We have to get over our Jost complex. The Avs have.
First of all the jury is still out on Jost and relative to those picked around him on his draft might, he’s done fine thus far. It was a weak draft.
Second, we picked Makar a year later out of a league (AJHL) that overall is significantly a step down from even the BCHL (though his team Brooks was a powerhouse that year in that league as well duh they had Makar). Why do we immediately bring up Jost and QoC concerns instead of bringing up Makar and the fact that the Avs were able to mine an absolute gem from a “lesser” league?
Third, Newhook is not Jost in the way he moves around the ice or his dynamic qualities. Button is an idiot if he gave him 3/5 for skating. Newhook’s toolset is tailor made for how the Avs hockey in their ideal form. I’d agree somewhat with the idea that he’s going to make it as a scoring line player and not a checker (despite a solid motor and fine defensive effort and smarts for his age) because he’s not big and he’s not a grinder. But I’d be as bullish about him making it as a top 6 forward as any forward outside the top handful in this draft. When you can skate like he does, play a naturally intelligent game and have a varied offensive toolset with parts playmaking and parts scoring and by all accounts he’s a great and hard working kid - you’ve got somebody to be excited about.
Krebs would have been a great pick too, the two of them were dominant together at the U18’s but I think the Avs had their hearts sets on Newhook all along, even if Krebs were 100% healthy.
First of all the jury is still out on Jost and relative to those picked around him on his draft might, he’s done fine thus far. It was a weak draft.
Second, we picked Makar a year later out of a league (AJHL) that overall is significantly a step down from even the BCHL (though his team Brooks was a powerhouse that year in that league as well duh they had Makar). Why do we immediately bring up Jost and QoC concerns instead of bringing up Makar and the fact that the Avs were able to mine an absolute gem from a “lesser” league?
Third, Newhook is not Jost in the way he moves around the ice or his dynamic qualities. Button is an idiot if he gave him 3/5 for skating. Newhook’s toolset is tailor made for how the Avs hockey in their ideal form. I’d agree somewhat with the idea that he’s going to make it as a scoring line player and not a checker (despite a solid motor and fine defensive effort and smarts for his age) because he’s not big and he’s not a grinder. But I’d be as bullish about him making it as a top 6 forward as any forward outside the top handful in this draft. When you can skate like he does, play a naturally intelligent game and have a varied offensive toolset with parts playmaking and parts scoring and by all accounts he’s a great and hard working kid - you’ve got somebody to be excited about.
Krebs would have been a great pick too, the two of them were dominant together at the U18’s but I think the Avs had their hearts sets on Newhook all along, even if Krebs were 100% healthy.
And if so, will you be part of Ryan Greene's party in the future as well?
