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Soderstrom may surprise a la Chicken Run and make the team out of camp. But unlike Chicken Run, Soderstrom is not a physical beast. Best he stays in Brynas for another year.
Nailed it! Thanks from me for not having to type this out...Hayton needs to stay in Canada another year. Söderström should stay in Europe two more years then start in Tucson the third year. Minimum on both.
Looks like they have Newhook, Caufield, Boldy and Hughes. None of the others.
Soderstrom, you may well be right. For Hayton, he's done all that he can do in Juniors and rather than "percolate", he will stagnate. He needs sheltered minutes in the NHL since the AHL option is not open to him.
All we can assume at this point, but it will be up to Hayton on where he plays with his play at training camp and pre season.Hayton needs to stay in Canada another year. Söderström should stay in Europe two more years then start in Tucson the third year. Minimum on both.
Not all picks are drafted for a top six, or are expected to play top six. Some can surprise, most don't.Turris wasn't ready...he didn't tear up the NCAA, in fact it was the opposite. He only had 35pts in 36 games with only had 11 goals. Plenty of top selected players come in and put up superior numbers. Turris' numbers were pedestrian in comparison. He forced his way onto the lineup and TGO obliged. He felt compelled, some of it had to do with Boedker performing so well at camp and took all the spotlight from Turris at rookie camp. He could have used more seasoning, but he was absolutely misused when he was with the Yotes for sure, no doubt.
If the kids are good enough to play, they need to play in the top 6. If they can't play in the top 6, then let them stay down...ala Domi.
Makes me like the deal less, actually. There is no way to justify getting this obsessed with pretty much anyone.Started trying to trade up at 6th. Offered more than we gave up. Wow.
Started trying to trade up at 6th. Offered more than we gave up. Wow.
I can't believe I can't find it. Did a thread get merged?Someone linked to an article in one of the two Soderstrom threads or in the draft GDT that dived into Soderstrom's off-ice discipline. That he watches hours and hours of video. That's he's crazy into self-improvement, and that he goes so far as to draw up plays on whiteboards during practice. That article had links in it with all kinds of interesting tidbits. I was looking forward to going back to read it, and now I can't find it. I want to bookmark it and all of the links in it.
Anyone still have it?
Started trying to trade up at 6th. Offered more than we gave up. Wow.
Yess! Thank you!
It won't matter if they're right but if they're wrong, whoa nelly. I've said it before but I'll say it again, at least Chayka has more skin in the game than your usual GM because if these aggressive somewhat controversial picks don't pan out to the degree Chayka implies they will, it will be very damning of his proprietary metrics. Either he's onto something and the Coyotes are going to be handsomely rewarded for trusting in his pioneering ways or he's not and Chayka and the Coyotes will spend the better part of the next decade trying to recover.I don't like it. "Weren't leaving without him" is a scary message about how fixated this group gets with individual guys.
Character can influence on-ice behavior. And it can influence the interaction players have with team personnel. Coaches have to trust you. Leadership qualities go a long way in establishing that trust. It’s a little superficial, but it’s worth pointing out because here, Soderstrom stands alone. He watches a ton of games, is a tape nerd, loves John Klingberg, and isn’t thin-skinned against criticism (preferring to use it as analysis).
According to Brynas head coach, Magnus Sundquist , during an intermission in one game, Soderstrom walked up to his team, told them how they’d fix the power play, and began drawing up plays. More than a prospect, he’s a confident leader, and he’s already confidently leading men.
Something else that stands out, that not many draft profiles have mentioned, is his leadership skills. Söderström has those in spades.
“He is a leader,” Coach Sundquist said in our conversation. “I forgot which game it was, but he came into the room during an intermission and told everyone, ‘Guys, this is how we will run the power play,’ and started to draw up plays.”
The defender does not shy away from responsibility, and will lead from the front.
“He is ice cold,” Sundquist says. “In our last game away to Färjestad, where we ended up in a shootout, I look around and I see him standing there shifting his feet back and fourth. I asked if he wanted to take a penalty [shot], he just says ‘Yes,’ goes out there, and roofs it close to the corner. We go to sudden-death penalties, I look around at my most skilled forwards and Victor looks me straight in the eyes and says, ‘I’ll take it’. Eight thousand fans, deciding penalty, he roofs in the other corner. Seventeen years old....” The coach gets lost in his thoughts and shakes his head at the memory.
Most of the time when you ask a draft prospect if he spends a lot of time thinking about where he will be drafted, he will usually answer that he hasn’t, even if he has.
That is the typical answer. Soderstrom is not typical.
“Well, yeah, of course,” he replied. “I’m kind of a nerd. I study a lot of the game and study the NHL a lot. So I watch it, I know a lot about every team and what kinds of players they need. So of course there are teams that need the player that I am.”
Soderstrom has been immersed in hockey his entire life. His father, Jonas, coaches the Brynas U18 team, and the two of them will often spend the day after one of his games reviewing every one of his shifts on video. Or Soderstrom will do it with the Brynas men’s team’s coaching staff. Or he will do it by himself. But he will do it.
And when he’s not doing that, he’s watching NHL games.
“I watch a lot of games, watch a lot of players that I like,” he said, listing off Kris Letang, Drew Doughty, Erik Karlsson, John Klingberg, P.K. Subban and Roman Josi. “Players I feel I can play like.”
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Soderstrom is a silky smooth skater who can make things happen in the offensive zone, but it is his improvements defensively that are most revealing about him as a hockey player.
“I think that’s one of the things I got criticism for a couple of years ago, but that’s absolutely the thing I developed the most this season,” he said. “Playing against men, I got great practice at that every single practice and every single game.”
Criticism, you see, doesn’t bother Soderstrom. In fact, he appears to welcome it.
“Of course, I always want to have things to improve on,” he said. “I’m very interested in that as a person. I’m never satisfied, I always want to get better. I think that’s only good when you get some criticism because that way you know you have things to work on.”
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It won't matter if they're right but if they're wrong, whoa nelly. I've said it before but I'll say it again, at least Chayka has more skin in the game than your usual GM because if these aggressive somewhat controversial picks don't pan out to the degree Chayka implies they will, it will be very damning of his proprietary metrics. Either he's onto something and the Coyotes are going to be handsomely rewarded for trusting in his pioneering ways or he's not and Chayka and the Coyotes will spend the better part of the next decade trying to recover.
It's scary but honestly I'm kind of enjoying this crazy Chayka ride. I just hope he's right, **** please be right Chayka!!
I would say "hope to play in top six".I would expect anybody selected in the top 15 is expected to play in the top 6 (Forward) and top 4 (Defense)...I can't imagine picking a guy in that range because he'd be a great floor bottom 6 player.
Turris was absolutely expected to be a top 6.
Late first, sure, just want someone to contribute at the NHL level, but that wasn't the case for #3 selected Turris or Boedker or Domi. They were all expected to contribute to the top 6.
^ Everyone needs to read those quotes. Mandatory reading.