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Remember The Mattress Line?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:49 pm
by Southern_Canuck
Two twins and a King?
I just noticed that 7th round 2001 draft pick Jason King is back playing in North America with the St. John's IceCaps on an AHL contract.
Jason King
With his 63 goals in his final year of junior hockey with Halifax, I thought he had a good chance of panning out as an NHLer... but it didn't turn out that way.
S_C
Re: Remember The Mattress Line?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:43 pm
by Strangelove
Why would he come back to NA, did he wear out his welcome?
I remember hearing he was making a fair chunk of change overseas...
Hard to believe he's 30 years old, seems like only a few years ago he was a young NHL Rookie of the Month!
Dumbest line name ever....
Re: Remember The Mattress Line?
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:06 pm
by Island Nucklehead
Strangelove wrote:
Dumbest line name ever....
Minus any semblance of toughness, of course... still deadly in it's time.
Re: Remember The Mattress Line?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:47 pm
by Tciso
Strangelove wrote:
Dumbest line name ever....
Dumber than the "Brotha" line with Anson Carter?
Re: Remember The Mattress Line?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 3:53 pm
by Rumsfeld
Southern_Canuck wrote:Two twins and a King?
I thought it stood for "two queens and a King". Or would that have been the half-price playoff edition.
Re: Remember The Mattress Line?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 5:25 pm
by Strangelove
Island Nucklehead wrote:
Minus any semblance of toughness, of course... still deadly in it's time.
Which is what makes it so dumb!
Re: Remember The Mattress Line?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 5:31 pm
by Strangelove
Strangelove wrote:Why would he come back to NA, did he wear out his welcome?
I remember hearing he was making a fair chunk of change overseas...
http://www.thetelegram.com/Sports/Hocke ... o-Europe/1
King wouldn't talk money, but when he played with Skellefeta in the Swedish Elite League in 2006-2007, it was reported that his contract was worth over $400,000. German deals often come with incentives regarding housing and transportation.
That was definitely more guaranteed money than King was offered in that two-way NHL contract.
I don't know how he did in Europe, wonder if he milked that one super-month as a triplet for the rest of his career?
Re: Remember The Mattress Line?
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:05 am
by Per
Strangelove wrote:
I don't know how he did in Europe, wonder if he milked that one super-month as a triplet for the rest of his career?
His SEL numbers (19 points in 55 games) are reminiscent of his NHL numbers (23 points in 59 games), but he did have a decent playoff performance (5 points in 9 games) the one season he played here.
His German numbers (0.67 PPG) are closer to his AHL numbers (0.80 PPG).
Guess he has had a pretty good run in Germany, especially in 09/10 when he came close to being a PPG player.
Kind of odd though, he had excellent QMJHL stats and is a really good AHLer, but he just can't seem to take it to the next level. I, for one, had great hopes for him when he played with the Canucks, and then thought he'd be dominant in the SEL, but - nah.
You find his career stats per league here:
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=9920
King has, however, some consistency issues and is not a very physical player nor a very reliable in his own end.
Ah, yeah... that's probably it.