dotcommunism
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Who is Ryan Hopkins?
When should we get concerned that he looks more and more like Ryan Hopkins out of edmonton. For me I was hoping for more. But I am dissapointed at the development of all the Reinhart brothers. They all came in with hype of being better than the Sutters but they look well below them
I totally expect him to be a top 10 center in the league one day. That being said, RNH is a hell of a hockey player.
What I expect and what I hope are two different things for me. That's why it will take a lot before I throw my hands up and give up on Sam.
So, by your own words, it seems if he never develops into a top 10-12 center in the NHL, you'll be quite disappointed in his career overall. That's high expectations. That's unfortunate.
I'll still consider him a sucessfully developed player even if he's a top 30ish center.
I'm shocked at the negativity in this thread, totally undeserved.
20+ goals as a rookie, and upgraded any line he was on. This year two of our other top six players go out within twenty minutes of the first game....blame the second year pro.
Yuck guys
Reinhart is the last of our concerns.
When your tank season, 2nd overall pick is being passed by other players from that draft, despite having brought in the GM specifically because of his drafting acumen, I'd say he should be our top concern. He was what the tank was about. Is he good enough?
When should we get concerned that he looks more and more like Ryan Hopkins out of edmonton. For me I was hoping for more. But I am dissapointed at the development of all the Reinhart brothers. They all came in with hype of being better than the Sutters but they look well below them
One could easily make a case for a forward other than Reinhart from the 2014 draft looking better than him. But there's still a large crop from that year who appear to have 'elite' or 'franchise' potential. And he's in that conversation.
They can't even drink yet.
I think people had him pegged as a franchise type player, and maybe people are realizing that he doesn't have that type of ceiling - that maybe his skill set means that he's going to be a secondary player. His skating is absolutely a liability, and we've now seen his brothers become bust because they physically could not improve on athleticism enough to be NHL players. It's hard not to correlate that to Sam. How much more can he grow? He's a super polished player, but how far can his athleticism take him? I hate to say it, but it was the exact reason I argued for drafting Draisaitl. Again, hopefully he proves me wrong.
"Super polished?" He can't even drink legally in the US. Bergeron is polished. Reinhart is coming off a 20 goal rookie season. And he did it at RW and playing in front of the net, things he didn't do in juniors. Super polished my butt.
His skating was fine among his peers at WJC, and he's a stronger skater now. His dad was a good NHLer. And his brothers weren't drafted anywhere close to where Sam was drafted.
Should we also be concerned about ROR because of Cal's shortcomings?
You're reaching well prior to even seeing what the kid can do. You'd rather be right than Reinhart succeed.