GDT: Preseason games 2024-25

[King'sPawn]

Yikes, George. That is not a good time to try to chip the puck off the boards.

 

[Surf Nutz]

George falls to negative on the list.

He is young and not ready ,

shootout confirms.

 

[Telos]

Why the f*** do we need to see a Lewis shootout attempt? Are we really scouting Lewis?

 

[ru4reals]

Bad pass there by George in OT. Yikes.

 

[King'sPawn]

Can't hate having Lewis go out there. That may be his last time to take a breakaway shot in his home.

 

[RayMartyniukTotems]

When I came from walking the our boy(the Dog) a number 40 was in the nets I thought maybe the Kings reacquired CPetersen...Hope CGeorge is not a reincarnate....actually I liked Cal but Blake gave him a too big too soon Contract that made him Persona Non Grata

 

[Telos]

Can't hate having Lewis go out there. That may be his last time to take a breakaway shot in his home.

Actually, you're right, I take it back I was busy working on the house and only caught the last 5 minutes of the game, OT, and the shootout and completely forgot Lewis being the Utah boy. He did deserve the first shot.

 

[King'sPawn]

Lost in OT and the shootout. Sucks, but it's preseason.

Not the finest ending by George, but he's only 18.

 

[JTeller97]

Lewis, Ward, Studnicka just who everyone wants to see in a shootout

 

[KingsOfCali25]

Of the NHL guys:

Turcotte and Thomas looked good. Clarke was above average. Edmundson was decent (better than I thought he'd look). Lewis looks awful. Fagemo was not noticeable. Englund looked below average. Moverare was below average.

AHL/prospects: Portillo was decent but definitely not ready this year for the NHL. George looked good other than OT. Greentree looked good. Helenius was good. Lee was decent. Pinelli was good. The rest of the AHL/ECHL guys were/are what they are.

 

[ru4reals]

Hockey is finally back. Good game by the Reign against a lot of NHL players. Trevor Lewis was by far our best player.

 

[VILARGOD]

Imagine being George brain farting in OT then going straight into getting creamed in the shootout

 

[Schmooley]

Anyone else impressed with Greentree? He plays a mature game for his age. He is not far from making it.
Lee and Helenius are also closer than I thought.
Portillo and Pinelli have improved since last year and are on track for the following wave.

 

[Gjwrams]

At least we got a point.

 

[Surf Nutz]

Lost in OT and the shootout. Sucks, but it's preseason.

Not the finest ending by George, but he's only 18.

It's gonna give him some long burning fire!

Lewis, Ward, Studnicka just who everyone wants to see in a shootout

Lewie is Utah hockey legend. Studnicka eaned it with a good game and Ward buried it.

 

[KingsOfCali25]

Anyone else impressed with Greentree? He plays a mature game for his age. He is not far from making it.
Lee and Helenius are also closer than I thought.
Portillo and Pinelli have improved since last year and are on track for the following wave.
There isnt much high end goal scoring talent in the system but they have a ton of guys that could play shifts in the NHL and hold their own should there be injuries.
Guys like Studnicka Mallot Moverare and Jones are good depth just in case and better than what they have had in previous years in that part of the depth chart..

Greentree looked good but is still at least 2 years away.

Helenius and Lee probably could be either 4th line or the 13th forward this year if they keep up their play. Most likely will get those spots next year. Still some work to do for their games.

Portillo looks like he is right on schedule to make this team next season. One more AHL year and he should be ready.

Pinelli is still about 2 years away from the NHL but definitely looks better than his start of the year last year. Hopefully he can come up in the Greentree area of prospects (same with Zimmer).

 

[ru4reals]

Anyone else impressed with Greentree? He plays a mature game for his age. He is not far from making it.
Lee and Helenius are also closer than I thought.
Portillo and Pinelli have improved since last year and are on track for the following wave.

Was impressed with Lee and Helenius. Love our size that's for sure. Who's this Mallot kid. One assist from a Gordie Howe Hatty. Greentree will take time in my opinion. Kids young I don't mind him being in juniors for a few more years and then on the Reign for the next 10. He'll be good when he's ready.

 

[Schmooley]

Was impressed with Lee and Helenius. Love our size that's for sure. Who's this Mallot kid. One assist from a Gordie Howe Hatty. Greentree will take time in my opinion. Kids young I don't mind him being in juniors for a few more years and then on the Reign for the next 10. He'll be good when he's ready.

Im going to go with a hot take and say Greentree makes it next year if they dont have 12 forwards under contract with guaranteed spots.

 

[King'sPawn]

Im going to go with a hot take and say Greentree makes it next year if they dont have 12 forwards under contract with guaranteed spots.

I think most likely he'll get a few games but they'll still let his contract slide. He would have to dominate training camp next year for them to consider putting him in the NHL, and even after that, he'd have to wow them.

Of course, things can change betwen then and now, especially if there's a regime change, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

 

[Steve Zissou]

 

[Sol]

I think Turcotte and Thomas looked really good. NHL ready. I don’t know what it is, but I am not overly impressed when I see Clarke. I know it’s not fair to gauge him by rookie doughty who was sensational. But he’s just far from that so I’m just not hyped. I don’t even think he’s at Voynovs level.

I am aware it’s preseason. Just rare that I get impressed with Clarke. That one breakaway goal he scored last year was the only impressive thing I remember.

 

[Schmooley]

I think most likely he'll get a few games but they'll still let his contract slide. He would have to dominate training camp next year for them to consider putting him in the NHL, and even after that, he'd have to wow them.

Of course, things can change betwen then and now, especially if there's a regime change, but I'm not going to hold my breath.

Yea you are probably right. Though the reason I think he has a shot is because hes not a dominant player. He is a solid player more like Laferriere but his tools are further developed at the same age. Coaches love players they can count on and he gets it.

 

[Lt Dan]

The Kings really didn't do too bad last night considering that Ariztah iced a mostly nhl roster against a mostly AHL and juniors roster

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

The Kings really didn't do too bad last night considering that Ariztah iced a mostly nhl roster against a mostly AHL and juniors roster

They did VERY good.

0 5v5 goals for Utah. Special teams is largely skill and chemistry. Kings outshot them/outchanced them massively for the game, won nearly 65% of faceoffs. That's about as good a showing as you can ask for junior varsity vs. an established club in their first home game of all time.

 

[Johnny Utah]

Anyone notice Helenius challenge Ian Cole after his second big hit. Cole ran to the bench lol.