BEERnSOUP
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Wonder if they'll give it another go at camp this year
Seen all his fight videos. Seems to drop em at the smallest indiscretions from other players lol
I like this pick. Dont think it should be held against a player if they happen to blow up in their draft + 1 instead of their draft year. Just pick who you think has a future as a good NHLer
From a Russian member:
Bobylyov is a physically gifted high energy and work rate winger with good offensive instincts. At the offseason he successfully went through a hardcore training camp of the Spartak Moscow KHL team and that is a clear sign that at least physically he is ready for pro hockey. No surprise he had a breakthrough year getting to an almost ppg level in the WHL. His offensive package can't be called elite, but his skating and stickhandling are pretty solid for a big guy and the finishing and overall offensive sense are there. Defensive game needs to be polished a bit, since it is critical for players of Bobylyov's type.
Comparison/Projection: high energy two-way power winger who could look good almost anywhere in the lineup.
At the draft day: kid looks totally worth of a sixth round pick to me, maybe even a bit higher. Edmonton got two picks at that region.
After the draft day: one more season in the WHL mostly for developing a better defensive game and then the AHL.
The Marlies will be getting a crop of players in the next year or two.
Not sure when you have to be 20 by but I see alot of these guys on the Marlies soon.
May be a good thing since we will be promoting a slew of Marlie players
I watched a lot of Royals games this year, so here's a few thoughts:
#1 He's not a fighter. He does get in fights, but that's not his thing AT ALL.
He's got great touch. Fast skater, uses his body well to protect the puck.
He seemed inconsistent to me over the season - lots of times not at all interested in the game, unwilling to work to get pucks, etc. Frustrating to watch in that sense, knowing that he's very capable when he chooses.
Hopefully another season in the WHL will get him hitting harder, playing better defensively (already improved massively from last year to this year), and dominating consistently on O.
Wanted to stress the bolded part a bit - former NHL-er and nowadays coach of the Spartak Moscow KHL team German Titov is apparently a fan of the hardcore Soviet-style training camps and made one for the Spartak team last summer (iirc, even team's veterans were complaining about that) and Bobylyov successfully survived it and was offered a place on the roster, but preferred to return to the WHL for the bigger icetime. That's quite telling about the 18 year old (at that time) kid.
He had only 3-6-9 points in his draft year and 28-39-67 points in draft +1.