I am not pretending to be any kind of expert. And I do not have blind faith in Morris. I was just happy to hear him say the same thing as I felt. Most people think Voynov is great and should be in LA, I just don't see it. I am not saying they all could not have a few games up there but I don't think any are ready for the NHL fulltime.
I know Muzzin did well up there (and here last year) but I have not seen it here this season, though he has been better the last couple of games. Hickey on the other hand has been pretty much terrible all year. He gave me a lot of hope in the few games he played last year but has been disappointing this season. Like I said I am no expert, just saying what I see in my own eyes which doesn't count for much of anything!
Don't sell yourself short KK, I value your opinion and regard your input highly.
I think that the only hang up between our assessments is that I wasn't clear enough in stating that my opinion is that they are all ready to start being brought into their NHL careers. I know I outlined it better in my second posting but that is on me for not being clearer in my initial posting.
I think that Muzzin is struggling with having to spend time on the farm which to me says that he needs more time to mature but I also contend that he is ready to brought along as a 7th dman and that he in short time would be an upgrade over Davis D who I hold in high regard for what he brings to the table.
Hickey from what I have seen is still in tantrum mode as well. I was at a Monarch game earlier this season with an agent friend and a pro scout. We were there just watching the game and for no particular reason.
I was asked what I thought about a few of our players and in turn I asked them what they thought/saw. One of them said that they saw the same thing that I did regarding Hickey and that is that he has all of the skill and ability including skating and timing, positional play to where he could make it in the NHL sooner rather than later.
To me, we haven't any reason today to throw any of the kids to the wolves so I think that its time to start giving them each in order of effort/ability their call ups to see where they are in regards to being ready for the big league.
Call up. then a handful of games and then if they are ready you either make room for them on the team and bring them up for good or send em down and find a good trading partner.
That's how it has worked for other teams so it should do good for us.
Monarchs now have 4 guys with 20+ goals(Holloway, Moller, King, Kozun) with another couple at 17(Azevedo, Elkins). Much more scoring than last season.
Nolan wanted to fight Kubilik earlier but he ran away, he had no problem going after a little guy. Not much of a fight, Hickey is obviously not a fighter.
King, Kozun, and Moller all scored their 21st goals, Moller went on to get his 22. It is nice to see balanced scoring. The two games before we had goals from unusal suspects, Johnson, Zeiler (3), Muzzin (2). Nolan and Hill!
Monarchs now have 4 guys with 20+ goals(Holloway, Moller, King, Kozun) with another couple at 17(Azevedo, Elkins). Much more scoring than last season.
the monarchs as a whole are in the top 5 as far as GPG. And thats without Loktionov. That bodes well for the Kings future(depending on which current monarchs are able to make it to the big show)
How come Zatkoff is getting most of the starts now? Is Martin Jones not looking as good as he was earlier in the season?
I think it's good that Zatkoff is getting more starts now. Jones' numbers have been dropping off some and Zatkoff's have been picking up. The Kings are finally a team that takes time to develop players correctly. Let Zatkoff and Jones fight for another year I say. We'll have a lot more answers about who the number one goaltender in LA is by then.
How come Zatkoff is getting most of the starts now? Is Martin Jones not looking as good as he was earlier in the season?
This link to today's article in the Union Leader sheds a little light on the subject. Zats has played very well in his last few games but he has not proven to me that he can keep it up. Earlier in the year he would play a great game or two and then have a real clunker. Jones has not been as sharp as he was early on but as pointed out he will get a start this weekend, so we shall see.
This link to today's article in the Union Leader sheds a little light on the subject. Zats has played very well in his last few games but he has not proven to me that he can keep it up. Earlier in the year he would play a great game or two and then have a real clunker. Jones has not been as sharp as he was early on but as pointed out he will get a start this weekend, so we shall see.
Could it be a matter of Zatkoff still adjusting to the pro hockey schedule? I know this is his third pro season but the ECHL is closer to a NCAA schedule. I mean he was very good in limited stretches last year when he was the backup to Bernier and has really only struggled when he plays a number of games in a row. College is mostly a weekend only league and it seems Zatkoff is having trouble adapting to being a number one pro... Just a thought really.
Could it be a matter of Zatkoff still adjusting to the pro hockey schedule? I know this is his third pro season but the ECHL is closer to a NCAA schedule. I mean he was very good in limited stretches last year when he was the backup to Bernier and has really only struggled when he plays a number of games in a row. College is mostly a weekend only league and it seems Zatkoff is having trouble adapting to being a number one pro... Just a thought really.
Not sure about Zatkoff, he got off to a really rocky start right from game one this season, but right now he seems to have found his mark. Thank goodness for that as Jones has been off his game a number of times since he returned from the All Star break. I'm kind of thinking that Jones may be tired as who would have thought he would have been the go to goalie in Manchester for much of the season.
They were outplayed all night. Zats played a great game and kept them in it, they had a chance to win if they could score. Bottom line you don't score you don't win!
I was only listening, but I agree. Lawson sounded like he had a good game though. The Monarchs were coasting after they scored or so it seemed. They play the Sharks tomorrow. They are going to need to get their fingers out of their butts.
