Soft? so you like don't watch Eiserman even a little bit do you? You're seeing Eiserman to the Devils because people who actually watch him and know hockey, know it's a good match.
Eiserman is the opposite of soft, very physical and strong on his skates.
THEN you go on to list Catton, who is all of those things lol.
I've watched few of his games earlier. Not very closely, but as part of the rest of the game. I didn't see anything that made me think that he is a physical player, and there were parts in his game that reminded me of Holtz.
After your comment, I watched two shift-by-shift games by him. Okay, maybe he isn't soft, but I still didn't see anything to make me think he is physical. I mean in those two games he had one or maybe two hits and most of the time he was trying to avoid contact. It is pretty similar to Holtz.
Usually Eiserman tried to poke the puck with his stick, even if it would have been more effective to hit or take the body. And when he doesn't have the puck, he floats a lot or just stands still. In these games, his compete has been below average, and that may have been part of the reason why I thought he is soft.
I admit that Eiserman has tools to be a physical, and maybe he is more physical when games are more intense. But I just haven't seen those games.
I know that Catton is a small and soft player, definitely softer than Eiserman. But I also like his tools and style more than Eiserman's. When I wrote my previous post, my thinking was that if the Devils were to draft another skill player, Catton would be my choice.
