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We need a "surprise" like him to offset:
-Lauzon with 2 whopping assists in 18 games this year
-Hall with 10 assists (no goals) in 43 games this year
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We need a "surprise" like him to offset:
-Lauzon with 2 whopping assists in 18 games this year
-Hall with 10 assists (no goals) in 43 games this year
Speaking Moistly
What a terrible image.
...so Lauzon is producing worse than Hall... I managed to miss that... ignorance was bliss.
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Yep, Lauzon's production makes Hall look like our future PP QB.
I'm almost convinced the Pens scouts were looking at two different players and got the first names mixed up when they wrote up their reports.
Brandinho
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It really is bizarre that he wasn't drafted. That isn't hindsight either, surely he was worth a flier in the 6th or 7th given that he can skate and has a reasonably well rounded skill set.
Speaking Moistly
What a terrible image.
Great. Didn’t Lauzon have a neck injury? What a great D+1 season.
But Bellerive sure does look great.
Brandinho
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And to think we'd have taken Lauzon at 31. Hopefully he's a late bloomer, but that level of production is absolutely pathetic.
Speaking Moistly
What a terrible image.
Earlier I thought it might be off ice or attitude stuff but he’s got the C now so I doubt it. He’s not that small either.
Brandinho
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Everything I've read about his character is positive. My only theory is that scouts wrote him off because Wong and Estephan put up huge numbers without being great prospects so there was some unconscious bias at work in disregarding him as well. Then again, Estephan got drafted in the 6th a couple of years prior so who knows?
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Yeah, not to harp on it too much, but that's downright horrible production from a guy who is in his final year of junior and drafted that high.
Not that we had a chance at him since he was taken before the Pens picked, but another second round pick Connor Timmins is a perfect example of what you expect from a player in his Draft+1 year.
6 goals, 29 assists in 30 games. And Timmins doesn't even project to be an offensive defenseman at the next level. He's more likely to be a rock solid defensive guy who can move the puck and isn't offensively inept.
Bellerive's stocky, too. He also has some draft pedigree, being the 2nd overall pick in the WHL bantam draft. So it's kind of weird he didn't at least get chosen in the 5th-7th round range.
Speaking Moistly
What a terrible image.
I’d still expect someone to at least throw a 7th round pick at him. I’d say nothing about him stood out but he stood out enough at the prospect stuff to get a contract. He hasn’t missed much if any time to injuries either. Nothing stood out as destructively wrong with his game from what I saw.
I guess every team just screwed up multiple times until the Pens fell ass backwards into some luck. Maybe the team wasn’t scouted extensively and his numbers didn’t stand out enough to matter. Therefore scouts missed a player close to breaking out.
Yeah, stocky is a good description, He’s listed as slightly smaller than Crosby is listed at. Some say 5’10” and others says 5’11” 190-194lb. He’s not Crosby but that’s not a discouragingly small player and was young enough to potentially eke out some more height. He could still put on some more muscle.
I think I read an article or whatever about him failing to live up to that whl draft pedigree hurting him. It still shouldn’t have meant not getting drafted.
It’s just really, really bizarre that no one drafted him. Lucky for the Pens who I guess has him somewhere on some list.
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Speaking Moistly
What a terrible image.
Sidney the Kidney
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Brandinho
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Just searching his name here finds a decent number of guys who picked him in the 4th or 5th for their mock drafts/wishing their team picked him right after the draft. Super bizarre and I'd still love to hear scouts talk about why.
The Old Master
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for the guy's that have "seen" them. (I can only go by stats) how would you now rank our prospects, and how far away do you think they are?
I just finished reading Future Greats and Heartbreaks by Gare Joyce (highly recommend), the stuff about how great Tom Sestito is is particular hilarious. One scout (who isn't named) says he'd trade a lottery pick for him.
Coastal Kev
There will be "I told you so's" Bet on it
Pretend Bellerive was our 2nd round pick and Lauzon was an FA signing. Happy thoughts
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Sam Lafferty is having quiet the stretch to end the season with 12 pts in the past 10 games. Had a rough start, but he's now the team leading scorer with 21 pts. Might not seem like much, but that Brown team sucks.
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Last game of Brown's season is today (barring an upset). Not sure if we'll see him in WBS to end the season. ECAC guys tend to finish off their degrees on campus when their seasons end.
Will Reilly & RPI's season is also on the brink tonight. Dane Birk (Michigan Tech), Nikita Pavlychev (Penn St) and Ryan Jones (UNO) all won last night in game 1 of best 2 0f 3 series. Clayton Phillips (Minnesota) lost to Penn St last night, so could be knocked out tonight. They would be a bubble team for the final tourny if they loose this weekend (same could be said for Penn St if the Gophers take the next two games).
Anthony Angello (Cornell) Kasper Bjorkvist (Providence) & Joe Masionus (Uconn) had byes this week.
Cornell & Providence are shoe ins for the final tourny. Minnesota, UNO and Penn St. are bubble teams (Minnesota being the best of the three). The rest of the Pens prospects will need their teams to win their conferences, which is unlikely.
Brandinho
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That book is hilarious for all the wrong reasons, ie, the hate boner (rhymes with loner) for our beautiful Phil.
That was about the first thing I saw in the reviews! Can someone give me a precis of what it says about him?
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