Prospect Info: 2020 Los Angeles Kings Prospect Rankings #4

[King'sPawn]

1. Quinton Byfield - 87.1%
2. Gabriel Vilardi - 85.9%
3. Alex Turcotte - 90.2%

+ Kale Clague

Only players who are eligible for the 2021 Calder trophy. Calder eligibility is defined as:
- No older than 26 years old as of September 15th, 2020
- Has not played in more than 25 games in one season or more than 6 games in two consecutive seasons (making Cal Petersen, Carl Grundstrom, Sean Walker, and Matt Roy exempt)

We'll do this for as long as you all want, either you want to stop or we run out of options.

I sometimes get busy with work and other projects, so if someone else wants to take reigns/take over, feel free to! I'm setting the poll at 1 day. Please say if this is too short for a poll.

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[Fat Elvis]

TB, he’s just so solid.

add Faber

 

[KINGS17]

Well, since I had Fagemo at #3, he is my obvious choice at #4.

Add Faber.

 

[kingsboy11]

I said Kaliyev because I think other than the top 3 he has the highest potential of the rest. The thought of him playing with any of those 3 centers is mouth watering

Add Nousiainen

 

[BringTheReign]

Samuel Fagemo, future 1st line winger.

+ Jordan Spence

 

[Schrute farms]

I honestly can't decide between AK, Fagemo, Kupari & Bjornfot. AK highest upside but he could easily bust and never see a day in NHL. Bjornfot has extra value since he's the first D on list. Case could ven be made for Grans. We're truly spoiled prospect wise right now.

 

[goosh]

Went with Kaliyev due to his ceiling. Add Spence.

 

[redcard]

Went with Arty Party over the Swedes due to the superior nickname tiebreaker.

 

[FrozenKing18]

Toss up between Kaliyev and Bjornfot for me.

picked Kaliyev for this one

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Tossup for me, Kaliyev Bjornfot Fagemo tier. Went Kaliyev for boom. Add Faber.

I forget who it was--wheeler?--suggesting 40+ goals upside for Kaliyev. It's not just a Toffoli we're talking about here. The guy can score in a million ways.

 

[Chruceg]

Add faber

 

[DoktorJeep]

Gotta go with Clague. He’s shown he can skate at the nhl level and was an AHL all star last season.

 

[regulate]

Add Hults

 

[Mats26]

TB for me, he is a core player.

 

[SFKingshomer]

Bjornfot is a stud add Faber.

 

[David Lunch]

Voted Kaliyev

add Hults

 

[Choralone]

Was torn between Fagemo and Bjornfot. Went with Fagemo based on how much he’d been tearing it up.

 

[kilowatt]

This was a tough call between Kaliyev and Bjornfot. My decisions are based on who I think has the higher ceiling with at least a reasonable chance of hitting that ceiling. In my opinion, Kaliyev might be the first Kings player since Ziggy Palffy with the potential to score 40+ goals. I love Bjornfot and think he is going to be a great first-pairing defenseman, but I think he’s more of the steady presence than the game breaking talent.

 

[Reaper45]

1 Vilardi
2 Byfield
3 Turcotte
4 Kaliyev
5 Fagemo
6 Bjornfot
7 Clague
8 Anderson
9 Thomas
10 Anderson-Dolan

 

[Statto]

Tough choice this one. Kaliyev has the highest ceiling, Fagemo is going to be a huge surprise and I really think Björnfot has the potential to play on the top pair and is possibly be a future Captain.

I just went for Björnfot as I think he has the highest floor as a second pairing guy, whereas a Fagemos floor is as a bottom 6 guy and Kaliyev is boom bust. Really hard choice though, as I love all 3 and expect all 3 to be Kings. These 3 round out the top 6 though.

 

[Kingz4life]

Went TB but very difficult decision as most have mentioned. +Spence

 

[ScoreZeGoals]

1 Vilardi
2 Byfield
3 Turcotte
4 Kaliyev
5 Fagemo
6 Bjornfot
7 Clague
8 Anderson
9 Thomas
10 Anderson-Dolan

You are severely underrating Madden

 

[Reaper45]

You are severely underrating Madden

He's at 11 for me.

 

[KopitarFAN]

Arty by a whisker over Bjornfot.

 

[regulate]

Bjornfot coming into the AHL at 18 years old, 2 years + younger than almost every player in the AHL and having a rock solid season with 19 pts in 44 games and a +13 rating shows me just how criminally underrated this player is on this board.