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Prospect Info: Quinton Byfield (2nd Overall 2020 Draft) Discussion part II

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Just saw the highlights. Great 1st goal!

That turnover near the end of 2nd, thought it was hilarious that Byfield went back and forth between 2 Islanders clearing the crease. The kid is going to be a force!
 
funky said:
On a sort of related note, I was in the gym today at work with a coworker whose son was drafted recently in the first round. Plays a very similar style as Turcotte.

His son is also frustrated with the clubs handling of them. He’s known as a scoring threat but he and others have been placed on the lower lines with very little minutes and lower skilled players.
he said that the kings are not the only ones treating their prospects that way and he too has no idea why this is becoming a trend.

He is very familiar with Byfield and may not be as number one fan as he sees a few weaknesses in him but he almost fainted when I stated that the Kings wouldn’t put him out for 3 on 3 overtime the other night against the Rangers. He thought that’s the exact style of game that Byfield is meant for.

I am not sure what to think anymore. The team overall has done well but there’s these little decisions that are being made that leave me scratching my head almost on a daily basis. I guess that’s why they’re getting paid big money to run the team and I’m getting paid nothing to bitch about it on her message board
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Hmm. Who is this that you speak of? Just a name, come on. I won't tell.
 
There is one reason Olbermann cares about this particular 1st NHL goal. If it had been Turcotte or Fagemo he doesn't tweet anything. Most of us just care about the name on the front and see QB as an awesome young player for the Kings, others like KO emphasize other things so they can show off to their social media followers. He lost his mind long ago, just look at the stuff he has posted on social media the last few years about sports figures he doesn't like. It's not normal behavior.
 
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terrorinthebang said:
This is pretty slick... PRESS PLAY!

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Herby said:
There is one reason Olbermann cares about this particular 1st NHL goal. If it had been Turcotte or Fagemo he doesn't tweet anything. Most of us just care about the name on the front and see QB as an awesome young player for the Kings, others like KO emphasize other things so they can show off to their social media followers. He lost his mind long ago, just look at the stuff he has posted on social media the last few years about sports figures he doesn't like. It's not normal behavior.
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Olbermann every time Ovi scores against the Rags...



I can't even hate the guy, I genuinely feel sorry for him. His brain is fried beyond repair.
 
johnjm22 said:
What I'm not seeing from Byfield is NHL level pace. You have to play quick and high energy at this level.
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This seems rather disingenuous. He's back checking harder and faster than anyone not named Lizotte. It doesn't say much given the company but he's constantly the only one buzzing from his line currently.
 
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This seems rather disingenuous. He's back checking harder and faster than anyone not named Lizotte. It doesn't say much given the company but he's constantly the only one buzzing from his line currently.
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No. He's not buzzing.

A lot of times with young players fans see what they want to see. Reality is he hasn't been particularly effective.

It's not a big deal at this point. He's only played 12 games and there has been some flashes.
 
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No. He's not buzzing.

A lot of times with young players fans see what they want to see. Reality is he hasn't been particularly effective.

It's not a big deal at this point. He's only played 12 games and there has been some flashes.
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You can see him overthinking a lot, he's got some great creativity, but he needs to stop thinking and just play....the main thing in his head, should be....get shots off....shoot first mentality, only one on the team like that is Arvidsson
 
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Feed it into my veins

"Much was made of the fact that Kings rookie center Quinton Byfield was going to have a great opportunity to learn the craft from captain Anze Kopitar.
Rightly so.
But Danault’s influence shouldn’t be overlooked either. Byfield has played in seven games this season, scoring once and averaging 11:34 in ice time. His season-high, in fact, was in his first game this season, 15 minutes versus Colorado.
Danault said he has been talking a lot with Byfield. There’s few better teachers than Kopitar and Danault in helping with all the aspects of the game.
“We talk about faceoffs and players, in general,” Danault said. “What it takes to win. We talk about that, to be honest. He’s dedicated. He wants to be better and wants to help the team a lot too. I can see it. I can feel it. I think everyone sees it
“He’s going to be huge for us very soon.”"
 
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Raccoon Jesus said:
Feed it into my veins

"Much was made of the fact that Kings rookie center Quinton Byfield was going to have a great opportunity to learn the craft from captain Anze Kopitar.
Rightly so.
But Danault’s influence shouldn’t be overlooked either. Byfield has played in seven games this season, scoring once and averaging 11:34 in ice time. His season-high, in fact, was in his first game this season, 15 minutes versus Colorado.
Danault said he has been talking a lot with Byfield. There’s few better teachers than Kopitar and Danault in helping with all the aspects of the game.
“We talk about faceoffs and players, in general,” Danault said. “What it takes to win. We talk about that, to be honest. He’s dedicated. He wants to be better and wants to help the team a lot too. I can see it. I can feel it. I think everyone sees it
“He’s going to be huge for us very soon.”"
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Danault may end up being the best Kings UFA signing ever when all is said and done.
 
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Byfield needs to play and in the right situations, with the right linemates. I’m OK with the experience of Brown but he needs Iaffalo or Kempe on his other wing. I’d actually prioritise Byfields acclimatisation to the NHL over making the play-off because he’s the lynchpin and key to any future cup run. That’s more important than getting into the post season this year. So he needs the right line-mates to get the most from him and get him up to speed as quickly as possible. Controversial maybe.

I don’t consider it to be an either or thing though, it may slightly impact Line 1 but getting Byfield going could pay off big time. Replace whomever moves to Byfields line with Turcotte or Vilardi and who knows, maybe Kopitar picks it up also. It could easily end up a big win-win, but they should try it IMO.
 
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