Prospect Info: Who does LA pick #2? Part 2 To Byfield or to Stutzle? That is the question

[Ziggy Stardust]

8 out of 11 scouts would take Byfield at #2.

 

[BringTheReign]

Kings ‘pretty confident’ in who they'll take No. 2 in the NHL draft

I'll say that as much as I want Byfield to be our pick regardless, I have the utmost faith in Yanetti for both his solid track record AND the fact that he is willing to admit that they made a mistake in picking for position/readiness in the Thomas Hickey pick. I think that level of public self-awareness and accountability is a great sign in someone making decisions at the level he is.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

11 days till the Kings draft the next Anze Kopitar perhaps?

 

[Schrute farms]

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8 out of 11 scouts would take Byfield at #2.[/QUOTE]

73% for Byfield and 27% for Stutzle -- so basically about the same split as us here on the boards. I wonder if anyone is going to rant & rave to those scouts about their ridiculous infatuation with Byfield and hatred for TS?

 

[cyclones22]

73% for Byfield and 27% for Stutzle -- so basically about the same split as us here on the boards. I wonder if anyone is going to rant & rave to those scouts about their ridiculous infatuation with Byfield and hatred for TS?

Psshhh these scouts suck. They're the rejects that Bob McKenzie didn't want for his straw poll.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Psshhh these scouts suck. They're the rejects that Bob McKenzie didn't want for his straw poll.

Those eight scouts were actually HF Kings posters, duh!

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

11 days till the Kings draft the next Anze Kopitar perhaps?

Never realized that the assist on Kopi's first goal...was Dustin Brown.

Seriously almost shed a tear.

 

[yankeeking]

On the goal line for that goal in the 300s so had a great view lol, but that was like seeing DT s or Lucs first games , they just looked better than everyone else. Not t sure they were more talented but defiantly more driven

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Full zoom interview with Byfield, courtesy of the Calgary Flames. Guess the Kings social media team is asleep.

 

[HookKing]

QB seems like a great kid. What he doesn't need is that late 70's retro: you know, you know, you know...

 

[riznat]

11 days till the Kings draft the next Anze Kopitar perhaps?

I'm not the type that remembers games/goals/fights as vividly as some of you seem to, but I will never forget that goal, burned into my brain.

 

[AzKing]

Whatever side of the fence you sit, there is really no denying that the Kings are going to get a stud at this pick and either guy will move the meter. I honestly will not be pissed off with TS even though I like QB more. QB is like a luxury SUV while TS is more of a high end sportscar. I am actually getting more interested to see what they do with their extra picks and who will fall enough so they make a move into the 1st to grab a guy.

 

[cyclones22]

Well they've certainly done their due diligence. So whoever the staff selects they have a lot of confidence in the pick judging by the last article. Mindset also plays a part in how confident you are that a prospect will reach his potential. Who knows, maybe one of them checked all the boxes in that department and had corroborating testimony from third parties. There were a lot of basketball players coming into the NBA with the same measurables and athleticism as Kobe Bryant, but not one of them were as fanatically driven to be great as he was. Let's hope both of these kids possess a semblance of that character trait.

 

[Steve Zissou]

QB is like a luxury SUV while TS is more of a high end sportscar.

This is actually a good metaphor for both players.

Is this Brown's?

 

[Token]

Well they've certainly done their due diligence. So whoever the staff selects they have a lot of confidence in the pick judging by the last article. Mindset also plays a part in how confident you are that a prospect will reach his potential. Who knows, maybe one of them checked all the boxes in that department and had corroborating testimony from third parties. There were a lot of basketball players coming into the NBA with the same measurables and athleticism as Kobe Bryant, but not one of them were as fanatically driven to be great as he was. Let's hope both of these kids possess a semblance of that character trait.

There might be a tell in the LA Times article.

Yanetti mentioned how Byfield reacted after the perceived lackluster WJC by going back to the O and tearing it up.

The whole tradition of character being a heavy part of the Kings scouting may be that little hint right there.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

There might be a tell in the LA Times article.

Yanetti mentioned how Byfield reacted after the perceived lackluster WJC by going back to the O and tearing it up.

The whole tradition of character being a heavy part of the Kings scouting may be that little hint right there.

I pointed out elsewhere they said the same thing with Turcotte. Divvyed the season up into chunks, and liked how he responded to adversity.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

QB seems like a great kid. What he doesn't need is that late 70's retro: you know, you know, you know...

He's unfortunately well-trained in hockey cliche, heh

 

[KINGS17]

He's unfortunately well-trained in hockey cliche, heh

We gotta just play'em one day at a time.

I'm just happy to be here and hope I can help the club.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

He's unfortunately well-trained in hockey cliche, heh

And that makes him the perfect heir apparent to Kopitar. Just needs to improve on increasing the use of ‘obviously’ when addressing the media.

 

[Sleeping Dog]

We gotta just play'em one day at a time.

I'm just happy to be here and hope I can help the club.

Young girls they do get wooly!

 

[Stimpythecat]

to be fair, if a number of sports reporters interviewed me at age 18, I would have stuttered and slipped up a number of times.

 

[Bandit]

Young girls they do get wooly!

And when they get wooly, try a little tenderness...

 

[Maynard]

Young girls they do get wooly!

You don’t need a quadrophonic Blaupunkt, you need a curve ball.

 

[Guitpik]

I'll say that as much as I want Byfield to be our pick regardless, I have the utmost faith in Yanetti for both his solid track record AND the fact that he is willing to admit that they made a mistake in picking for position/readiness in the Thomas Hickey pick. I think that level of public self-awareness and accountability is a great sign in someone making decisions at the level he is.

Thomas Hickey and Henry Winkler should have their own bowling team...

 

[Guitpik]

And that makes him the perfect heir apparent to Kopitar. Just needs to improve on increasing the use of ‘obviously’ when addressing the media.

That's obviously one of the things that Byfield can learn from Kopitar.