Kaliyev Waived

Rumours have Ottawa picking him up because of his OHL connection with Staios. I guess we'll find out after noon ET.
 
He was always considered a project. Higher risk, higher reward type of player with some glaring holes in his game come draft time, which is why the Kings were able to draft him in the 2nd round.

I'm glad the Kings drafted him. Too bad it didn't work out.

For the Kings' sake I hope he clears and finds form in Ontario. For his sake I hope he gets claimed by another team willing to give him NHL ice time...but I doubt he will get picked considering he's off of an injury and hasn't exactly proven himself to be a surefire top 9 player.
 
Never saw much in him myself. I think a lot of behind the scenes stuff going on. For his sake I hope he gets picked up and can play somewhere.
 
Wishing Arty the best of luck in his new start, but the Rangers are a dumpster fire. Hope he can establish himself despite the ugliness in that organization.
 
Desperate team takes a chance. I hope he gets that chance ... just sux we get nothing for him departing other than the cap relief.
 
I'm not surprised about this at all and I've lost my interest of him at this point. Let him be picked up by anyone from the [L]EC. Besides, there seems to be little to no room for Kali on this roster this season.
 
I haven't done the research, but I wonder if this is a common theme amongst top prospect organizations if you look down the road a few years. The Kings boasted the top, or one of the top, prospect pipelines for several years before trailing off a couple seasons ago. That loaded their cupboards with talent. Is it common for some of that to become spoilage, even though the talent might still be present? Kaliyev is still a skill player, despite his downfall with the Kings organization. The fit became awkward last season and never got any better with the new direction of the club, but he's likely to flourish in a new environment.

Good luck to him. From all accounts, he's a really good guy. It doesn't matter how well he plays hockey. You can still wish a good guy well.
 
Not sure I see Arty's play-style fitting on the Rangers right now - also, very surprised to see a team like the Blackhawks pass on him. Wouldn't be surprised to see the Kings get a crack and bringing him back / Rangers put him on waivers, which ultimately could work out well for the Kings.

I know many on the board aren't fans of Arty, but I think he has a solid future ahead of him in the NHL. Right now he's pretty limited in what type of system he can produce in, though, but hopefully he will do big things in New York. Ultimately a system like Utah, Pitts, Toronto seem like the best fit for him.
 
Catcherman said:
I haven't done the research, but I wonder if this is a common theme amongst top prospect organizations if you look down the road a few years. The Kings boasted the top, or one of the top, prospect pipelines for several years before trailing off a couple seasons ago. That loaded their cupboards with talent. Is it common for some of that to become spoilage, even though the talent might still be present? Kaliyev is still a skill player, despite his downfall with the Kings organization. The fit became awkward last season and never got any better with the new direction of the club, but he's likely to flourish in a new environment.

Good luck to him. From all accounts, he's a really good guy. It doesn't matter how well he plays hockey. You can still wish a good guy well.
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Important to remember that these players drafted are merely prospects and no one can tell with certainty whether they will actually develop into NHL caliber players. It’s a crapshoot.

However, to get the prospects to develop the organizations need to have good developmental departments. I honestly don’t know whether that has impacted the Kings or not. I do believe that the likes of Stoll, Greene, etal should have the ability to help these prospects.

Finally, I do think the Kings are too protective of the young talent at times, especially with the high draft picks.
We see other organizations draft a young player and quickly put them on the NHL roster. The Kings tend to take years before letting the prospects get to the NHL. But, not all highly drafted players are ready and some need time before they are ready. Clarke would I think be an example of this.

Sometimes you have to let the prospects play, make mistakes, but learn from them. Other times the developments need to happen through a process that is not necessarily in the NHL

We also have to quantify what the expectations are for the top draft picks. Remember, Trevor Lewis was a first rounder. Is his career worthy of that pick? I dunno. He’s a 17-year NHL player with 1,000 games (and about 100 goals).
Is Lewis an example of a great pick or a disappointing #1 draftee?
 
McSorleyFan said:
Desperate team takes a chance. I hope he gets that chance ... just sux we get nothing for him departing other than the cap relief.
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That cap space could be helpful in trying to land a right shot scoring forward before the deadline. Had Arty been a right shot guy, he would have been given a much longer development time.
 
Lewis didn't live to what the Kings org were expecting, BUT he has ended up having lengthy career as a third liner who can contribute a goal here and there and was part of the Kings championship teams.

Not bad. Especially since a lot of first round picks don't end up having any significant length of an NHL career, not on the bottom two lines, let alone anything else. ;)
 
The Rangers should send us some of that NY Knish. :mhihi: :hockey2:

I am just glad Arty didn't end up with the Ducks because of some principle or something. :ducksmash:
 
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