Jon Cusack
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- Oct 28, 2011
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Drafting for size typically works. Players that can't score 5v5 but get the bulk of their scoring on the power play show their true high elite skill. This is a very good pick.
He was one of Canada's best players at the Hlinka. To me he just seems like one of those guys who produces in Juniors because he's a man among boys. Kind of like Gauthier.
It's just tough because I really didn't think Vilardi would be an option. I really think he would have contended for #1 if he wasn't injured for some of the season.
I need to see Rasmussen make some progress as a playmaker.
Me thinks you have no clue what you're even talking about
That reasoning does not match up with some of posts in this thread.
Food for thought.The #1 guy in the 1st round I’d stay away from is Michael Rasmussen…Big guys who score at the rate Rasmussen does at 5v5 don’t work out. pic.twitter.com/B4aHKQ7d0I
— Zac Urback (@Zac_Urback) April 19, 2017
More fun quotes.With Rasmussen, you've got a kid who gets to the slot and finishes plays. He really does have an excellent shot. But again, he's not heady with the puck and doesn't see the ice well, which makes him a little one-dimensional.
Some of the posts are ridiculous in all honesty. People who say this kid isn't skilled?? News to anyone who's watched him.
People are going to love the way this kid plays. He's hard nosed has the size, speed, tenacity, scoring ability, creates his own space, etc. He's always involved.
Reminds me more of Getzlaf than any kid I've seen in years and he is a better skater by far than Getzlaf was.
The guys who were left on the board all have more questions other than possibly Necas. Rasmussen could absolutely be the best player in the entire draft.
For whatever strange reason there's been a hate fest on HF about him.
I'd ask people to actually watch him play before forming your opinion. I think you'll be surprised. He and Mantha are going to have dominating shifts for years to come with the mismatches.
If these Necas and Lilgren kids were so great, then why did they fall so far?
I have a feeling people on the 'inside' have a better understanding about these kids than random message forum posters.
I remember how people were up in arms about Larkin, too.
Isn't Getzlaf an elite playmaker with elite vision and passing abililty?
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge difference.
This team needed a high IQ skilled puck-carrying playmaker, and Rasmussen is not it. This team does NOT need more scorers with little playmaking and stickhandling ability.Some of the posts are ridiculous in all honesty. People who say this kid isn't skilled?? News to anyone who's watched him.
People are going to love the way this kid plays. He's hard nosed has the size, speed, tenacity, scoring ability, creates his own space, etc. He's always involved.
Reminds me more of Getzlaf than any kid I've seen in years and he is a better skater by far than Getzlaf was.
The guys who were left on the board all have more questions other than possibly Necas. Rasmussen could absolutely be the best player in the entire draft.
For whatever strange reason there's been a hate fest on HF about him.
I'd ask people to actually watch him play before forming your opinion. I think you'll be surprised. He and Mantha are going to have dominating shifts for years to come with the mismatches.
Some of the posts are ridiculous in all honesty. People who say this kid isn't skilled?? News to anyone who's watched him.
People are going to love the way this kid plays. He's hard nosed has the size, speed, tenacity, scoring ability, creates his own space, etc. He's always involved.
Reminds me more of Getzlaf than any kid I've seen in years and he is a better skater by far than Getzlaf was.
The guys who were left on the board all have more questions other than possibly Necas. Rasmussen could absolutely be the best player in the entire draft.
For whatever strange reason there's been a hate fest on HF about him.
I'd ask people to actually watch him play before forming your opinion. I think you'll be surprised. He and Mantha are going to have dominating shifts for years to come with the mismatches.
More fun quotes.
I don't hate the pick. I can't find anything negative about where he was drafted. He's a big center that isn't a cream puff. He's exactly what this team needs more of.
Certainly like most in this draft he is unpolished and needs to time to work on his game.
Food for thought.
And some will absolutely argue this kid is that exact type player. I'll absolutely attest to that. Have you watched him play??