Call him whatever you want — Danny, Dan or Daniel — but Taylor is doing his best to show that he’s not an afterthought goalie in the Kings’ system. Since being called up to Manchester, Taylor has a 6-1 record, a 2.17 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage. He seems to have supplanted, at least for now, Jonathan Bernier as the Monarchs’ No. 1 goalie. Taylor recently did a Q&A with Kevin Provencher of the Union-Leader…

TAYLOR: “Every opportunity in the American League is do or die for me. I know every time I go in I have to win because there are a lot of good goalies in the Kings’ system. Every time I go out I’ve got to prove myself and prove that I’m the go-to guy and I’m the best they have … I have to show that I’m getting better every year and that I am going to be a world-class goaltender in my career.”

5 Qs with Dan Taylor, Monarchs’ goaltender