2020 NHL Draft Thread: only 365 more days until next years hockey tryouts

[Dr Jan Itor]

Mario was a winger?

Didn’t play defense.

 

[2Pair]

Didn’t play defense.

apparrently played it well enough to be a center in the NHL I'm not sure you could come up with a worse example for this argument if you tried? I guess maybe Marty Brodeur?

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

apparrently played it well enough to be a center in the NHL I'm not sure you could come up with a worse example for this argument if you tried? I guess maybe Marty Brodeur?

So does Eriksson Ek, apparently.

What a weird fight to pick.

 

[2Pair]

So does Eriksson Ek, apparently.

What a weird fight to pick.

I didn't pick the fight. I asked a question. A question that you apparrently can't answer, but didn't let it stop you from jumping into a discussion that you clearly don't understand.

Let me try a different angle- Can you name a winger in the NHL that could/should be playing center and there isn't an obvious reason why they are not doing so?

 

[AKL]

I didn't pick the fight. I asked a question. A question that you apparrently can't answer, but didn't let it stop you from jumping into a discussion that you clearly don't understand.

Let me try a different angle- Can you name a winger in the NHL that could/should be playing center and there isn't an obvious reason why they are not doing so?

What exactly does this have to do with anything? I don't think anyone claimed Laf could/would/should be a center in the NHL.

 

[2Pair]

What exactly does this have to do with anything? I don't think anyone claimed Laf could/would/should be a center in the NHL.

I asked why he wasn't playing center in juniors and nobody could answer the question.

 

[AKL]

I asked why he wasn't playing center in juniors and nobody could answer the question.

Because some players are wingers, I don't know what other answer you're looking for. Probably for the same reason Dubnyk didn't play center in juniors, same reason Matt Tkachuk, Mark Stone, Patrick Kane, Alex Ovechkin, Mikko Rantanen, Kaapo Kakko, Andrei Svechnikov, David Pastrnak and more didn't play center in juniors.

 

[2Pair]

Because some players are wingers, I don't know what other answer you're looking for. Probably for the same reason Dubnyk didn't play center in juniors, same reason Matt Tkachuk, Mark Stone, Patrick Kane, Alex Ovechkin, Mikko Rantanen, Kaapo Kakko, Andrei Svechnikov, David Pastrnak and more didn't play center in juniors.

Most of those guys did play center in juniors

 

[AKL]

Most of those guys did play center in juniors

No they didn't

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Most of those guys did play center in juniors

Not a single one of those players played center in juniors. Kane played the middle in the nhl for a minute, but not in juniors.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I didn't pick the fight. I asked a question. A question that you apparrently can't answer, but didn't let it stop you from jumping into a discussion that you clearly don't understand.

Let me try a different angle- Can you name a winger in the NHL that could/should be playing center and there isn't an obvious reason why they are not doing so?

Somebody expressed the fact that they liked the consensus prospective #1 pick in the 2020 draft. It somehow ruffled your feathers. It’s a weird fight to pick over an innocuous phrase.

The fact that he’s a wing doesn’t make him a lesser prospect. Just like it didn’t make Ovechkin lesser than Malkin.

Not a single one of those players played center in juniors. Kane played the middle in the nhl for a minute, but not in juniors.

And out of necessity, not choice.

 

[2Pair]

Somebody expressed the fact that they liked the consensus prospective #1 pick in the 2020 draft. It somehow ruffled your feathers. It’s a weird fight to pick over an innocuous phrase.

The fact that he’s a wing doesn’t make him a lesser prospect. Just like it didn’t make Ovechkin lesser than Malkin.



And out of necessity, not choice.

I never said any of what you're claiming. How lost can you be? There are no ruffled feathers. There's no thought that he's somehow a lesser prospect. There's no fight here. All there is, and all there has ever been, was ONE SIMPLE f***ING QUESTION. WHY IS LAFRIENIERE PLAYING ON THE WING? You would think with all the draft experts we have on this board, it wouldn't be such an event to ask that question?

 

[AKL]

I never said any of what you're claiming. How lost can you be? There are no ruffled feathers. There's no thought that he's somehow a lesser prospect. There's no fight here. All there is, and all there has ever been, was ONE SIMPLE ****ING QUESTION. WHY IS LAFRIENIERE PLAYING ON THE WING? You would think with all the draft experts we have on this board, it wouldn't be such an event to ask that question?

If I ever meet him, I'll ask him for you.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I never said any of what you're claiming. How lost can you be? There are no ruffled feathers. There's no thought that he's somehow a lesser prospect. There's no fight here. All there is, and all there has ever been, was ONE SIMPLE ****ING QUESTION. WHY IS LAFRIENIERE PLAYING ON THE WING? You would think with all the draft experts we have on this board, it wouldn't be such an event to ask that question?

Why is not playing center a knock? Why does it matter?

 

[2Pair]

Why is not playing center a knock? Why does it matter?

Center is the much more important position. Have you not watched a Wild game in the last decade?

 

[2Pair]

If I ever meet him, I'll ask him for you.

Well, since you're the draft guru round here, why do you think he's playing wing?

 

[AKL]

Well, since you're the draft guru round here, why do you think he's playing wing?

I'm flattered that you think so.

 

[2Pair]

I'm flattered that you think so.

And still no answer

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Center is the much more important position. Have you not watched a Wild game in the last decade?

Enough games to know I wouldn’t actively take the lesser player just because of position.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

And still no answer

It’s a dumb question.

 

[AKL]

And still no answer

Well, in my expert opinion, he probably wanted to play LW

 

[2Pair]

Enough games to know I wouldn’t actively take the lesser player just because of position.

And you still have no idea what the conversation is about.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

And you still have no idea what the conversation is about.

The conversation is about whatever the hell you want “total package” to mean. This is exactly where you sent it off course asking why Lafrenierre was a wing and not a center.

 

[fentonsbrainchild]

And you still have no idea what the conversation is about.

If you really want an answer I'm sure he probably started playing on the wing as a kid and thought "wow, I'm really good at this". Considering he hasn't played center in a game since 2015 LW is probably his best position right now. I don't know why you're creating a straw-man that we're draft experts. We're not. We're on the internet.

That being said I still think it's really funny that you think players such as Kane aren't considered a "total package". Not gonna fight it but I think it's hilarious.

 

[2Pair]

If you really want an answer I'm sure he probably started playing on the wing as a kid and thought "wow, I'm really good at this". Considering he hasn't played center in a game since 2015 LW is probably his best position right now. I don't know why you're creating a straw-man that we're draft experts. We're not. We're on the internet.

That being said I still think it's really funny that you think players such as Kane aren't considered a "total package". Not gonna fight it but I think it's hilarious.

Why doesn't Kane play center in the NHL?