Prospect Info: 2021 Ducks Prospect Rankings #6

[Gliff]

I like LaCombe more then Thrun since he still is so new to the position. I think his upside is higher.

They are close for me though.

 

[Kalv]

I like LaCombe more then Thrun since he still is so new to the position. I think his upside is higher.

They are close for me though.

I think as well that LaCombe has a higher ceiling but also longer road to reach it. Right now I have more faith in Thrun but I'm quite certain that LaCombe will reach the NHL

 

[DavidBL]

I went with Groulx because he has steadily progressed and had a solid rookie season in the AHL. If Lundestrom doesn't find his offense I imagine Groulx will get that opportunity. His upside might not be as high but he seems closer to NHL than the other guys on the list.

 

[ADHB]

And wasn't Thrun playing his off-side at WJC too?

I think I have the opposite of recency bias... I like Thrun because he's shown a little more.

I think he may have at times. But he was playing PK and in the top 4 on a pretty stacked team, and he never looked out of place. Lacombe definitely has more upside if he hits it, since his tools are better. But I think Thrun at worst is an NHL player, and could easily be a 3 or a 4 if he hits his potential.

 

[Goose of Reason]

I went Zellweger here because his season was a relatively small sample but the results + being one of the youngest players in the draft is a pretty wild combo for me. I think he has more pure upside than Thrun or Groulx and no big question marks other than his size, unlike Pastujov who has a lot of work ahead of him to improve his skating and pace of play to an NHL level.

I think Groulx is next up for me.

 

[TheGoodShepard1]

I took Groulx because I think he's the closest to the NHL roster and I believe in the offense enough to where I think he can be a middle-six fixture as soon as 2022-23. Barely edged out both of LaCombe and Thrun.

Imagine Dostal--through no fault of his own--not finding his way into the top 5. This pool is DEEP.

 

[Zegs2sendhelp]

Went with lacombe…. He’s been great since draft and has pretty good upside m.

not to say zell/pastujov arnt good prospects, I just need more time to get acclimated to them.

groulx is a tough 1 for me…. Love the player but I feel like I hold him back because he hast limited upside.

 

[Vipers31]

Not that I don’t see a point to be made there, but I find it a little funny how a) the consensus is that the Ducks are much better at drafting defensemen than forwards, b) the Ducks just drafted a defenseman in Zellweger above a forward in Pastujov and c) some are going to go against that order here.