardiner, who is old and terrible. LA even had to pay several draft picks and Matt Roy so they could downgrade from Anderson to Gardiner?

Grundstrom is probably worth a 3rd round pick in a trade. Walker is thrown in why? He's a quality defenseman on a team friendly contract. He's worth at least a 2nd round pick by himself.

Frk and Edler aren't coming back after this season. Frk didn't even make the team this year.

The Wagner trade is fine and Forsberg would be a nice pickup. Everything else is a hard pass.
Forum: Armchair-GMTue at 9:50 pm
Forum: Armchair-GMTue at 3:39 pm
Sujet: Final Thoughts on the Kravtsov deal
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Mursu</b></div><div>I disagree, Andersson did not earn a spot on the Rangers and was unwilling to work for it. Andersson has had this underlying issue (throwing a Silver Medal into the stands) and has matured while being in LA. I believe that the issue is that players have been told ever since they are 10 that they are the best, and suddenly they don't earn a spot and are no longer "the best" and are unwilling to adjust. But both situations have been very similar in the sense that a player refuses to report to the AHL after not making the team (doesn't sound like an organizational problem to me) and if it was an underlying issue in the organization, why would any young player stay there?</div></div>

Andersson came to LA and was more than willing to report to the AHL, where he performed well, improved on the things he was asked to improve on, and has now earned himself a spot on the Kings' 3rd line, with quality linemates in Tkachev and Vilardi. The Kings have had no problems with his attitude whatsoever, even after sending him to the AHL last season.

The Kings are very clear with their prospects on where they stand and on how they can earn their spot in either the AHL or NHL lineup. I suspect that the reason why Rangers' prospects get ornery is because they're not given clear messages on their status or what they need to do before they can earn their spot on the team. That is an organizational failing.