He is underrated for various reasons but he is clearly a bigger hockey talent than the likes of Öhgren to people who watch them with eyes and don’t just stat watch. I think Östlund is a better prospect than Lekkerimäki too. I don’t see how someone with the hands, skating, vision and relentless work ethic of Östlund doesn’t become a top 6 center. Scouts will be concerned about size when it isn’t warranted again though.
McKenzie doesn't rank anyone, he simply polls a panel of scouts from various teams and compiles the results. Obviously being slept on by NHL scouts.
Öhgren has no elite skill
I agree mostly. Think Öhgren is a physically developed player who dominates against juniors but I don’t see him becoming a high end productive first liner or anything like that. Lekkerimäki is someone I like a lot, I think he not only shows that he is a good goalscorer but also a great all round offensive threat and playmaker. Östlund is more dynamic and a lot smarter though. It’s clear who is the best player to anyone who watches them.
Öhgren has size.
You said: "McKenzie has him outside the top 50," which would imply he is doing the ranking and he's somehow missed this player, instead of simply being an aggregator of scouts' opinions. Wouldn't hurt you to be less condescending once in a while.
Euro's to this day are often ranked lower - I think there's a north american bias.
Hm? It just was the fastest way to type that that I thought of. Obviously the list's not made by him, everyone knows that. Do you want me to say "McKenzie's list, which is made by polling NHL scouts, had him outside top 50"? I really question the point of your reply in the first place - it's not very important whether he personally ranks the players or doesn't, and I also would assume a person with 20k posts knows how his list works, so all in all it doesn't make much sense.
The amount of posts an individual has does not necessarily correlate to knowledge. It matters because it isn't his personal view of the player; it's the NHL scouting community. It read like you were criticizing McKenzie for missing on the player. If I was to say the same thing about someone like Pronman it would be different given it is his personal assessment of the player based on viewings.
Hard to have a decent PK when the defensemen get hemmed in their own zone. No one really stands out in any aspect apart from not really being able to handle the forecheck.
