"Prophet?" You seem to be going backwards in time. How many years ago was the Rask trade? Bernier has come along to give them quality in goal. As for Kessel, the Leafs' chances of making the playoffs seem to be about as good as the Bruins'. As for Ovechkin, he's reemerged as a monster. The Caps will make the playoffs and the Habs would easily come in first in the Atlantic if they had Ovie.
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"Prophet?" You seem to be going backwards in time. How many years ago was the Rask trade? Bernier has come along to give them quality in goal. As for Kessel, the Leafs' chances of making the playoffs seem to be about as good as the Bruins'. As for Ovechkin, he's reemerged as a monster. The Caps will make the playoffs and the Habs would easily come in first in the Atlantic if they had Ovie.
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Ever heard of Chad Kilger? Now I'm not saying he's closer to CK than he is ML, but if that's what makes people compare McC to Lucic then every top 6 player with size could be the next Lucic. But good on him to try and mold his game in accordance, hope he does.
Size alone isn't what makes Lucic a special player, it just helps accentuate his toolset.
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Kilger was wasted by the Ducks when they decided to keep him at 18 year just because he had the body of an NHL athlete. McCarron is being developed the right way by a great management team so you can`t really compare the 2.
Chad Kilger had stone hands and low hockey sense. Two traits that McCarron doesn't share with him from my viewings.
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Thumbs up to Nikita, he gets to play the Wheatkings tonight & the Pats tomorrow finishing their road trip before heading back to Everett. Go Silvertips Go!!!...
and Scherbak one of our WHL star prospects, along with Lernout & Bozon, all producing well for their respective teams.
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Future LW:
Pacioretty
Hudon (winger/center)
Sekac
Andrighetto
I'd still sign Plekanec to 3 more seasons+...if it were up to me.
(with no NTC, unless Pleks wants a NTC with a slightly lower salary,etc).
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We can't forget feel-good story Tim Bozon. Haven't seen him play, but stats-wise, it seems like he's making a pretty good comeback
Don't remember Kilger being a fighter.....as for comparing McCarron to Lucic, the scoring ability plus the fighting ability is what makes these players special. Not every top six fwd with size can fight, actually not too many of them can, not to the extent and viciousness of Lucic and possibly McCarron (trending towards that type).
I like Pacioretty's skill set, speed, size and scoring ability, I like Sekac's skill set, size, tons of speed and shows flashes of scoring ability, will be nice to have the size, scoring and fighting ability of McCarron to compliment the rest of the team.
Yup, definitely a feel-good story, but we have to wait a bit more for Bozon to get up there in value...we have to give him time.
Future LW:
Pacioretty
Hudon (winger/center)
Sekac
Andrighetto
Bozon
Lehkonen
Imo (in future...near future...guess-timating):
Hudon > Sekac or Andrighetto > Lehkonen or Bozon
(Hudon...2015 playoffs? NHL next season?).
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Paul Dipietro
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I agree about Bozon. Just wanted to point out that he should at least be in the discussion of future LWs... Especially with the size fetish we have on this board
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Lol, you're forgeting the winger that outplays them all aside from Patches in the NHL... Where's Sekac?
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Tim Bozon's game will pick up again because he's got Sam Reinhart back! I think Tim could easily become our third liner of the future!
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Let's try this again:
I'll re-write this in list form, helps see things better:
You clearly didn't read 3 of the 5 things up there. It's not just size that makes them comparable. It's everything.
I'll re-write this in list form, helps see things better:
- Size
- Willingness to Fight
- Top 6 Potential
- Scoring Ability (25g/25a-type of player)
- He himself molds his game after Lucic
You clearly didn't read 3 of the 5 things up there. It's not just size that makes them comparable. It's everything.
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I like that Scherbak is getting his points in almost every game he plays. He's not having a bunch of 3-5 pt games that you rarely see in the NHL. He's just a model of consistency.
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I like his consistency too. I think there's a good probability to see him becoming a full time nhler by te end of next year
The most important element of Lucic's game is not on your list:
Mental weakness.
His hyper-emotional state has cost him penalties, production, and league-wide credibility. He's been a non-factor against the Habs because he is consistently psyched out, and now his angry, sulky tantrums have affected his entire season. He's gone from a fan favourite to an HF trade-proposal.
McCarron may not reach Lucic's highest upside, but he could easily avoid sinking to Lucic's lowest behaviour.
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51 points in 34 games the year after his draft.
Galchenyuk had 61 points in 33 games in a more offensive league the year after his draft.
Considering where we picked Scherbak, there are good reasons to believe he'll get a shot next season. I just hope he skips the SLY step.
Galchenyuk had 61 points in 33 games in a more offensive league the year after his draft.
Considering where we picked Scherbak, there are good reasons to believe he'll get a shot next season. I just hope he skips the SLY step.
It's actually my list but you're right, I never thought of him in that way. The comparison is still there when you think about strengths, physical attributes and potential. I think immaturity is Lucic's main undoing, I'm wondering if it's the Bruin factor, the Bruin way of doing things that maybe drags him down to a lower level in that aspect? I would still take him on my team though
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