C Quinton Byfield (2020, 2nd, LAK) part IV

[topshelf15]

LA is slow playing him,which is something I wish Ottawa did with Stu,he has been good but he could have used more development time

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

1 point in 6 AHL games. I don’t claim to have watched him this year, but it’s not great production for a d+2 players. I’ve always been lower on him than most, but I’ll never root against a player. I hope he can turn it around. He can be a real nice player for the Kings with some nice development

As said on the last page--he's coming back from a broken ankle and covid, they're literally the first real games he's played all season.

I'm impatient as shit when it comes to all things Kings lately but even I can give a kid a small grace period to get it together after injury AND illness.

 

[Schmooley]

1 point in 6 AHL games. I don’t claim to have watched him this year, but it’s not great production for a d+2 players. I’ve always been lower on him than most, but I’ll never root against a player. I hope he can turn it around. He can be a real nice player for the Kings with some nice development

In preseason he had kind of a bull in a china shop mentality. Just a little lanky and unrefined but you could see what hes capable of with his speed and his reach. He can break up plays really well in any zone and has really good vision offensively but hasnt flashed much goal scoring touch. Pass first kind of guy. He broke his ankle late in the preseason going full speed into a corner but otherwise would be in the NHL in a bottom six role right now.

 

[Osprey]

In preseason he had kind of a bull in a china shop mentality. Just a little lanky and unrefined but you could see what hes capable of with his speed and his reach. He can break up plays really well in any zone and has really good vision offensively but hasnt flashed much goal scoring touch. Pass first kind of guy. He broke his ankle late in the preseason going full speed into a corner but otherwise would be in the NHL in a bottom six role right now.

He actually slowed down once he got to the corner and was injured by a Christian Fletcher hit. If not for that, he surely would've started the season in the NHL, but I wouldn't rule out that he might've been sent down by now to work on using his size (especially to absorb hits from grown men) and build confidence. After all, we thought that Tkachev would still be in the NHL right now, too.

 

[Schmooley]

He actually slowed down once he got to the corner and was injured by a Christian Fletcher hit. If not for that, he surely would've started the season in the NHL, but I wouldn't rule out that he might've been sent down by now to work on using his size (especially to absorb hits from grown men) and build confidence. After all, we thought that Tkachev would still be in the NHL right now, too.

I dont remember fully but I do remember thinking it wasnt a dirty hit and more on Byfield for how he went into the corner but maybe youre right. Either way its a minor detail and hed have at least had a couple of games in the NHL so far this season.

 

[kilowatt]

He actually slowed down once he got to the corner and was injured by a Christian Fletcher hit. If not for that, he surely would've started the season in the NHL, but I wouldn't rule out that he might've been sent down by now to work on using his size (especially to absorb hits from grown men) and build confidence. After all, we thought that Tkachev would still be in the NHL right now, too.

He should be, but it's the Kings, so he isn't. Unless four games was enough to evaluate him in totality.

 

[Monsieur Verdoux]

It's a fair point, as guys like Power, Beniers, Eklund, K Johnson, and Luke Hughes from the last draft are all only 60-90 days younger than Byfield. Sanderson is the same. Not so much a big plus over a guy like Drysdale (April), but the late 01's like Lafreniere. Lundell and Rossi definitely had a bit of an advantage of age in their draft year.

Did I miss something? Probably just a small mistake, but Byfield was born in Aug, 2002., L. Hughes Sep, 2003.

 

[Osprey]

I dont remember fully but I do remember thinking it wasnt a dirty hit and more on Byfield for how he went into the corner but maybe youre right. Either way its a minor detail and hed have at least had a couple of games in the NHL so far this season.

Yeah, it wasn't a dirty hit. He just didn't protect or brace himself and took it all, which is why I said that he could work on using his size (and maybe be careful about the positions that he puts himself into).

He should be, but it's the Kings, so he isn't. Unless four games was enough to evaluate him in totality.

Yeah, I don't get it, either, and that was my point. He (Tkachev) went from looking like a top-6 lock in the preseason to being sent down after only 4 regular season games. You just never know, especially with the Kings.

 

[DrSense]

Did I miss something? Probably just a small mistake, but Byfield was born in Aug, 2002., L. Hughes Sep, 2003.

Ah, sorry - saw the Sept birthday and forgot L Hughes is actually a year younger than Power, Beniers, Eklund etc. Good catch.

 

[Fatass]

1 point in 6 AHL games. I don’t claim to have watched him this year, but it’s not great production for a d+2 players. I’ve always been lower on him than most, but I’ll never root against a player. I hope he can turn it around. He can be a real nice player for the Kings with some nice development

Not every high pick works out. Some take longer to reach their best, and other just kind of fizzle out and don’t amoun5 to mućh.

 

[BigHulkingThickV]

He's 19...and he "should have at least 25 goals this season in the NHL" ?!?
The guy taken before him has 19 goals, total, over 2 seasons.
The guys taken 1st and 2nd overall the year before have 26, and 24 goals, respectively, over 3 seasons.
The guys taken 1st and 2nd overall the year before that (2018) have yet to score 25 goals in a season.
The guys taken 1st and 2nd overall the year before that (2017) have yet to score 25 in a season.

Bruh, you just responded to one of the most obviously sarcastic comments I've ever seen.

 

[ponder]

3 game goal streak - 3 goals, 1 assists, +3, 11 shots in those 3 games. Seems like he’s heating up - how’s he looked for Reign fans?

Last year he started slow with 1 goal, 5 assists, -14 through his first 14 games, then 7 goals, 7 assists, +5 in his remaining 18 games. Got hot and stayed hot, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the same this year.

 

[CanuckistanFlyerfan]

Bruh, you just responded to one of the most obviously sarcastic comments I've ever seen.

This is HF...I've seen a lot worse takes than that one that were dead serious.

 

[Gold Standard]

Hopefully he gets in some NHL games soon. and perhaps then some games with Team Canada at the WHC in May. (if we get a tournament)

 

[Kalv]

Hopefully he gets in some NHL games soon. and perhaps then some games with Team Canada at the WHC in May. (if we get a tournament)

If he's in the A, has there been any rumblings for him to join the Olympics?
Large frame and good skating should be intriguing for the large ice.

 

[Gold Standard]

If he's in the A, has there been any rumblings for him to join the Olympics?
Large frame and good skating should be intriguing for the large ice.

ironically enough the Olympics are on NHL sized rinks. just no NHL players. I don't believe players in the AHL on two NHL contracts are eligible to play the Olympics. If he were eligible he'd be a fine edition. So, it looks as though if he is to play any international games this year, it will be with the men's team in May.

 

[Kalv]

ironically enough the Olympics are on NHL sized rinks. just no NHL players. I don't believe players in the AHL on two NHL contracts are eligible to play the Olympics. If he were eligible he'd be a fine edition. So, it looks as though if he is to play any international games this year, it will be with the men's team in May.

Ok, that makes sense, thank you

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

If he's in the A, has there been any rumblings for him to join the Olympics?
Large frame and good skating should be intriguing for the large ice.

He's only there for conditioning post-covid and ankle injury, he'll be up with the big club soon enough.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

3 game goal streak - 3 goals, 1 assists, +3, 11 shots in those 3 games. Seems like he’s heating up - how’s he looked for Reign fans?

Last year he started slow with 1 goal, 5 assists, -14 through his first 14 games, then 7 goals, 7 assists, +5 in his remaining 18 games. Got hot and stayed hot, wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the same this year.

He looks like a guy who can do whatever the hell he wants when he wills it, but he's just starting to understand his toolset, particularly how to use his size, vs. adults. Definitely still inconsistent, but flashes of Malkin-esque dominance, and his shift-to-shifts aren't nearly so up and down.

 

[ReginKarlssonLehner]

He looks like a guy who can do whatever the hell he wants when he wills it, but he's just starting to understand his toolset, particularly how to use his size, vs. adults. Definitely still inconsistent, but flashes of Malkin-esque dominance, and his shift-to-shifts aren't nearly so up and down.

He doesn't have anything close to Malkin's east-west or possession game. Who's the last dominant North South big body C? He's absolutely deadly on the rush and in close. His game closer to Sundin than Malkin.

 

[bsu]

I think he will develop into an Evander Kane type player maybe a little better but not have that off the ice dumbass issues. He doesn't have the offensive IQ of someone like Malkin. I think he develops into a play style like Kane but I also know he has sky high potential. To be honest I just don't trust the Kings development team very much.....

 

[wings5]

I think he will develop into an Evander Kane type player maybe a little better but not have that off the ice dumbass issues. He doesn't have the offensive IQ of someone like Malkin. I think he develops into a play style like Kane but I also know he has sky high potential. To be honest I just don't trust the Kings development team very much.....

Different positions, different playstyle, I don't see the Kane comparisons at all

 

[WADEugottaBELAKthat]

I think he will develop into an Evander Kane type player maybe a little better but not have that off the ice dumbass issues. He doesn't have the offensive IQ of someone like Malkin. I think he develops into a play style like Kane but I also know he has sky high potential. To be honest I just don't trust the Kings development team very much.....

I kind of find the Kane-comparison a little untimely. I don't quite agree with it either. Kane has quicker feet in tight and a little bit more snarl, but that's about it. Byfield has that unique wingspan combined with special puck-protection skills that really makes him hard to compare others to. If I were to make a comparison in style I would go with Jordan Staal or Keith Primeau. Both of those guys were top-3 picks, 6 '5-ish, lanky with skills. But I think his offensive game will round out more like Eric Staal's - that's the respect I have for his offensive potential ... though I certainly think it will take some years and that by that time Byfield will have had to endure a good deal of bust-talk. I suppose I don't much trust the Kings' development team that much either, though. But I'm hoping this works out, because a Byfield that reaches his top-end potential in LA would be great for the league methinks.

 

[bsu]

Different positions, different playstyle, I don't see the Kane comparisons at all

They played similar games in Juniors imo. Yes I know they play different positions I said play style they both scored a lot of their points off the rush in Juniors and were stronger, faster and more skilled than most they played against.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

I like the Eric/Jordan Staal comparisons a lot. He's not physical for someone of his size, but is a fantastic skater, with great skill.