Ty Rattie has 30 points in 99 NHL games most of them played on a 4th line. That's some pretty good offensive numbers for a guy who played on average 11 minutes a game. It's better than lot of guys actually playing in the NHL. His problem was not offense.
Same for Carr he was a pretty decent player who was too weak physically for the NHL. Carr also dominated the AHL more than the Swiss National League so i guess it proves the AHL is not as good as people say it is if it can't even be better than the Swiss National League? Dunno just following your logic there ...
The reason why players don't make the NHL is not always a lack of skills. Many guys who did not make the NHL where more skilled than guys actually playing in the NHL. And those guys will thrive in Europe playing on bigger ice and in less physical leagues where you don't have to fight imbecile like Lucic. A guy like Nigel Dawes was a pretty good hockey player who simply did not have the intangibles to play at the NHL level but he was a very skilled hockey player.
If Rattie would have been able to do more, he would have. Why in the world would a team leave a player on a 4th line if he can do more? Why isn't there 31 other teams who can't see that and acquire him and give him that kinda of shot. Same with Carr. As far as your point about the AHL....not sure I follow your logic..AHL isn't suppose to be the top league in North American. The others are.
Sorry, but very skilled hockey players make it. It's not because a guy was very skilled in juniors that he deserves the tag of a very skilled hockeky player. Sure, he deserved the tag of very skilled junior player.....but the NHL, the top league was too much for him.
And talking about logic....makes no sense to talk about Lucic here. Do you want me to list the names of REAL very skliled hockey players that are succeeding in the NHL even when Lucic and others are there? Come on now....
In essence, it's a question of evaluation. People had put Mattias Norlinder in our top 4 because of his his European highlight reels. He has all the trouble in the world to make a name out of himself in the AHL.
Yeah, quite a few players who end up in Europe are going 'cause the best they can do is in the AHL. And they are paid more in Europe.
Real hockey isn't what Europe is showing. We'saw Tier 2 Swiss league this week....a all-star game without stars...no contact.....a whole lot of finess skating without being touched....yeah, some players will do well there. Sad that this is not what real hockey is all about.
I hope people are patient with Reinbacher. He,s about to discover what hockey really is. But he does have the talent to do so.