Confirmed Signing with Link: [LAK] F Liam Greentree signs ELC with the Kings (3 years, $975k AAV)

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[Bjornar Moxnes]

Fire Blake

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Fire Blake

Never like drafting a player in the first round who has to work on their skating. That’s like drafting a water polo player who has to work on their swimming. In hockey that means they end up being an AHLer. In water polo that means they end up drowning.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Fire Blake

Now you're getting it

 

[funky]

Never like drafting a player in the first round who has to work on their skating. That’s like drafting a water polo player who has to work on their swimming. In hockey that means they end up being an AHLer. In water polo that means they end up drowning.

Kings don’t seem to worry about skating. Drafted guys like Toffoli, Vilardi, Kaliyev, Clarke etc that all had some sort of knock on their skating. After a few years there was a noticeable improvement in all of them. Kings seem to be able to get goalies to goalie and pylons to skate. Unfortunately no one seems to be able to make scorers out of the prospects

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Never like drafting a player in the first round who has to work on their skating. That’s like drafting a water polo player who has to work on their swimming. In hockey that means they end up being an AHLer. In water polo that means they end up drowning.

Fortunately for him, his face look's like Lee Pace's and he has enough height to pass off as Pace's stunt-double (although Pace is like 6'5''). But iff hockey doesn't work out don't worry Hollywood will provide.

 

[StreetHawk]

Never like drafting a player in the first round who has to work on their skating. That’s like drafting a water polo player who has to work on their swimming. In hockey that means they end up being an AHLer. In water polo that means they end up drowning.

That's where your scouts/skills coach has to examine/review the player's current skating technique/style and determine if it can be fixed. Or whether they can compensate for being a slower/weaker skate by processing the game faster. Pavelski/Robertson are not very good skaters, but have the ability to think the game fast so that they can compensate for it.

Some guys can get better others, not so much. Just have to evaluate what that player needs to be successful.

 

[CraigBillington]

That's where your scouts/skills coach has to examine/review the player's current skating technique/style and determine if it can be fixed. Or whether they can compensate for being a slower/weaker skate by processing the game faster. Pavelski/Robertson are not very good skaters, but have the ability to think the game fast so that they can compensate for it.

Some guys can get better others, not so much. Just have to evaluate what that player needs to be successful.

Or you get guys like Horvat whose skating was seen as a weakness when drafted but is now much improved

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Never like drafting a player in the first round who has to work on their skating. That’s like drafting a water polo player who has to work on their swimming. In hockey that means they end up being an AHLer. In water polo that means they end up drowning.

Yeah should have let him fall like Robertson or Point

 

[ChesterNimitz]

That's where your scouts/skills coach has to examine/review the player's current skating technique/style and determine if it can be fixed. Or whether they can compensate for being a slower/weaker skate by processing the game faster. Pavelski/Robertson are not very good skaters, but have the ability to think the game fast so that they can compensate for it.

Some guys can get better others, not so much. Just have to evaluate what that player needs to be successful.

Perhaps. But I would like to start off with a prospect that doesn't have a built in handicap. Particularly one as pivotal as impaired skating ability . Most prospects face many hurdles making the NHL.. I find it a wise policy of letting some other team take the gamble that they will be able to 'fix' a player's all too important skill of skating.