ALEX KILLORN - Left Winger - 29 - $4.45MM Cap Hit - UFA in 2023-2024
LAST UPDATED 8/21/19
Alex Killorn has been a pricey but consistent secondary scoring threat for Tampa Bay for years now. Killorn has a very interesting profile. On paper, he should fit into a standard player archetype quite neatly. He's pretty big, he plays strong on the puck, and can be pretty physical. He's a good passenger on a scoring line, but won't create for himself usually. He's always scored between 35-45 points in most years, and just seems like a consistent but unimpressive winger. Killorn's underlying isolated impact metrics, though, paint a different picture. Killiorn's isolated impact metrics measure him as a strong positive force on offense, especially on the power play, and an incredible defensive force at 5v5 play and even more so on the penalty kill. Those measurements are not without some merit. Killorn is a force in front of the net and in the corners on the power play, and he knows how to hang with more talented linemates. Defensively, Killorn has always been a diligent player and has exceptional defensive awareness, so I think that he is very much a plus penalty killer and a strong defensive winger. These numbers make him seem like an elite defensive talent, which I don't think he quite is, I think he's a step below that, but they do suggest something deeper about Killorn's game: he's a perfect do-it-all plug to have on a team stacked with offensive and defensive cornerstones. Killorn is like a chameleon, as a chameleon can change colors based on his or her surroundings Killorn can make himself useful in any situation. There's legitimate value in him, and a team like Tampa is a great fit for the do-it-all Killorn. He's not a true first line offensive winger, even if he gets his ice time there, and he's not a true penalty killing defensive anchor, just as a chameleon isn't truly the color it's displaying at any moment, but Killorn can truly fake it just as those lizards can, and when you can "fake" first line play and elite penalty killing (and by fake I mean play above his natural talents) well enough to be a multimillionaire, is it really "faking" it?
Alex Killorn has been a pricey but consistent secondary scoring threat for Tampa Bay for years now. Killorn has a very interesting profile. On paper, he should fit into a standard player archetype quite neatly. He's pretty big, he plays strong on the puck, and can be pretty physical. He's a good passenger on a scoring line, but won't create for himself usually. He's always scored between 35-45 points in most years, and just seems like a consistent but unimpressive winger. Killorn's underlying isolated impact metrics, though, paint a different picture. Killiorn's isolated impact metrics measure him as a strong positive force on offense, especially on the power play, and an incredible defensive force at 5v5 play and even more so on the penalty kill. Those measurements are not without some merit. Killorn is a force in front of the net and in the corners on the power play, and he knows how to hang with more talented linemates. Defensively, Killorn has always been a diligent player and has exceptional defensive awareness, so I think that he is very much a plus penalty killer and a strong defensive winger. These numbers make him seem like an elite defensive talent, which I don't think he quite is, I think he's a step below that, but they do suggest something deeper about Killorn's game: he's a perfect do-it-all plug to have on a team stacked with offensive and defensive cornerstones. Killorn is like a chameleon, as a chameleon can change colors based on his or her surroundings Killorn can make himself useful in any situation. There's legitimate value in him, and a team like Tampa is a great fit for the do-it-all Killorn. He's not a true first line offensive winger, even if he gets his ice time there, and he's not a true penalty killing defensive anchor, just as a chameleon isn't truly the color it's displaying at any moment, but Killorn can truly fake it just as those lizards can, and when you can "fake" first line play and elite penalty killing (and by fake I mean play above his natural talents) well enough to be a multimillionaire, is it really "faking" it?
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