monster_bertuzzi
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not to mention free coffee and bagels!!!
Pffft....bagels....
Timbit's are where it's at.
not to mention free coffee and bagels!!!
The Peterborough Petes will select: C/LW: Frank Nighbor
Very pleased to add him to my team and to my second line!
I'll make sure to PM the next guy. Bio will come later.
I definitely think he's close to their tier. Maybe not as good offensively? Maybe just not as much info?I was really hoping he'd finally crack the first round. I strongly wonder what separates him from the Trottiers, Clarkes and Messiers...
I was really hoping he'd finally crack the first round. I strongly wonder what separates him from the Trottiers, Clarkes and Messiers...
Imo, he's as good as Schmidt if not better. Complete, two-way player who with recent evidence of the past draft or two, has risen high on my draft lists. Impresses me the more I read about him. I'll elaborate on that later with my bio.I'm trying to figure out why he has broke the top 50 for two years in a row now, personally.
I was really hoping he'd finally crack the first round. I strongly wonder what separates him from the Trottiers, Clarkes and Messiers...
Imo, he's as good as Schmidt if not better. Complete, two-way player who with recent evidence of the past draft or two, has risen high on my draft lists. Impresses me the more I read about him. I'll elaborate on that later with my bio.
Maybe, although I feel he's better defensively than Messier. Can't say the same about Clarke and Trottier, cause they are excellent in their own ends.The most obvious difference there would be that he completely lacks any sort of physical aspect to his game.
I thought about him but I just couldn't bear to select him. Not a fan of him at all. Definitely one of the best players available though..hard to find that kind of offense in a defenseman, unless you have numero uno overall.Well, I was not at all expecting to select this player, but he's out there, and to me he's clearly the BPA, so...here goes:
The Gwinnett Gladiators select defenseman Paul Coffey.
Well, I was not at all expecting to select this player, but he's out there, and to me he's clearly the BPA, so...here goes:
The Gwinnett Gladiators select defenseman Paul Coffey.
I thought about him but I just couldn't bear to select him. Not a fan of him at all. Definitely one of the best players available though..hard to find that kind of offense in a defenseman, unless you have numero uno overall.
Maybe, although I feel he's better defensively than Messier. Can't say the same about Clarke and Trottier, cause they are excellent in their own ends.
Actually, it is impossible to find that kind of offense in a defenseman short of Orr. I think the issue a lot of GM's have in judging Coffey's contributions is a problem of perspective. They think "Ok, he was a great offensive defenseman, but he was bad in his own end by ATD standards," and that is the end of the story. What's going on here is that most GMs underestimate the sheer scale of Coffey's offensive greatness. I'll say more on this later, but here's a little something to start. I'm going to post career top-10 scoring finishes for Paul Coffey and another player whose peak offensive output was almost exactly the same as Coffey's. Without looking it up, see if you can tell who the other player is:
Player A: 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 5th, 7th, 10th
Paul Coffey: 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 6th, 9th
My first thought is Yzerman, but he never got a 2nd place... Messier?
You have to change the lens of perspective a bit with Paul Coffey. If you think of him as a pure defenseman, then his defensive weakness in relation to other top ATD defensemen will drive you mad. But if you start comparing him to forwards you realize what a ridiculously dominant 2-way player he actually was.
Having Coffey on your team automatically eliminates certain types of team building strategies because he simply won't work in such systems. When you draft Coffey, you have to build around HIM, regardless if you have another player from a previous pick or not.
Coffey was basically both the 4th and 5th forward on the ice for any team he played on. He's easily among the fastest players of all time, and definitely the most dangerous defenseman with the puck on his stick after Orr. It wouldn't be a stretch to say that Coffey helped out Gretzky and co. put up their ridiculous numbers by more than just a little bit.