Where's the summertime "rank/order our prospects" thread?!

[kinghock]

My understanding is that Parik's rights still belong to the Kings

but still
*cough*

I thought Kings development team learned something from Cernak disaster.
I guess I was wrong.

 

[All The Kings Men]

I thought Kings development team learned something from Cernak disaster.
I guess I was wrong.

what lesson do you think from that situation applies to this one?

 

[kinghock]

what lesson do you think from that situation applies to this one?

Be patient with young and talented players

 

[Master Yoda]

Looking like a bad/wasted 3rd round pick. Makes not picking a goalie this past draft a bit perplexing. Even if it was a down year for goalies, it seemed like we needed a mid/late round pick for developmental purposes. Now we are in an absolute must draft mode next year in one of the early rounds. unless we can swing a trade for a young guy -- which might enable us to draft a guy late round next year (still a MUST draft need in 2023).

Don't really care about a wasted 3rd. It happens all the time.
But I'm just more confused him being re-signed and signing Copley and not giving one of Parik/Ingham/Hrenak a chance to at least share some AHL playing time.
The last couple of years Parik and Ingham has only played a handful of games and had them shuttling back and forth between the AHL/ECHL.
And especially for Ingham, he's only played 35 total games in 2 seasons during what should be their prime development years.

As others have said, it's really not so much that people are really high on Parik and Ingham. Few have seen them play more than a couple of games but it's that everybody on this board thinks Villalta should not have been re-signed.
To most of us here, Villalta is a known bust and Parik and Ingham are still unknowns.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

To me it's just...I get it, you're going to roll out one vet and one prospect. But to me it seems like you'd want the higher-upside prospect getting that time. Obviously the organization for some reason is higher on Villalta than anyone else. But I see guys that have at least shown something at other levels as opposed to Villalta having the same issues for 5 years and imploding repeatedly on league f***ing powerhouses and I just do not understand what I'm supposed to be seeing.

 

[All The Kings Men]

for some reason

Or maybe it's lots of reasons?

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Or maybe it's lots of reasons?

It's clearly due to the fact that the goaltending pipeline is pretty much nil. The organization knows goaltending is a weak point, and Villalta sticking around is probably a demonstration of them not really having many better options.

I'm not bent out of shape over Parik signing elsewhere (and the Kings will likely lose his rights next year), I don't know if Ingham or Hrenak are ready to take on a big workload in the AHL, but both goalies have to get games in and need to be playing consistently.

Villalta already has three years of pro experience and has been in the pipeline for five years. He's just a placeholder until someone can take the reigns in net. They gave him a one-year contract for that reason.

 

[Choralone]

Well, we certainly have the assets to trade for a netminder if we so wish.

 

[Lt Dan]

Well, we certainly have the assets to trade for a netminder if we so wish.

It certainly looks like we will need to.

Here is to hoping that Petersen goes gangsta next year and steals the net

 

[ru4reals]

Matt Villalta is just not a very good Goaltender. Who knows maybe he'll all of a sudden hit a switch and turn it around for some miraculous reason. But as Ziggy mentioned definitely a placeholder until someone comes along.

 

[Basilisk]

Nobody wants to vote this summer?

You're all FIRED!!!!

 

[cyclones22]

There is no ranking this season because they're all tied for last.