So far, 2 goals in the first by Schenn. Two goals in the second, one by Voynov, the other by Kozun. Clifford has two fights so far and King socked some guy in the face a few times before the other guy limped off with an injury. Kings are pretty much dominating. Berube looks solid in goal for the Kings. Hickey looks very poised. Haven't really noticed Teubert. Deslauriers looks very good. Loktionov as well, evades hits and has very smooth moves. Kozun looks very good as well.
schenn has 2 goals and 1 helper. King rocked some guy... and clifford has 2 fights. Colton got sucker punched late in the 2nd. VV had a nice goal as well Posted via Mobile Device
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Schenn has 2g 1a and clifford has 2 fights maybe 3 and he kicked ass in all of them
Voynov has a goal and so does Kozun i think it is
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So far, 2 goals in the first by Schenn. Two goals in the second, one by Voynov, the other by Kozun. Clifford has two fights so far and King socked some guy in the face a few times before the other guy limped off with an injury. Kings are pretty much dominating. Berube looks solid in goal for the Kings. Hickey looks very poised. Haven't really noticed Teubert. Deslauriers looks very good. Loktionov as well, evades hits and has very smooth moves. Kozun looks very good as well.
So far, 2 goals in the first by Schenn. Two goals in the second, one by Voynov, the other by Kozun. Clifford has two fights so far and King socked some guy in the face a few times before the other guy limped off with an injury. Kings are pretty much dominating. Berube looks solid in goal for the Kings. Hickey looks very poised. Haven't really noticed Teubert. Deslauriers looks very good. Loktionov as well, evades hits and has very smooth moves. Kozun looks very good as well.
My notes after watching two periods live from the rink. (I had to leave before the 3rd period started)
Defenseman:
Tuebert has improved his skating markedly from last year, he is very good positionally and is a beast on the boards. He is mean and nasty, and will let you know about it quickly. You do not want to meet him in-between the boards and the dots when you have the puck down low. He needs one more year.
Hickey showed smooth skating and a few good passes, but I still dont see him making the team this year. He gets moved around easily by bigger forwards. Despite his sakting, he doesn't appear to glide through or around hard checking forwards. I still thinks he is small and gets pushed around down low, and this will be even more pronounced, particularly at the NHL level. He is NOT the second coming of Lubomir Visnosky, and he is NOT ready for the NHL.
Voynov looks very poised, (far more than Hickey) and is very good positionally. He has a good eye for the game and his goal was a good quick shot on a nice set up from Schenn and Kozun. He looked better than Hickey and does not get outmuscled as Hickey does, while seemingly possessing simialr puck handling skills.
Martinez is quietly very good. Not particularly strong along the boards like Tuebert, but does a very nice job playing the man, rotating down low and making that first pass out of the zone. The pairing of him and Voynov looked really good every time they were on the ice, including time on both the PK and PP. He could within a year be a cpapble number six.
Honestly, I didnt pay much attention to the others, except to notice that Mullen is stronger than he looks but doesnt have much flash, which is not necessarily a bad thing foir a defenseman.
Forwards
The future looks bright.
Schenn was the best player on the ice through two periods. He is fast, smart, a very good passer, and hard working in both ends of the ice, and although his second goal was a classic "garbage" goal, (they dont count em pretty or ugly, they just count 'em) his first was very nice indeed and he made a number of very nice plays, including setting up the Voynov goal.
Kozun a Los Angeles product, was very noticeable in the second period playing with Schenn. His goal was a quick release snapper set up by his fast skating and stick handling. He is a young heady player who could possibly develop into a a top six player, but more likely will fill and third or fourth line role down the line.
Loktionov was impressive in his skating and passing. The comparisons to a young Larionov are accurate. (alot of you likely never saw Larionov play) He is also a hard working center, and his vision and ability to avoid hits will make him a threat in the NHL. One year away.
Kyle Clifford He looks to hit and fight anything that moves while wearing an opponents jersey. His first fight was a battle as was his second. The kings need a big scrapper, and with another year of seasoning, they have found one.
Azevado I like the guy's hockey sense and ability, but I see him as TOO; Too small, Too slow and Too late defensively. A career AHL player.
Walker Didn't see alot of hockey skill, but I can tell you i dont want to be playing against this guy. About 3 minutes into the first period he plastered a coyote and had several big hits as well in the second period.
King Demolished Jonas Anhelov in their fight, forcing Anhelov to say "uncle" idway through, although Ahnelov went off injured with what looked like it could have been a broken hand or wrist on his punching hand.
McCauley A big boy with a nasty streak and he was looking for hits and fights. Not alot of hockey talent, but then again they cant all be Brayden Schenn, Andrei Loktionov or Brandon Kozun
Judging on what I saw today, certainly a very small sampling, I think Kozun has a higher upside than Azevado. He's very much faster than Azevado and plays more of a two way game. Don't get me wrong, I like Azevado, but Kozun was the second highest scorer in the WHL last season for a reason.
Why the heck did they have the game at 2. I was able to go to yesterday's game and we got our A**'s handed to us. But freakin had to go to work today and couldn't make the game. Glad to see that we did better today and actually won. But I'll tell you Brayden Schenn was impressive yesterday even in the lost. He won pretty much all of his faceoffs except for maybe one. Had a beastly hit, even thought the yotes scored on the same shift. But glad he had a good game today, and I freakin love Clifford. That guy is tough as nails. Glad we won today, sucks i couldn't make it but good to know our guys did better after yesterdays beatdown.
Just got back from the game, well worth ten dollars. Some notes:
Lots of energy in the 1st from both teams, lots of hits and fights. Fun to watch.
Teubert looked good, very physical in the corners and in front of the net. Gave Jordan Stall some problems in front of the net on a penalty kill in the 3rd. Made smart defensive plays in open ice situations.
Hickey also looked good on D. Not as physical as Teubert, but also made smart defensive plays. A lot of the powerplay went through him when he was on. He likes to make a fake slapshot then pass the puck. Like someone mentioned after yesterdays game, I might have been expecting more, this is his third time around. However, he doesn't look undersized at all anymore. He and Teubert were paired together most of the game.
Voynov played calm and didn't seem to scramble too much. He uses his stick pretty effectively to get the puck away from yotes players and back to himself.
Someone else mentioned Deslauriers looked good, I agree. Nothing specific, but I noticed him a lot. Made one play where he jumped to catch a puck and keep it in the zone during a powerplay. Big hit near the end of the game.
Loktionov has great puck possesion skills. He came away with it even when he had a few defenders on him. Sometimes he holds on too long, although it looked like the other Kings weren't always looking to get open when he had the puck. Aggressive defensively as well.
Azevedo, great hands, doesn't necessarily make flashy moves, but he makes smooth ones to get by defenders. He made the same move twice to get by two different players. The second one tripped him up and got a penalty. He will need right linemates to be effective at the NHL level.
Kozun is fast, but the size is still an issue at this point. As expected, he was pushed off the puck easily. Still hussled and didn't seem to back off at all. I don't think he took a shift in the last 10 minutes of the 3rd. Anyone else remember?
Schenn was on the other side of the ice when he scored his two goals, so I can't comment on those. I might not have been looking, but he didn't stand out otherwise.
I can see Clifford becoming a fan favorite. Lots of energy, doesn't mind hitting or dropping the gloves, fun to watch.
I'm not good judge of goalies, but Berube looked good. I was staning above him in the third, and he made some good saves.
Take my evalutions with a grain of salt, when it comes to scouting, igotnothing.
Just got back myself, agree with the two run downs.
Really liked Deslaurier again. Looks like a steal in the 3rd round. Plays much bigger than he is and has some wheels.
Saw Doughty outside with Frolov get into a car and drive off at intermission. Guess they just watched the first period. Doughty has bad ass sunglasses.
I'm sorry if the Anhenov kid hurt himself, but the look on his face during that fight was priceless. I've never seen an expression on hockey player that more perfectly exemplified "Stop hitting me!"
We are so lucky to have Loktionov. Kid is something special.
Another random note. Saw someone who looked like he was with the Kings looking at this board during intermission. Spies!
