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BRIAN WILLSIE
This season: 53 games, 4 goals, 8 assists, minus-8 rating.
Positives: Never to be confused with a dynamic goal scorer, Willsie is at his best when he's playing a defense-first, energy-line role. His strong work ethic and responsible two-way play give him value, and he didn't complain when often made a healthy scratch.
Negatives: Showed some goal-scoring potential early in his career, but it never really materialized. Willsie is solid at several aspects of the game, but not really spectacular at any one thing. That makes him versatile but not particularly valuable.
Looking ahead: Willsie has probably run his course with the Kings, but should be able to find an energy-line role with a NHL team. He's good around the net, but won't attract significant attention unless he finds a way to put more pucks in nets.
Contract situation: Unrestricted free agent.
About the bloggers
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.
Recent Comments
lakingzfan on Player evaluation: Willsie: A completely useless player for the kings! He epitomizes the failure o ...
DellaNooch on Player evaluation: Willsie: Supposedly this guy is a good locker room player and helped the transi ...
KingFan4ever on Player evaluation: Willsie: Honestly, both Willsie and Zeiler were invisible players. They gave ...
B on Player evaluation: Willsie: Willsie was by far my least favorite player on the team this year. Mi ...
nick in 318 on Player evaluation: Willsie: good riddance!!! worst FA signing ever... never contributed anything.. ...
Marc Nathan on Player evaluation: Willsie: Helped make the word "WONTSIE" an overused expression game in and game ...
metalmaster on Player evaluation: Willsie: I can sum it up in one word JOURNEYMAN ...
anthony on Player evaluation: Willsie: Thanks for helping us miss out on Stamkos. I doubt any NHL team would ...