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Prospect Info: 95th overall (2017): Vancouver selects D Jack Rathbone | Will he sign?
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Based on his performance at Development Camp and so far at Harvard, Rathbone has passed most of the d-men on the Canucks prospect depth chart. He's putting up as many points as Woo in a far higher level of hockey. Juolevi, who's a year older, is struggling in Utica. And as far as the other guys in Utica, probably only Rafferty projects as an everyday NHL d-man, but his college career was pretty pedestrian compared to Rathbone's. The only other d-prospect of note, Toni Utunen, is playing professionally in Finland, but is a long-shot to get a contract.
So 'based on all of that' it doesn't take much of a genius to project Rathbone to be the best of the bunch.
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Based on the videos above, it looks like he's improved a lot from his high school footage.
He used to play like a 4th forward just rushing end to end with the puck and dangling around the ice but it looks like he's learned to play a more controlled pro style game.
Still not great in the defensive end it seems though. Some sketchy one handed poke-checks that don't do anything, missed coverage, and a bit too many dangerous turnovers to forecheckers.
In the offensive zone, looks closer to Quinn than anyone currently on the Canucks. Has good mechanics on his slapshot but needs more man strength to get more power on it. Sweet outlet passes on the first 2 assists.
Seems to be NHL potential there, maybe as a 2nd pairing offensive D that needs sheltering.
He used to play like a 4th forward just rushing end to end with the puck and dangling around the ice but it looks like he's learned to play a more controlled pro style game.
Still not great in the defensive end it seems though. Some sketchy one handed poke-checks that don't do anything, missed coverage, and a bit too many dangerous turnovers to forecheckers.
In the offensive zone, looks closer to Quinn than anyone currently on the Canucks. Has good mechanics on his slapshot but needs more man strength to get more power on it. Sweet outlet passes on the first 2 assists.
Seems to be NHL potential there, maybe as a 2nd pairing offensive D that needs sheltering.
Next member of Jim Benning's #CrimsonMafia
I wonder what Jim's GPA was.
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In fairness- I have graduated university with guys who were almost as dumb as Jim on the back of a sports scholarship. Picturing Jim having any type of so called connection with an Ivy League school is hilarious to me though.
Low acheiver Jim was busy playing in the NHL at 18 while Rathbone was taking an extra year of high school.Next member of Jim Benning's #CrimsonMafia
I wonder what Jim's GPA was.
I have to hand it to him. He took a below average NHL career and a well below average intelligence and turned it into a long term career in the sports business. I wouldn't have seen it coming.
Jim is very poorly spoken, I don’t know how much that relates to actual intelligence because some of the dumbest people I know try to talk in circles to appear smart
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You could say the same thing about the rest of the Crimson Mafia (I love that) - although Don Sweeney has built something good in Boston
Jim has a Canadian accent and speaks a bit slow, so everyone thinks he is dumb, which is ironically very dumb.
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Jim constantly says and does really stupid things, so everyone thinks he is dumb. It's the content, not the presentation.
I fairness....over 600 NHL games is a pretty damn good NHL career. Underwhelming based on draft position perhaps but it certainly wasn't a below average career.
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If Rathbone gets the good housekeeping seal of approval from Quinn Hughes, then I'm on board.
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