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LAKI Video: Zac Leslie on Development Camp, Guelph

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Zac Leslie is an intriguing defensive prospect. In speaking with members of the Kings’ hockey operations who saw him play during his 19-year-old season in which he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup with the Guelph Storm, there were nights in the regular season in which he was among the best players in the entire Ontario Hockey League. Positionally sound, a strong skater and capable of advancing the puck, the well-balanced Leslie has an offensive inclination and scored 14 goals during a 50-point, 60-game season as a key cog in major junior hockey’s highest scoring team.

Leslie was passed over in the 2012 NHL Draft before Los Angeles selected him in the sixth round in 2013. Having turned 20 in January, he’ll be eligible to earn a spot in Manchester in 2014-15 or return to the OHL as an overager. Listed at six feet and 198 pounds on the Development Camp roster, he does not necessarily possess the size that most teams covet in their defensemen, though keep in mind six-foot-one, 209-pound Alec Martinez netted series-clinching goals in both the Western Conference Final and Stanley Cup Final.

The Ottawa native earned points with LA Kings Insider by donning a Dodgers cap after an on-ice session at Development Camp earlier this week.

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