Around the league part 2

[Herby]

You both are right.

Fact 1: Right now Beniers is just a much better player than Byfield. It’s really not close.

Fact 2: The Kings do a poor job developing and deploying young players.

If Beniers were a King he would have probably been in the AHL for half the season learning the system.

 

[GoldenBearHockey]

You both are right.

Fact 1: Right now Beniers is just a much better player than Byfield. It’s really not close.

Fact 2: The Kings do a poor job developing and deploying young players.

If Beniers were a King he would have probably been in the AHL for half the season learning the system.

Would he though? Take a look at Vilardi,

Drafted in 2017...injuries etc...when he's finally ready,

He plays 4 AHL games, his first year...injuries etc.

2nd year he plays 10 NHL games, and 32 AHL games, injuries etc,

3rd year he plays ZERO AHL games 54 NHL games

4th year, he split AHL and NHL (we all agreed he wasn't playing well)

5th year, all NHL much improved....

Look at Kaliyev - drafted in 2019

1st year 40 AHL games 1 NHL game
2nd year 80 NHL games
3rd year 56 NHL games

Kupari and Byfield might be the 2 that fit that build, with Kupari having 85 AHL games and 130 NHL games, and Byfield 59 AHL games and 99 NHL games...

I know everyone likes to push the narrative that any prospect is going to toil down in the minors and languish there.....but I don't think the numbers support that.....

 

[FSL KINGS]

Alright Martinez & McNabb & maybe Amadio, Don't mess this up. I'm ready to pull an all nighter drinking the tears!

 

[Shellz]

You just know this is going 7 games. Ugh.

Also, that was f***ing awful

 

[AbsentMojo]

Lol on how fast the crowd got quiet

and now its noisy again

 

[Shellz]

Hahah good lord…

 

[shuchukfan]

ESPN sucks. Still waiting to watch the game.

 

[chris kontos]

I can ALWAYS depend on espn to f*** up everything they get thier greedy hands on

 

[AbsentMojo]

ESPN sucks. Still waiting to watch the game.

What is there a badminton world championship going on?

 

[Bandit]

How completely f***ed up is it that we’re rooting for Vegas? That’s how big of a bunch a the oilers are.

 

[chris kontos]

Dont want the oilfield trash to advance any further in the playoffs because bleak will use it to justify what a great team we had this last season

 

[AbsentMojo]

Isnt it weird you find yourself naturally rooting for one team or the other without thinking about it... leaning toward VGK

 

[Bandit]

Zach Hyman had an 83 point regular season. That’s normal.

 

[Nasti]

Put this team away Vegas. FFS.

Zach Hyman had an 83 point regular season. That’s normal.

As normal as Ryan Nothing Happens getting over 100.

 

[Bandit]

Put this team away Vegas. FFS.


As normal as Ryan Nothing Happens getting over 100.

RNH at least has some skill. Hyman having a season on par with Kopitar’s best is absurd.

 

[Nasti]

RNH at least has some skill. Hyman having a season on par with Kopitar’s best is absurd.

Oilers fans will tell you all about their “depth”.

 

[Bandit]

Oilers fans will tell you all about their “depth”.

Yeah. Balls deep in McDavid’s ass.

 

[Nasti]

I swear I remember ESPNs coverage being better in the 90s. Maybe I’m remembering wrong. I’m disappointed every time a game isn’t on TNT.

 

[chris kontos]

Levy was bad when espn had the nhl before. Surprised hes lasted so long. He must go for cheap

I swear I remember ESPNs coverage being better in the 90s. Maybe I’m remembering wrong. I’m disappointed every time a game isn’t on TNT.

For me espn hockey is borderline unwatchable unless i dvr the game and fast fwd through everything but the play

 

[Nasti]

Levy was bad when espn had the nhl before. Surprised hes lasted so long. He must go for cheap


For me espn hockey is borderline unwatchable unless i dvr the game and fast fwd through everything but the play

They have constant audio issues, no real post game show, their intermission analysts are a couple of stiffs, play by play sucks, etc etc. Everything about TNT is better.

 

[Maynard]

I cannot root for Vegas. The Oiler fans were terrible but I can’t have those Vegas fans winning a cup. McDavid is a twat as well but I’m okay with the best player in decades winning a championship or two in a small market. f*** Vegas.

 

[LAKings88]

I like Nic Roy’s game. He has been impressive this series.

I cannot root for Vegas. The Oiler fans were terrible but I can’t have those Vegas fans winning a cup. McDavid is a twat as well but I’m okay with the best player in decades winning a championship or two in a small market. f*** Vegas.

Oilers have eclipsed my Vegas hate. I can root for a few ex Kings.

 

[chris kontos]

Looking forward to the inevitable oiler emotional meltdown...

 

[Nasti]

Draisaitl is awful defensively. Lucky for him it doesn’t get noticed because he scores so much.

 

[AbsentMojo]

no PP for Oil = they losing