Nice lineup. Kempe will probably still be around. Kopitar may retire. Laferriere, Fagemo, Chromiak, Pinelli, Lee all have NHL upside also. If things go more right than wrong Kings should be looking good in a couple years. They need to fill the short term and long term holes at left defense and goaltending. Byram and Wallstedt woulda been nice.
Will Alex Turcotte have a spot in LA?
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I’ve always been a proponent of trading Iafallo and Kempe and still am. I see higher upside in Kupari and truthfully, Kempe’s play has been pretty bad since last season.. scoring aside.
If the Kings want a stud LHD, Kempe might be the guy that helps us acquire him..
I can see it happening. I think everyone would be ok with it if you get a really good dman coming back. They shouldnt just trade Kempe for a project dman with size or a bottom pairing guy.
For sure, Kempe and a 1st as your base and maybe if Boston closes shop in this current era, that could possibly dangle Charlie Mac??
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Finally we get to hear directly from Turcotte. Poor kid also seems down on himself like most of us are down on him.
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Turcotte missed last two games with an illness - maybe in tonite?.. Never ends.. interesting that right before the draft MacKenzie talks about he fought lots of injuries and an illness in his draft year
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I googled around checking for Turcotte injury status - anyone know? I believe someone posted its week to week lower body
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Is this just off twitter, or is there an official Reign or AHL injury status link? I couldnt find anything
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Jared Shafran is "the official Reign injury status" link.
Week-to-week is unfortunately Turcotte's official callsign.
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The best thing this guy could do is go buy himself a little gym, move into the place, and stay there for the next year doing squats and power cleans and hitting the heavy bag and eating chicken breasts by the bucket.
The player has not been physically prepared to do his job. Whether he is a Kravtsov type who just doesnt want to put in the work in the gym that you have to do to make it, or he is not built for pro hockey like his Dad wasnt, there was a scouting error that resulted in this player being drafted by our team.
The player has a lot of injuries and sooner or later its a pattern that has to be addressed by conditioning, or by trade. The pattern was established prior to the draft.
The player has not been physically prepared to do his job. Whether he is a Kravtsov type who just doesnt want to put in the work in the gym that you have to do to make it, or he is not built for pro hockey like his Dad wasnt, there was a scouting error that resulted in this player being drafted by our team.
The player has a lot of injuries and sooner or later its a pattern that has to be addressed by conditioning, or by trade. The pattern was established prior to the draft.
When I saw that hit a few times over, he’s knee and ankle didn’t look good. It was really weird the way he got hit, his right leg seemed to get stuck between the Opps legs and all his weight was on his left leg, then it collapsed. Don’t think he broke anything(I hope) but it did look like he got a bad sprain
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All I could think of when I saw the hit was what people have been saying about Byfield today compared to a few years ago when he broke his ankle in training camp. The conversation is about body positioning and spatial awareness and using your body/strength to protect yourself against "accidental" injury at all times.
Not sure it's actually in anyway related but that's where my head goes because Turcotte seemed to me to be in a very similar position to Byfield on those hits.
I’ll be honest, I don’t think Turcotte is benefitting by being in the AHL. Unlike others, I don’t care about his injuries but rather how he’s extending himself to make plays for guys that really aren’t anywhere near his hockey IQ.
Meaning, I think he’s overdoing his facilitating at the expensive of exposing his body. The AHL is notorious for cheap shots and goons and he’s been leveled repeatedly.
If he was to center the 3rd line with Fiala and Kaliyev who he’s had really good chemistry with, I think he’d have a better chance of reaching his potential. Granted the kid is going to have to show his game is ready next training camp, if he’s still here but his stats, which everyone loves to reference always show he’s an elite level playmaker. His ability to create high danger scoring chances for teammates would be a boon on the 3rd line.. and he’s a puck hound who makes the right play 99% of the time.. that’s a winner right there!
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If you follow the guy on social media hes' definitely putting in the work, dude grinds pretty hard all summer. based on that and HOW he plays, i wouldn't suggest it's a 'work harder in the gym' thing. Seems like it's just a matter of time and waiting for man strength.
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I dont do social media so that is good info, thank you.
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I was always hoping he would grow, from 5'11" 185, to 6'1" 205 and he looks the same size as the day he was drafted. He's certainly not 6'0" and maybe 5'11" 190. Fiala may be 5'10" 200, but his core and legs are so strong....and he moves sideways all the time, to evade opponents. I think Alex would behoove himself if he could even get that much bigger and stronger in his core and try to work in that type of style that Fiala does. Even Trevor Moore said his last interview, that he watched Fiala play, during his injury time off.. to incorporate / learn from what he saw.
I mean, these athletes can keep improving and working at all facets like this and get better. Alex has skills, can skate well and can certainly make enhancements like that....not saying he will do what Fiala does, but can probably help himself, by being more evasive.
I'm so wanting Alex to succeed and move past the injuries....and make it with the Kings. I always keep in mind
that 26 months ago, he helped lead Team USA to gold and was a catalyst to that end. I watched all USA games and was pretty happy where his game was at. Zegras was the scoring machine, but Alex was a 200 foot monster and helped drive play....Caufield was pretty much a non factor and often invisible...I bet if you asked (then) 31 GMs, (after gold medal game) who do you want on your team,Turcotte or Caufield? You would proably have 31 saying Turcotte. So. Caufield went on to have a great college season + and then is becoming a minor force in Mtl and Turcotte cannot play more than 20 games EVER in a row. But, Alex is still the same player that was the one that was great that series with and against his peers. if he can only become 100% healthy and get back on his game. IF ONLY.
I mean, these athletes can keep improving and working at all facets like this and get better. Alex has skills, can skate well and can certainly make enhancements like that....not saying he will do what Fiala does, but can probably help himself, by being more evasive.
I'm so wanting Alex to succeed and move past the injuries....and make it with the Kings. I always keep in mind
that 26 months ago, he helped lead Team USA to gold and was a catalyst to that end. I watched all USA games and was pretty happy where his game was at. Zegras was the scoring machine, but Alex was a 200 foot monster and helped drive play....Caufield was pretty much a non factor and often invisible...I bet if you asked (then) 31 GMs, (after gold medal game) who do you want on your team,Turcotte or Caufield? You would proably have 31 saying Turcotte. So. Caufield went on to have a great college season + and then is becoming a minor force in Mtl and Turcotte cannot play more than 20 games EVER in a row. But, Alex is still the same player that was the one that was great that series with and against his peers. if he can only become 100% healthy and get back on his game. IF ONLY.
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When you watch the hit, you see Turcotte looking up aware Weisblatt is leaving his position to hit him..and surprisingly, he looks down to find the puck right before Weisblatt makes contact.. where I would hope he would be more aware of the impending hit and protect himself. Its probably hard to teach someone to play AHL style which boils down to: play hard but dont go all out if you are exposing yourself to a dangerous hit. I dont think thats in his DNA.
There was a thread awhile back Turcotte- time to worry? I believe it might just be that time. Just feel bad he just not made for the physicality of this sport.
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ah that one wouldve been better to elevate - oh well
