Prospect Info: 2021 Los Angeles Kings Prospect Rankings #25

[King'sPawn]

Rank. Name, Pos (%), change from last year
1. Quinton Byfield, F (98.6%), +0
2. Brandt Clarke, D (43.3%), NR
3. Alex Turcotte, F (69.9%), +0
4. Arthur Kaliyev, F (94.1%), +1
5. Brock Faber, D (44.6%), +9
6. Rasmus Kupari, F (67.1%), +3
7. Akil Thomas, F (35.4%), +4
8. Samuel Fagemo, F (47.5%), -2
9. Tyler Madden, F (65.9%), -1
10. Francesco Pinelli, F (34.2%), NR
11. Helge Grans, D (48.8%), -1
12. Kale Clague, D (29.0%), +0
13. Martin Chromiak, F (39.4%), +8
14. Kirill Kirsanov, D (34.3%), NR
15. Kim Nousiainen, D (20.6%), +0
16. Jordan Spence, D (31.3%), +1
17. Samuel Helenius, F (47.5%), NR
18. Jacob Moverare, D (37.3%), +4
19. Vladimir Tkachev, F (44.9%), NR
20. Kasper Simontaival, F (60.7%), -2
21. Lukas Parik, G (30.6%, tiebreaker), -1
22. Austin Strand, D (53.3%), +8
23. Alex Laferriere, F (33.9%), +2
24. Andre Lee, F (42.5%), +5

+ Juho Markkanen, G

Last year's rankings for comparisons (and what I'm referencing for "change of last year"): Prospect Info: - 2020 Los Angeles Kings Prospect Rankings #40

Here are the rules I'll be following:

- I won't vote unless it's a tie breaker. So there should never be an "overtime" or tie to keep this going.
- the crieteria for prospects is straightforward: they have to be eligible to win the calder, and the Kings must own the player's rights, whether it's through the draft or an SPC (so AHL-only contracts don't count, but a player like Tkachev counts, since he is Calder-eligible)
- feel free to make a nomination after voting. Again, in the event of a tie, I'll be the tie breaker.
- use whatever criteria you wish for the next best available. Raw skill? Upside? NHL readiness? Progress since drafted? Astrological Sign?

I'll always list the candidates in alphabetical order. By default, I'm setting the timer at 24 hours, as I hope to go through the entire list. If it seems like a landslide, I'll call it early.

List of eligible players to be nominated:
Alexander Dergachyev, F
Markus Phillips, D
Johan Sodergran, F
Matthew Villalta, G

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[KingTech]

add phillips

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Durzi, add Sodergran

 

[Gjwrams]

Durzi

add Sodergran

 

[Ghetty Green]

Doyle

Never understood the Durzi love. He looks like a career AHLer

 

[King'sPawn]

Doyle

Never understood the Durzi love. He looks like a career AHLer

Not that I disagree with you - my ranking of Durzi is on the low side. But we're at 25 in the ranking here. They're all longshot NHLers/likely AHL at this point.

 

[Token]

9D, 14F and 1G …

Pick one more goalie and that there is a complete roster.

Ingham for me.

Remove everyone else and call it done.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

This is often the really fun part as we try to dive into greater depth on some of our middle prospects but it's so hard with so little hockey last year.

Like I was really looking forward to what guys like Doyle and Meehan could have added this year but those may be the sorts of guys that league shutdowns hurt the most. Or maybe not in the case of Doyle, who may have had the opportunity to put on some adult strength? Who knows.

 

[YP44]

Ingram or Durzi...I think Ingram has a better chance at this point to reaching the NHL. Even if it as a backup

 

[Basilisk]

Please add 6'3" Johan Södergran.


Thanks!!!

 

[Lt Dan]

Durzi,

Add Fletch

 

[King'sPawn]

Please add 6'3" Johan Södergran.


Thanks!!!

I'm avoiding special characters for convenience sake. Otherwise we'd have:

Lukáš Pařík
Aatu Jämsen
Dávid Hrenák

Etc.

 

[kilowatt]

A tie between Durzi and Jamsen for me, but I went with Jamsen. Can see either one though. Jamsen finished second in the league in scoring last season in the U20 SM-sarja with 18 goals and 56 points in 38 games. The year prior, Kasper Simontaival had 25 goals and 57 points in 48 games. A couple years ago, some kid named Kaapo Kakko put up 25 goals and 59 points in 45 games.

Which is just to say that this kid has continued to improve every year and isn't too shabby for our 25th- or 26th-best prospect who was drafted in the 7th round.

 

[respD]

Add Sodergran.