Big Mac is fodder
It's ok, Timmins once drafted McDonagh, Pacioretty and Subban in the same year.
When no one teaches them how to adapt to the new game they will not progress. Sly is one of the most incompetent coaches I saw in my life and only reason he has a job is he fornicated In the right familyNot sure if he's deteriorated in ability or the game has changed too much for him but he looks bad right now, he used to be able to at least cycle the puck down low
kyle chipchura 2.0
Clearly youve never watched these prospects play and are just trolling.
I just find that he is late on hits due to his speed and it was not just tonight, it's something I have seen from him since he got here.
kyle chipchura 2.0
Remember how people said this guy was going to be a great 2C. It makes me laugh when people talk about our current prospects who aren't even Mc good (in relation to their 1st and 2nd years) and yet we have soooo much depth. LOL sure we do, sure we do.Mike McBustarron
God what a God-awful pick that was. He was such a long-shot back then but I'm more concerned about the reasons behind this choice. In 2013, the year he was picked, the Bruins had just made the SC finals. They had also won it 2 years prior. I strongly believe this guy was supposed to smash Lucic (in a fight and outskill him) and put Chara into a retirement home. I'm convinced Bargainbin had visions of this while they made the choice. Heck, with all of McCarron's potential intangibles, he probably had trouble containing all that excitement...
He was supposed to be a Komisarek's revenge of sorts... but the joke has largely been on us.
Remember how people said this guy was going to be a great 2C. It makes me laugh when people talk about our current prospects who aren't even Mc good (in relation to their 1st and 2nd years) and yet we have soooo much depth. LOL sure we do, sure we do.
Chipchura was a pretty good prospect and played almost 500 NHL games which is no small feat. Him and Poehling are both centres and actually do share some similarities. Chipchura had some awful injury problems and was never as fluid a skater as Poehling even before his injuries. The fact is that if Poehling ends up playing 500 NHL games he will probably end up being one of the better players taken around his spot in the draft. Of course we are all hoping he becomes better and he has shown some indications that he might...
Not what I was told by many on this board.None of our prospects is as bad as mccarron was in his d+1 season.
The bust writing was on the wall.
He didnt score on the usntdp u17 team
He didnt score on the u18 team
He didnt score d+1 in lindon
D+2 he scored.the first half of the season playing with max domi most of the team (and when domi went to the wjc he played with mitch marner).
Then he got traded to oshawa and was back under 1ppg.
For a huge guy he couldnt dominate offensively at junior levels. He was never a first rounder
The only prospect we have who was as bad as him in his d+1 season is pezzetta.
Pezzetta's junior career has the numbers closest to mccarron. Thats sad.
Not what I was told by many on this board.
I had many arguments about him.on this board.Not what I was told by many on this board.
None of our prospects is as bad as mccarron was in his d+1 season.
The bust writing was on the wall.
He didnt score on the usntdp u17 team
He didnt score on the u18 team
He didnt score d+1 in lindon
D+2 he scored.the first half of the season playing with max domi most of the team (and when domi went to the wjc he played with mitch marner).
Then he got traded to oshawa and was back under 1ppg.
For a huge guy he couldnt dominate offensively at junior levels. He was never a first rounder
The only prospect we have who was as bad as him in his d+1 season is pezzetta.
Pezzetta's junior career has the numbers closest to mccarron. Thats sad.
I had many arguments about him.on this board.
We had him ranked 60th in his draft year on our annual rankings.
I said i wouldnt take him before round 3, if we have him at 60... i highly doubt no team goes off our board in the first 2 rounds so the earliest i could have seen taking.
If I recall correctly, he was on Anaheim's draft list and the Canadiens feared he'd be taken then if they didn't take him now. So it was similar to the Tinordi situation but they didn't waste a second rounder.
We did need size back then, given the way the game was played. The game has changed and size is not our issue.
To me it was clear we were going for size in that draft: McCarron, De la Rose, and Crisp.
Happily, size isn't our issues, so we won't be trying to draft for that need. I just hope we don't draft for need going forward. For example, if there's an elite winger available you don't pass on him to try to address our need at left d or center. You've gotta draft for top talent.