Alumni in the Pros - October 2008

[Jacob '06]

Moulson gets his first goal of the season in the third period of the Kings game today on an absolutely perfect shot off the post and in. This makes up for him looking altogether unimpressive for the earlier part of the game.

[sah67]

can be found via the box score here:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/boxscore.htm?id=2008020042

Nice feed from Dustin Brown

[JDeafv]

I guess it was also the GWG.  Congrats Matt!

[Josh '99]

[quote sah67]can be found via the box score here:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/boxscore.htm?id=2008020042

Nice feed from Dustin Brown[/quote]Hope your bandwidth is good because the page has a lot of unnecessary crap.  I'm trying to embed the video here but it doesn't seem to work.

[pfibiger]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-kingsfyi17-2008oct17,0,480530.story

It'll be interesting to see if he can keep that spot on the first line.

[redice]

Topher's lack of size finally caught up with him:

Based on cuts made Wednesday, the Jackals appear to favor size. Cornell University graduate Topher Scott (5-foot-6, 155 pounds), Joseph Ori (6-0, 185), Chris Tutalo (5-9, 184) and Ryan Penney (5-9, 190) were all released, but Martinson said he is building a balanced roster.

Full Star Gazette Story

[Jacob '06]

[quote pfibiger]http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-kingsfyi17-2008oct17,0,480530.story

It'll be interesting to see if he can keep that spot on the first line.[/quote]

Having watched the games he has played in, I highly doubt it. He is a bit slower than the other two guys on his line, and at times has looked really uncomfortable out there with them. The only way I see him sticking is because of his defensive responsibility, and the fact that Brown and Kopitar were on the ice for way too many goals against last year. However, O'Sullivan is known as a pretty good defensive forward, and has way more offensive upside than Moulson. I would expect O'Sullivan to find his way to the first line relatively soon.

[crodger1]

[quote Jacob '06]
However, O'Sullivan is known as a pretty good defensive forward, and has way more offensive upside than Moulson. I would expect O'Sullivan to find his way to the first line relatively soon.[/quote]

If O'Sullivan had been at camp you might be right that he would have been paired with them.  Some of King's Coach Terry Murray's comments in one of the intermissions suggested that he just doesn't have a feel for what kind of player O'Sullivan is yet.  Who knows.

Anyway, I ran across this on another LA Times page and it seemed related enough to be worth sharing:

Terry Murray is happy with Kings rookie Matt Moulson

"He's played very well," Murray said [about Moulson]. "He's smart, he works hard, he's very opportunistic and plays with good players. He's able to, because of his skating ability, get to the right places at the right time."

That reassured Murray that Moulson isn't out of place with Brown and Kopitar.

"That was one of the things I was looking at. Is this going to be able to be something they can work with and develop some chemistry, and is the speed going to be able to be maintained?" Murray said.

"And so far, so good."

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[Jim Hyla]

Isn't it interesting how some of the guys who stayed for 4 years are making it? What about all of those who left early?::pop::

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Jim Hyla]Isn't it interesting how some of the guys who stayed for 4 years are making it? What about all of those who left early?::pop::[/quote]
Well, one of 'em got himself a Calder, a Smythe and three Stanleys.::banana::

But we haven't seen his like since.

[KeithK]

Doug Murray is out of the Sharks' lineup tonight with an upper body injury.  Sounds like a day to day thing but the FSN announcers didn't have any details and didn't know when he might be back in the lineup.

[cbuckser]

Mike Iggulden had a natural hat trick in Bridgeport's 3-1 win over Albany.

[amerks127]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=388007

[crodger1]

[quote Jacob '06]Having watched the games he has played in, I highly doubt it. He is a bit slower than the other two guys on his line, and at times has looked really uncomfortable out there with them. The only way I see him sticking is because of his defensive responsibility, and the fact that Brown and Kopitar were on the ice for way too many goals against last year. However, O'Sullivan is known as a pretty good defensive forward, and has way more offensive upside than Moulson. I would expect O'Sullivan to find his way to the first line relatively soon.[/quote]

Well, looks like you're partly right, unfortunately -- the King's notebook for yesterday is showing Moulson as a probable healthy scratch for Friday's game, replaced by Kyle Calder.

Calder most likely will replace Matt Moulson skating on the Kings No. 1 line at St. Louis on Friday. Moulson has skated on the Kings top line for the first five games of the season, scoring 1-0-1 with a minus-3 rating. His goal was the game winner vs. Anaheim on Oct. 14.

http://kings.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=388010

[pfibiger]

Looks like Topher Scott has joined Kevin McLeod on the Texas Brahamas of the CHL:

http://ibleedpurpleandblack.blogspot.com/2008/10/insider-player-profile-topher-scott.html