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Knight of the Realm said:
Is LaDue going the Reilly route or will he sign with LA eventually?
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He will sign eventually. Hes going to be North Dakotas #1/2 Defensemen this season. There's a Mayor's Manor interview somewhere where they talk about his development and options. I think he really wants to take one more run at that National Championship.
 
Knight of the Realm said:
Is LaDue going the Reilly route or will he sign with LA eventually?
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hawkeyexp said:
He will sign eventually. Hes going to be North Dakotas #1/2 Defensemen this season. There's a Mayor's Manor interview somewhere where they talk about his development and options. I think he really wants to take one more run at that National Championship.
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Hawkeye's referring to this:

Paul LaDue Explains Passing on Kings, Returning to School

On having to call the Kings and tell them he wasn’t turning pro just yet:

“I feel like they understand my process and I’m more than excited. That’s nothing against the Kings organization either. Ever since they drafted me, ever since that summer day [in 2012], I’ve wanted to be a King and I think they understand that’s my goal.â€
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Looks good.

QUESTION: Does Paul LaDue have the potential to be a 3-4 defenseman?
 
Boba Fettuccine said:
Christian's son , ex player and one of our scouts.

I thought the coyotes drafted him

Edit- I guess the 'Yotes didn't sign him and he is a UFA
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Meh, former 2nd rounder and yes he's Christian's kid. OT but man did the Kings have a ****** 2011 draft. Only Andreoff and Shore from the 3rd...
 
Reaper45 said:
Meh, former 2nd rounder and yes he's Christian's kid. OT but man did the Kings have a ****** 2011 draft. Only Andreoff and Shore from the 3rd...
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Two NHL players and likely a third in Michael Mersch on the way, in a year where the Kings didn't have a first-round pick. How is that in any way bad?
 
Very generous to call AA an NHL player. I mean, he is more of an NHL player than I am but I only trailed him in minutes played by like 40-50 minutes.

The 2011 draft was not good so far but I'll take Shore and Mersch out of it if they can become NHL regulars. It's not commendable to whiff on your 2nd round pick when you don't have a 1st.
 
dafranchz said:
I'm back from the dead...living in the SouthBay and looking forward to devo camp. Hopefully their schedule works with mine. It's an easy drive down the street.
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My apologies for no updates. I haven't been able to get there as I've been "stupid" sick for the past week. Finally bouncing back.
 
Hey dafranchz, glad you're feeling better. I look forward to hearing your take on dev camp. I've heard nothing, nada, zilch so far from fans about the prospects and it's Day 2. It's a slow week. KP will be there Thursday so we'll hear something then but Brad Doty, I'm waiting for something from you. Any Brad Doty will do, I'm not picky. ;)
 
I went yesterday morning, there really wasn't much to report on. I only saw the first group.

Leslie was wearing a red jersey, because of recent surgery.

Most of the drills were skating and puckhandling drills. For about 30 minutes, they did drills where their skates weren't really supposed to leave the ice, so it was hard to judge their skating. Lintuniemi and Amadio had decent shots. They picked corners and hit posts regularly.

The most interesting thing was when Daryl Evans came onto the ice. He was wearing skates that had no laces and the tongues were pulled all the way out. I have no idea why. He skated well.
 
igotnothing said:
I went yesterday morning, there really wasn't much to report on. I only saw the first group.

Leslie was wearing a red jersey, because of recent surgery.

Most of the drills were skating and puckhandling drills. For about 30 minutes, they did drills where their skates weren't really supposed to leave the ice, so it was hard to judge their skating. Lintuniemi and Amadio had decent shots. They picked corners and hit posts regularly.

The most interesting thing was when Daryl Evans came onto the ice. He was wearing skates that had no laces and the tongues were pulled all the way out. I have no idea why. He skated well.
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Daryl has skated with no laces for many years now.
 
Good things coming out about Zykov

Emerson, on Valentin Zykov’s leadership:

...The really neat thing here is Zykov, Val has taken a real leadership role in our camp in that regards, and he’s actually been kind of a mentor to some of the other players. We didn’t really have to say anything to him, he did it on his own, and that’s just kind of the leadership role where we just went ‘wow, good job Val’. He just did it on his own; it was great.
It’s interesting; we saw it on ice. When we were trying to explain drills and he was right there trying to help us with that. And then off ice, we see him taking a leadership role with that, he’s always got a couple of guys around him, the younger players, and it’s not just the Russian players, it’s the other players as well.
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O’Connell, on the camp reinforcing some concepts for Valentin Zykov:
Yes, it is. He’s a great student, he’s a great teammate and he takes it very seriously. Everything we do and every rep he does, he tries his hardest every time. He’s going to be fine. He’s a good player and his work ethic and attention… even with this lack of English, his English has become much better. But he applies himself every time he’s on that ice and that’s going to take him a long way.

O’Connell, on how close Zykov is to making the pro game:
Not yet, we got a little bit of him at the end of the year but he was banged up. So we didn’t get a chance to play in Manch. We would’ve like to have seen him there but he was injured. We’ll see this year. He’s a good player, a really good, sound player.
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Some duplicate info, some new
Although O'Connell and Emerson avoided offering individual assessments, both singled out 20-year-old forward Valentin Zykov for helping younger players. Zykov, who is Russian, learned English before he came to North America and learned French playing for Baie-Comeau and Gatineau of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League last season, and he's using those skills to explain drills and instructions to those who have trouble comprehending English.

His willingness to take that initiative could be an asset on his path to the NHL.

"He's a great student. He's a great teammate and he takes it very seriously," O'Connell said of Zykov, who sat out the junior world tournament last season while recovering from a hernia. "Everything we do and every rep and everything he does, he tries his hardest every time. He's going to be fine. He's a good player and his work ethic and his attention….He applies himself every time he's on that ice. I doubt it's going to take him a long while."

Emerson agreed that Zykov's acting as a translator of sorts has been a positive development.

"Val has taken a real leadership role in our camp in that regard," Emerson said. "He's actually been kind of a mentor to some of the younger players in that way, and we didn't really have to say anything to him. He did it on his own. And that's kind of a leadership role that we just kind of went, 'Wow, good job Val.' Just did it on his own. That's great."

Zykov said he learned English before arriving in North America because "it was my dream to come here. ... I think it's impossible to play here without English."

He also said he's not sure whether he's ready to play the pro game.

"The only thing I think about is just getting better," he said. "And get closer to NHL."
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http://www.latimes.com/sports/kings/la-sp-kings-development-camp-20150708-column.html
 
i went for camp this morning.

Forwards started at 8
d-men at 9:30ish

-Really dug zykov.. noticed my eyes kept locking in on him whenever it was his turn to do the drills. He's listed as 6'2 (a bit generous imo). He's just solid all around w/ all the drills...
-sure they shot on empty nets but it really looks brodzinski was picking corners effortlessly with more zip on his wristers than the other campers.
-I kept getting Wagner and Watson mixed up but i liked both. Watson is another smooth undersize player... great in tight spaces and very agile.
-I was VERY impressed with Schmaltz he didn't look at all awkward with his height while Dergy can look awkward at times.
-out of the invitees i liked Ruuttu the most.

-with the D guys they hardly did anything SKILL-y... so it was really tough to get a gauge on ANYTHING.
the players that looked the most smooth w/ their skating and w/ the puck was Leslie and Ladue.

-Thinking about heading out again tomorrow.. we'll see! i hear the 3pm sessions are 4 on 4 scrimmages.. that might be the more entertaining portion of these days.
 
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