Jray42
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Voted JOB but I'm not crazy about anyone left to be honest.
Talk about being spoiled recently eh?
Talk about being spoiled recently eh?
I wish I loved something as much as you love little Olle.
I will attempt to be brief and probably fail miserably.
I agree with most of the individual evaluations here. I just rank my prospects a little differently. I vote almost strictly on realistic upside, which I would define as reasonably positive development but not everything going sunshine and rainbows. It’s basically impossible for me to move a guy down a tier for injuries short of something undeniably a problem. Myers’ issues could influence his ranking within my top tier of 2, but could not drop him to 3, etc.
I have this a tier of JOB, Rubtsov, and Allison. These are the guys I’ve seen spurts from that give me higher hope than the rest, but all still have serious issues that need to be improved/corrected for an ideal Middle 6er. Of course I’m most fluid on JOB because I couldn’t tell you what translates well from NE High School tape, but any ordering here I wouldn’t object to at all. I easily could have gone JOB, but then that’s just another vote with no discussion to be had.
Depending on the day you ask me, I might tack Ratcliffe onto the tail end or have him down one with Laczynski/Vorobyev, or even in the middle on his own. That’s a turnaround for me on Ratcliffe too, but I see terms like top-line upside thrown around and I’ve just never seen that player. If everything goes quite well, that’s a quality Middle 6 Wing. If I have a Wing and a Center pretty close, I’m more often than not going with the latter. It gets tricky in situations like Rubtsov and JOB of course, but etc.
bOObI'm not feeling the JOB love at #4. I think his ceiling and floor or too speculative to put ahead of a guy like Ratcliffe or Allison (or even Rubstov or Vorobyov). For me anyway, I am just concerned about the competition that he played against. That will be quickly assuaged by a good showing at Providence, but I think for me he is going to be at the highest #6 behind Ratcliffe and Allison. It seems like even the most common projections for JOB are a middle sixer. Looking at a guy like Ratcliffe or Allison that has the potential to be a top six guy, I just can't put him ahead of them.
If he wows at Providence, then this will obviously change that, but I don't even think we are going to see that because my understanding is that Providence plays a pretty underwhelming and defensive style (please correct me if I am wrong about that because I am just basing off of a couple random blurbs I've read about the team so this could be wholly incorrect).
Allison vs Ratcliffe may take weeks to decide
Depends on what you view as a top prospect? If you value closer to NHL and more of a sure thing in a safer sense sure. But OB’s skill is top notch. If he hits like most hope he can, he might even be #1 on this list. The kids skill is crazy and while it was only development camp most came away impressed.I get it O'B is young.... but over Vorobyev or others..... wow.
I think after this poll, things should get interesting.
I get it O'B is young.... but over Vorobyev or others..... wow.
Tanner Laczynski is the Rodney Dangerfield of Flyers power forward prospects.
Tanner Laczynski is the Rodney Dangerfield of Flyers power forward prospects.
That's because his team is a drag.