A recent post covered the development of New Jersey forward Alex Holtz over the last three seasons, and the last two in particular. Some young, high-end prospects pan out immediately, some take years, and some never do. Let’s take a look at other young, highly-touted players who haven’t taken the next step and what needs to happen for them to do so. 

Arthur Kaliyev

Los Angeles Kings forward Arthur Kaliyev showed promise in his 80-game rookie year with 14 goals and 194 shots while skating just 12:39 per night. He only has 19 goals and 217 shots across 102 games since and has been a frequent healthy scratch in 2023-24. What happened? 

What sticks out immediately is in Kaliyev’s three seasons, he has never shot 6% at 5-on-5 and is under 4% this campaign. Of 353 forwards with at least 1500 minute