reidy said:I'll never understand ranking Toews ahead of Kessel, but alas...
reidy said:I'll never understand ranking Toews ahead of Kessel, but alas...
monster_bertuzzi said:Toews is a year younger than Kessel which could possibly be why he's rated higher.
monster_bertuzzi said:Toews is a year younger than Kessel which could possibly be why he's rated higher.
Its good news...but no team is going to pick a Russian playing in Russia in the top 15 without an agreement in place with the IIHF/NHL/Russian Federation. Maybe a late 1st round pick at the earliest but I'm betting that a lot of talented Russians ranked higher than other Euro's will not get picked until later in the draft.kidhander said:Vasyunov is 11th that's such a good news!
РОССИЯ ВПЕРЁД!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If Kessel is evolving into more of a team-oriented player instead of trying to do everything himself, that will help him considerably both in the draft and in his own development. But if he backslides come tournament time and gets selfish with his play again, he may fall past 3rd and 4th.MN_Gopher said:Early in the year he may have tried to score on both of those plays going 1:1 to the net. He is using his team now and is not a 1:1 player. I would have figured that would be enough to change most peoples minds. But i think he is being judged by the start of the year. And some have wrote him off as the same player they read or saw in the first few months of the season.
Chrisd said:Im a gopher fan...and no i don't love all their players....i call it like i see it...
IE- I think blake wheeler stinks, and can't skate and control the puck at the same time.
I am far from a gopher homer....but this said,.....I have seen a ton of kessel and Toews, kessel is IMO, simply a better player, much more dynamic.
I honestly don't get what all the pub is on Toews, and no I'm not trying to be a no dak basher....Love Oshie, and zajac.
Yeah i know Toews has potential, he's young, blah blah....
But believe me, I'll take anyones bet, and say kessel goes over toews in the draft, and give anyone who wants it 3:1 odds.
ISS is simply absurd, on this one.
Balej's Dance said:I'm not trying to defend them and I'm not even sure about the ranking...but teams don't draft their players just to be great college players. It seems like with Kessel there is no room for development while Toews has a lot to come around to.
Balej's Dance said:I'm not trying to defend them and I'm not even sure about the ranking...but teams don't draft their players just to be great college players. It seems like with Kessel there is no room for development while Toews has a lot to come around to.
Because there's more to scouting than how many points a guy is putting up?borro said:Can anyone tell me why Frolik with 2goals in 44 games is considered a Top10 guy. I have never heard anyone explain. He does not even seem like a round 1 guy. Ordinary tournaments. Fedz said he thought he would not be top10. What's the deal with frolik?
Chrisd said:lol@ no room to develop with kessel.....thanks for the