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El Zilcho
- May 1, 2013
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Haven't seen your guys' prospect pool all typed out like this before, holy hell that's a strong pool. Future is bright for you guys!
People are going to laugh at how low Korshkov was ranked by us in about a years time.
It feels weird. We went through decades of trading picks, and now we accumulated a bunch for the last 2 drafts and our pool reflects it. The top 3 are ridiculous, but I'm almost more impressed by the overall depth. Plus Leafs have a bunch of picks coming up too. Its crazy looking at guys like Bracco and Valiev who are 2nd rounders who while haven't lit the world on fire, but haven't disappointed still be on the board this late.Haven't seen your guys' prospect pool all typed out like this before, holy hell that's a strong pool. Future is bright for you guys!
It feels weird. We went through decades of trading picks, and now we accumulated a bunch for the last 2 drafts and our pool reflects it. The top 3 are ridiculous, but I'm almost more impressed by the overall depth. Plus Leafs have a bunch of picks coming up too. Its crazy looking at guys like Bracco and Valiev who are 2nd rounders who while haven't lit the world on fire, but haven't disappointed still be on the board this late.
Korshkov. I considered Brooks as well. He's flying under the radar but I wouldn't be surprised if he's in our top 10 next year when people see him up close.
Honestly i rank Valiev higher then Carrick and Nielsen.
I understand that Carrick has better AHL numbers but i mean its not all about numbers. Valiev is rangy a great skater and has great outlet passes...Size is a huge factor here considering we already have powerplay D like Rielly and Gardiner. Valievs long stick, great puck moving abiltiys and skating make him a top 2 d prospect for me...
Personally i think the 3 d prospects that will end up working out for us are:
Dermott, Valiev and Greenway.
All great skaters with good size and puck moving ability...Just all around good d men who have all the tools to be able to play against really good players.
I always think that Valiev is surprisingly underrated on these boards. The kid was a beast in his short stint with the big club last year - he just rarely makes a mistake.
He's going to be a dark-horse gem for us.
I always think that Valiev is surprisingly underrated on these boards. The kid was a beast in his short stint with the big club last year - he just rarely makes a mistake.
He's going to be a dark-horse gem for us.
It's sad people are just completely forgetting about Brooks. He's going to be a good one.
There are 4 people drafted ahead of Brooks less than a month ago still on the board (Korshkov, Grundstrom, Woll and Greenway). Do you really expect him to be getting a significant amount of votes over those guys, when our own scouting staff valued them higher?It's sad people are just completely forgetting about Brooks. He's going to be a good one.
My list of players that are NHL ready..
1 Austin Matthews
2 Marner, Mitchell
3 Nylander, William
4 Soshnikov, Nikita
5 Hyman, Zach
6 Zaitsev, Nikita
7 Carrick, Connor
8 Kapanen, Kasperi
10 Brown, Connor
16 Johnson, Andreas
17 Leipsic, Brendan
19 Loov, Viktor
21 Valiev, Rinat
26 Leivo, Josh
31 Corrado, Frank
32 Justin Holl
What? Kapanen is 2-3 years before being close to NHL ready, Brown is more NHL ready than both Soshnikov and Hyman. Confusing list considering people that have actual NHL experience are at the bottom of your list
Him and Mascherin should destroy the league offensively. But that does nothing in proving he's more than someone like an Arcobello. He needs to improve his overall compete, and acceleration. Everyone knows the vision and hands are there, but he really needs to round out his game to eventually make the NHL. Either way I'll love watching him on the Rangers, his vision and passing is unreal at times.Jeremy Bracco.
Seriously man, the kid can play. Will dominate the OHL offensively this season
You think Kapanen is 2-3 years away? I just removed players that i did not think were NHL ready from the above list, I did not touch the order they were in. I will make a list in order if you want.