Michael HOMERUNing
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Really like this pick by the Leafs. He's tracking well. Has top 4 potential and good on both sides of the ice
Hunter...was terrible. Came in as an apparent draft guru. Then missed out on various top end talents in Aho, Konecny, DeBrincat. Wanted a big defender, but passed on 6'5" Carlo.It’s mark hunter thinking, which makes me so happy he isn’t in charge anymore. Does that mean I love all the dubas picks no but hunter had an old school size bias that saw us pick some truly horrific giant dmen
Hunter...was terrible. Came in as an apparent draft guru. Then missed out on various top end talents in Aho, Konecny, DeBrincat. Wanted a big defender, but passed on 6'5".
I thought this thread was bumped because of this twitter post:
It was posted on the Marlies old thread and then the new thread?
It says Kral isn't an overager. Is that correct?
he's not exceptional at all, I think the tweet is more to say "this guy appears to have a high likelihood of a meaningful NHL career and he shouldn't have been available in the 5th round". Everything I've seen on him (including some highlights but no full game views) make him look like a decent bet for a safe bottom 4 defenseman. He doesn't have any standout skills but does a lot of things well - skates well, has some offensive talent but nothing that will wow you, is in position a lot, makes good passesSo what makes this guy exceptional? Not being sarcastic at all I just know nothing about him.
he's not exceptional at all, I think the tweet is more to say "this guy appears to have a high likelihood of a meaningful NHL career and he shouldn't have been available in the 5th round". Everything I've seen on him (including some highlights but no full game views) make him look like a decent bet for a safe bottom 4 defenseman. He doesn't have any standout skills but does a lot of things well - skates well, has some offensive talent but nothing that will wow you, is in position a lot, makes good passes
he's not exceptional at all, I think the tweet is more to say "this guy appears to have a high likelihood of a meaningful NHL career and he shouldn't have been available in the 5th round". Everything I've seen on him (including some highlights but no full game views) make him look like a decent bet for a safe bottom 4 defenseman. He doesn't have any standout skills but does a lot of things well - skates well, has some offensive talent but nothing that will wow you, is in position a lot, makes good passes
ya there was some draft analysts that had him as a back end 2nd rounder. That seems to be a common theme with our draftees in the post-Hunter era, there were also analysts who had Robertson & Kokkonen as mid 1st rounders. It's usually the analytics guys who think we got steals in the immediate evaluationswasnt he projected to go 2nd round or something like that? i think i remember when we picked him legit talk of "i cant believe he fell" (as opposed to the sarcastic "i cant believe he was there at our pick jokes)
absolutely, it's looking like this management regime is finding NHL talent all over the place and will keep the cupboard stocked. That's a huge luxury for a team with as much cap committed to a small number of players as we have. Not all of them will make it, but if we keep finding a couple of Engvall/Mikheyev/Holl/Moore/Johnsson/Hyman's each year then we don't have to roster true tweeners and the complimentary contingent of our roster will never be AHL/NHL tweeners like would happen with teams like Chicago & Pittsburgh when their stars got paid.Thanks. I guess exceptional wasn't the right word to use. If he can make it to the NHL out of the 5th that's great. We'll see how he does next year of gets to the Marlies. Engvall sort of snuck up on me the same way.