Drafting for size typically works. Players that can't score 5v5 but get the bulk of their scoring on the power play show their true high elite skill. This is a very good pick.
Prospect Info: At 9th Overall the Detroit Red Wings Select Michael Rasmussen
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Dotter
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Would ya just look at how horrible this kids vision and hands are. How dare he go around that dman and score that goal. Just horrible 
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He was one of Canada's best players at the Hlinka. To me he just seems like one of those guys who produces in Juniors because he's a man among boys. Kind of like Gauthier.
It's just tough because I really didn't think Vilardi would be an option. I really think he would have contended for #1 if he wasn't injured for some of the season.
I need to see Rasmussen make some progress as a playmaker.
It's just tough because I really didn't think Vilardi would be an option. I really think he would have contended for #1 if he wasn't injured for some of the season.
I need to see Rasmussen make some progress as a playmaker.
Exactly. Bigger and stronger than most NHLers, playing against teenagers. Gauthier is a good comp quality wise.
HisNoodliness
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Look man, I'm an internet scout or whatever just like everyone else on here. Half of my opinion is based on reading scouting reports and watching highlights But because i wasn't excited about the Wings this year I've spent a lot of time watching all of these guys. I spent a lot of my time watching CHL streams with terrible quality because I was really really excited for the draft. I hate Rasmussen. I admittedly wrote off Rasmussen very early and didn't watch as much of him as others. I thought there was no way we'd consider him where we were picking but every time I watched him I was very unimpressed. He genuinely has very little skill. He's a net front guy first and foremost. He's hard working. He's big.
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Some of the posts are ridiculous in all honesty. People who say this kid isn't skilled?? News to anyone who's watched him.
People are going to love the way this kid plays. He's hard nosed has the size, speed, tenacity, scoring ability, creates his own space, etc. He's always involved.
Reminds me more of Getzlaf than any kid I've seen in years and he is a better skater by far than Getzlaf was.
The guys who were left on the board all have more questions other than possibly Necas. Rasmussen could absolutely be the best player in the entire draft.
For whatever strange reason there's been a hate fest on HF about him.
I'd ask people to actually watch him play before forming your opinion. I think you'll be surprised. He and Mantha are going to have dominating shifts for years to come with the mismatches.
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Isn't Getzlaf an elite playmaker with elite vision and passing abililty?
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge difference.
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If these Necas and Lilgren kids were so great, then why did they fall so far?
I have a feeling people on the 'inside' have a better understanding about these kids than random message forum posters.
I remember how people were up in arms about Larkin, too.
Same reason Kopitar and Fowler fall because scouts and GMs arent as smart as they think they are.
Petes2424
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And some will absolutely argue this kid is that exact type player. I'll absolutely attest to that. Have you watched him play??
Unfriendly Ghost
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This team needed a high IQ skilled puck-carrying playmaker, and Rasmussen is not it. This team does NOT need more scorers with little playmaking and stickhandling ability.
This team needs a Zetterberg or Datsyuk type, not a net-front scorer. This team already has the market cornered on low-skill character guys who exclusively score dirty goals.
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I don't hate the pick. I can't find anything negative about where he was drafted. He's a big center that isn't a cream puff. He's exactly what this team needs more of.
Certainly like most in this draft he is unpolished and needs to time to work on his game.
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Who needs hockey IQ and playmaking when you can dump and chase and use size/reach along the boards?
**** controlled zone entries.
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THE ATHLETIC IS GARBAGE
Lol @ Zac Urbac. The guy hired by the Avs and helped them get a whopping 48 points?
Wow, talk about losing credibility. He has none. I'll listen to McKenzie over him.
We need ****ing skill. Take a swing. Great base hit by a bunch of losers trying to make playoffs
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You're doing a lot of talk about how others should "watch him play", but really though, have you?
HisNoodliness
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For people comparing him to Brian Boyle that's an optimistic projection IMO. Boyle is a much smarter player.
The Holland apologists have driven me mad to the point that I struggle to even read the Detroit board anymore (thank you History, Entertainment, Main, and Polls sections for still keeping me entertained.)
With that being said, I'm not going to be up in arms about this. Let's revisit down the road. Hope he becomes a stud.
With that being said, I'm not going to be up in arms about this. Let's revisit down the road. Hope he becomes a stud.
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