Paper roster was easily the most talented Kings team in forever but it didn't mean anything if they didn't start being a real team. Have seen way more signs of that as the season has gone on which is great to see.
Exactly. He's getting paid a lot and has a few linemates shuffled around to accommodate him. He was put on a line with a sniper (Kaliyev) as well as the second highest scorer on the team last season (Fiala).
That's the first time I've heard "going to the dirty areas" referred to as "least conventional".
To be fair, I also hate PL with every fiber of my being as well.KP is one of my favourite posters but he really has it in for PLD, he’s not picking on you in any way. He’s just beating up on PLD in the same way Fiala gets picked on by @Trash Panda and Byfield gets bullied by @Sol (I’m playing guys before anyone gets grumpy).
The second one was just a glorified tip in, so neither count.
Plenty of us were preaching patience with QB, as you well know. Let’s not rewrite history.
I think you’re obfuscating my point. When have you heard of a player not scoring wrist shots but exclusively getting tips and tap ins.
Tomas Holmstrom made a career in front of the net for Detroit.
Your point is valid. But QB has broken through and is a success. I think the appetite to discuss such faults is a low after such a momentus development. For sure his shot is weak right now. But he is scoring goals this year - and its due to his intelligence and hard work.. thats results. You have to recall he wasnt getting results in almost any department but puck retrieval.. now about the only area that needs major work is his shot.. im ok with that if he continues what he's doing.
If I was moving goalposts why would I agree that he’s been really good but his inability to put in wrists shot is a concern of mine. I’m happy he’s finding other ways to score but wrist shots are the most important way to score a goal in the NHL so I am pretty concerned that he seems to be doing everything but that. Will it come with time? Maybe, but yeah man he needs to start potting these goals for sure because I don’t see that being viable if he’s top line at everything with Trevor Lewis level shot. That’s just it.
If anyone is holding anything against you (and you are not the only one) it's cause you weren't mature enough to realize QB was a f***ing kid of a player who needed patience, time, before we would experience his potential, talent and the reasons he was drafted so high. Instead, you compared him to Stutzle, wrote him off and claimed that the org was clueless in their draft choices and develpment. I mean, c'mon dude....stop obfuscating and own it.
Byfield was not objectively bad last year. He objectively didn't score much last year, and he was objectively inconsistent, though not glaringly so considering his age. Objectively, he was pretty good last year in terms of driving possession and contributing to his line being a dangerous one. Anze's comments after the last game about Byfield speak to that: things don't always show up on the score sheet, but there's a reason both AKs love playing with him (as opposed to, say, Fiala, who got deported from the Kopitar line almost immediately).
And after 20 games this season, would anyone here swap Byfield for Zegras?
We are holding your sentiments against you. Because you continue to assert he was objectively bad. And you were using his 3 goals as the benchmark and the biggest evidence of him being objectively bad. And you're still showing dissatisfaction with his shooting capabilities despite vast improvements in every area, including his strengths.
Hold on a second, weren’t most of the board shitting on Iafallo for not producing points even though he was playing well enough outside of the scoresheet? Yeah I can say he was objectively bad last year because byfield wasn’t scoring shit on the top line. I’ve maintained that stance throughout. And I’ve since then have said he’s doing a lot of things right but his shot is horrible. Just because he’s doing better I feel like you among others means that everything is gravy now. It’s a lot better now his game, but his shot is still really bad. I don’t know why you guys act like it’s such a controversial statement. The only thing lacking in his game heavily right now is his shot, and to pretend that’s not important is complete dishonesty. I’ve brushed off the snide comments but it’s getting irritating how much sensitivity there is in regards to his shot as if it’s a subjective opinion when it’s an objective fact.
