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TEDDY PURCELL
This season: 10 games, 1 goal, 2 assists, plus-2 rating.
Positives: Got only a brief taste of the NHL, but that experience should pay off later, when he cracks the NHL lineup for good. Purcell totaled 25 goals and 58 assists in 67 games with Manchester, oustanding numbers for a first-year professional player. There's every reason to think that Purcell's offensive skills will translate to the NHL
Negatives: There's the lack of NHL experience, but every young player goes through that. In general, Purcell will have to show, on the NHL level, that he's not just a one-dimensional player. Adding some bulk to his 6-foot-3 frame will help in that quest.
Looking ahead: Last summer, Dean Lombardi had Purcell penciled in as a potential top-line winger. At the time, that seemed optimistic, but given Purcell's tremendous success in the AHL this season, it no longer seems like a huge stretch. Purcell will have every opportunity, this summer and during training camp, to earn a spot on the Kings' roster.
Contract situation: Signed through 2008-09 (cap number of $1.35 million next season).
Here's Don's interview with Teddy Purcell. Morning-skate reports coming soon...
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Rich Hammond has covered the Kings, on a full-time or part-time basis, since the 2000-01 season. He was the beat writer for the entire John Torchetti era and has witnessed Bob Miller singing country music in a Nashville honky-tonk bar. A native of Los Angeles, Rich has worked at the Daily News since 1999 and also serves as the paper's deputy sports editor. E-mail Rich at rich.hammond@dailynews.com.
Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews.com.
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