While Byfield has made strides with a well-defined role and top-quality linemates, the production has not quite followed.
LOS ANGELES — Where Quinton Byfield skates, the spotlight follows.
Since that momentous occasion, Byfield saw his junior league shut down by the pandemic, sending him to the minor-pro level sooner than expected. He made his Kings debut during the pandemic-truncated campaign of 2021. He broke his ankle amid a promising preseason in 2021-22 and earned his first playoff action in two games against the Edmonton Oilers.
On one hand, Byfield won’t even turn 21 until August. On the other, the player taken behind Byfield, Ottawa Senators forward Tim Stutzle, has compiled 177 points in 210 NHL games, including 90 points in 78 contests this season. Stutzle has been the exception, not the rule, as even consensus No. 1 pick Alexis Lafreniere has yet to break the 40-point barrier in a campaign for the New York Rangers. Only nine players have outscored Byfield from his draft class, and seven of them have played in 14 or more additional games. Apart from Stutzle, only Detroit’s Lucas Raymond has crossed the 100-career-point threshold.
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