Prospect Info: Riley Bruce (7th Round 2015, 196th Overall)

[Wayne Primeau]

Don’t see much here, TBH.

However, our last 7th rounder (Austin Carroll) blew me away last year, so...

 

[CraigsList]

Probably would have been better off picking a RW in with this pick, but meh, we can worry about forwards in the '16 draft.

 

[TkachuckNotTkaczuk]

Probably would have been better off picking a RW in with this pick, but meh, we can worry about forwards in the '16 draft.

I agree, there is a good chance that this kid would have gone through two drafts undrafted and then you can sign him. Unless there is something that scouts see in him that they think may translate but from the outside looking in it looks like they took him solely because he's a large body. Hopefully those able to make developmental camp will be able to see the reason why he was chosen and let the rest of us know.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

Ugh, I know it's a 7th round pick but they could really have done better. I still wish they'd taken David Jankowski.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I agree, there is a good chance that this kid would have gone through two drafts undrafted and then you can sign him. Unless there is something that scouts see in him that they think may translate but from the outside looking in it looks like they took him solely because he's a large body. Hopefully those able to make developmental camp will be able to see the reason why he was chosen and let the rest of us know.

This is why he was taken - the team of professional scouts employed by the Calgary Flames have 1) actually seen him play, and 2) determined that he was BPA at their turn to pick.

I understand why this is so difficult to understand because all we have to go by is a stat line and one "highlight reel" goal, but there is actually a reason that the team has a scouting staff.

 

[Calculon]

Ugh, I know it's a 7th round pick but they could really have done better. I still wish they'd taken David Jankowski.

I'm surprised the Nucks didn't draft him.

 

[Buttonwood]

They can a pass on drafting the TPA (tallest player available) after the rest of the draft. Never saw him play but obviously this is a case where stats and scouting reports speak for themselves. He's a project's project.

The problem with projects is whats the upside here? Probably someone we can add as a FA. A tall defenseman with no offensive game. Hal Gill? And we have to invest and develop 4+ years.

I don't know if there were better options out there, but the principle doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Lunatik]

They can a pass on drafting the TPA (tallest player available) after the rest of the draft. Never saw him play but obviously this is a case where stats and scouting reports speak for themselves. He's a project's project.

The problem with projects is whats the upside here? Probably someone we can add as a FA. A tall defenseman with no offensive game. Hal Gill? And we have to invest and develop 4+ years.

I don't know if there were better options out there, but the principle doesn't make sense to me.

You won't find many 7th round picks that don't take 4+ years to develop

 

[Johnny GODreau]

They can a pass on drafting the TPA (tallest player available) after the rest of the draft. Never saw him play but obviously this is a case where stats and scouting reports speak for themselves. He's a project's project.

The problem with projects is whats the upside here? Probably someone we can add as a FA. A tall defenseman with no offensive game. Hal Gill? And we have to invest and develop 4+ years.

I don't know if there were better options out there, but the principle doesn't make sense to me.

He wasn't though, Pavlychev's 6'7 and was picked right after.

 

[Buttonwood]

You won't find many 7th round picks that don't take 4+ years to develop

I'm guessing I would have better specified 6+ year. I mean he isn't really close at all. But no sweat over a 7th rounder.

He wasn't though, Pavlychev's 6'7 and was picked right after.

Haha, good catch. Ya, but who is projected to be taller in 2022?

 

[Volica]

I don't hate this pick, simply because it's a seventh rounder.
I mean, in the seventh round you get stuff like Brodeur drafting.. Brodeur. It's mostly just throwing darts at a dart board at this stage; pick a kid who can be a long term project, even if his ceiling is a 7th defensemen or AHL player.

Kind of a weird kid (size, no snarl); but hey, it means a scout saw something they liked.