Kings Interested In Alex Tuch

[MonkeysUncle]

I have started to see his final landing spot as 2C. May have to wait for Kopi and Drew to get off the books before acquiring a true 1C.

Losing Laffy seems like a real bad idea to me - and not just because I graduated from Boston University! He has Justin Williams potential that could/should pay off soon.

That gets us back to Moore plus one or two sweeteners for Tuch. Fingers crossed.

If it happens I still see it as Spence, Moore, 25 1st .if they keeps asking for Clarke instead of Spence then it better be Cozens and Johnson coming back other way, with 40% retained for remainder of season on Cozens

 

[DarkLeftHand]

I agree with you that Byfield needs to work on his shot and that he will never be a true goal scorer but let's be fair - every King this season has been guilty of missing wide open nets, shooting into the goalies crest and shooting wide. He will get better, but only the future knows by how much.

Our best goal scorers are only average 12% and 11% lifetime so Byfield isn't that far off. That said, he ranks in the upper middle currently within the NHL. Now there are factors which give players an unfair advantage, time on PP1, which Byfield has not received the luxury of. That, in itself, will bridge some of the gap.

Tuch has a 11.8 shooting percentage over his career which already ties that of our second best goal scorer. On top of that he has a 15.3% this year with zero PP goals. Though it is an up year for him, that is an elite percentage and stat. His season high is also a 16.5% during a season where he scored 36 goals. All this underlines that Tuch is a far better goal scorer than he is being given credit for, and a 30 goal season, if given top line playing time, is not a fluke.

So this is exactly what my post about shooting percentage was indicating. Byfield may have a fairly league average shooting percentage, but I’ve noted somewhere before in a thread, that Byfield has to be somewhere in the upper tier of the league for high danger scoring chances.. that never even end up as a SOG.

 

[jammer06]

If it happens I still see it as Spence, Moore, 25 1st .if they keeps asking for Clarke instead of Spence then it better be Cozens and Johnson coming back other way, with 40% retained for remainder of season on Cozens

That's a lot, the first would be the centerpiece plus 2 roster players, Moore and a 2nd should be where this discussion hovers

 

[DryKing]

So this is exactly what my post about shooting percentage was indicating. Byfield may have a fairly league average shooting percentage, but I’ve noted somewhere before in a thread, that Byfield has to be somewhere in the upper tier of the league for high danger scoring chances.. that never even end up as a SOG.

Not saying the stat is wrong, but I would want to see and analyze that stat before I'd be willing to believe it. Byfield is not a sniper, but I do not notice him missing the net anymore than any other player on the Kings.

The wide open net wiffs that stand out most in my mind this season actually came from Moore (obviously memory is not reliable on such things, but I have never seen solid analytics aligned to such a stat).

 

[MonkeysUncle]

That's a lot, the first would be the centerpiece plus 2 roster players, Moore and a 2nd should be where this discussion hovers

It might be but they are looking for players who can step in now and also a right D and that kills both needs. Now I would like to see Ryan Johnson coming back

 

[orpheus]

You all know if we do get him, lol, I won't run some "You Can't Tuch This" pun to the ground every time he scores.

 

[Dorian20]

I don't think you realize that Russel Morgan is just another fan with a website.

sure, but when do we give him credit? The guy gives us info round the clock. He goes to practices. He holds online X sessions, podcasts, etc. I mean i'm sure that's way more than most of us are willing to do. Dennis Bernstein and thefourthperiod even made mention of it.

 

[Dorian20]

As a centerman in the NHL, I fear that becoming a faster version of Michal Handzus may be QB’s eventual future. His offensive success was achieved playing with 11 and 9. He hasn’t come close to matching that output on his own line. Jury is definitely still out, but I think it’s best to temper our expectations. He’s 22 now, no longer a “kid”.

As Birdman just said, acquiring Tuch checks all the boxes.

I wish he had a mentor that can teach him a power game and to go around people instead of dangling through them. It's bad enough Fiala does that, but that's another story lol. QB can be effective if he uses his size and speed to his advantage and figure out what kind of player he wants to be to succeed in the NHL.

 

[DarkLeftHand]

I wish he had a mentor that can teach him a power game and to go around people instead of dangling through them. It's bad enough Fiala does that, but that's another story lol. QB can be effective if he uses his size and speed to his advantage and figure out what kind of player he wants to be to succeed in the NHL.

Yes, I want to see more Nathan MacKinnon from him, and less Kevin Fiala.

 

[DoubleMinor]

sure, but when do we give him credit? The guy gives us info round the clock. He goes to practices. He holds online X sessions, podcasts, etc. I mean i'm sure that's way more than most of us are willing to do. Dennis Bernstein and thefourthperiod even made mention of it.

Yeah, I wouldn’t say he isn’t engaged in it, but I do think the original comment was correct. He is just an avid fan who devotes more time than most.
My issue with him is he’s too thin-skinned and is a bit too sensitive to comments that challenge his point.
I put him in the same category as Pagnotta. Neither have any real access and just distribute what they see on social media. I have no problem with them, I certainly don’t think they are bad people, but just accept what they are.

 

[symbology]

I don't think you realize that Russel Morgan is just another fan with a website.

Just like the Mayor.

 

[LAKingSteve]

I don't think you realize that Russel Morgan is just another fan with a website.

But he's worked his way into media credentials, there at practices, after games getting interviews. Good guy.

 

[Dexter]

But he's worked his way into media credentials, there at practices, after games getting interviews. Good guy.

I agree, for the longest time The Fourth Period was just another Eklund but they worked their way to gaining respect in the industry.

 

[hokiecat]

I posted a while ago that I would be ecstatic if Q developed into a Joe Thornton (or Oates) type assist machine. But I don’t believe he possesses the ice vision or the situational awareness to become that player. Don’t see him as a 1C any longer. Hope I am wrong, but that’s what it kinda looks like right now.

Q's got a great motor and the combination of size and speed is enticing. But he's probably not going to be a true 1C. Now we'd better go hide before the pitchforks and torches crowd yells at us saying big forwards take longer to develop and Q is better than Stutzle.