Chelios
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Just looking for some information on the kid: who does he play like, what is his potential and what is his likely future with the pens.
db23 said:Was very highly rated as a potential scorer when he came to major junior, but has since become more of a scrappy two way player. Right now he is kind of stuck in between, he doesn't put up the points to be a scorer and he is undersized to be a physical player. Unless he does something significant this season, the prognosis is bleak.
Getting a point a game as a 19 year old in the CHL is not going to get you to the NHL as an offensive threat.
Voodoo said:I wouldn't say his scoring is excellent. I don't think he has the type of offensive skills that will translate into scoring success at the NHL level. I think he will be a pretty similar player to Jason Wiemer, who actually had better offensive production when he was in the Dub.
clefty said:Excellent, good, great, fine, whatever. The adjective I used wasn't the point.
I didn't say he would be a scorer in the NHL. What I did say is that he does put up the offense to suggest he potentially could be.
ADD: He had 62 points in 61 games (according to his teams site) and 58 points in 50 games on hockeydb.com and the WHL site. I don't know which one is correct, I'm assuming 58pts in 50g is right.
Chelios said:Just looking for some information on the kid: who does he play like, what is his potential and what is his likely future with the pens.
West said:What I'd describe as a top line enforcer. Enough skill and defensive awareness and physical presence/fighting skills to be on your top 2 lines. But he'd get creamed against a true heavy weight and would likely be 3rd/4th liner if it wasn't for the toughness.
db23 said:I'm not going to go check it out, but I am willing to bet that the average size of the first round draftees this year is more than 6-1, 195 pounds. Stone can play a "physical" game, but he isn't going to scare anyone with it, and as someone mentioned it will most likely send him to the infirmary more often than not. Mike Peca is smaller than that, but he misses a lot of time with his style and he was a 100 + point scorer as a junior as well.
MBJets said:I would compare Stone to Brenden Morrow. A hard working player who can score some, like Morrow he will pay the price to get his goals. Morrow had better junior numbers but Stones numbers would have been better if he hadn't been injuried as often.
waiverdraft33 said:Average weight of 2004 1st round forwards - 195.1
Average weight of 2003 1st round forwards - 195.5 (Stone's draft year)
Stone - listed as 6'1, 199 on NHL.com 2003 Draft Archive