Prospect Info: Bowen Byram - D [2019: 4th Overall] Part II: Now serving a side of overconfidence!

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Bowen Byram at eliteprospects.com​

Part I
Prospect Info: - 4th Overall, Bowen Byram, Defence​

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[Ivan13]

What a moronic title.

 

[AegonLeConqueror]

Someone made a note of it in the previous thread - he really could pass as Landeskog's younger brother.

 

[Nihiliste]

What a moronic title.

obviously tongue in cheek

 

[Barklez]

Fun new idea for this thread: everyone gets upset about other people’s perceptions that affect literally nothing!

 

[Tweaky]

Fun new idea for this thread: everyone gets upset about other people’s perceptions that affect literally nothing!

So a standard HFB thread?

 

[Barklez]

So a standard HFB thread?

 

[cgf]

Just to finish my point from the last thread. Patrick Roy was my favorite av during the golden days & the single biggest reason I became an avs fan when getting into the sport...but Patrick is & was back then, a douche. Now I love that douche, but that doesn't stop him from being a douche.

Same thing with Radulov, reporters hate him for a reason -- he's a real dick to them -- but I still loved watching him play during his prime *shrug*

...and BB is no where near as far to that end of the spectrum as Patty or Rads

 

[Balthazar]

I've no problem whatsoever with him being confident and lacking humility. He could be the complete opposite of Makar and that'd be perfect. We don't need everyone to be the same.

I hope he becomes an arrogant loud mouth (vs other teams)...we don't need other fanbases to like him anyway

 

[S3rkie]

Now imagine if he made the team as an 18 year old, absolutely insufferable

 

[Foppberg]

We could use a douchebag. If he's a poor man's Doughty I'll love him.

 

[AvsGuy]

I hope with the hype and talent and draft position that we might be getting a middle class suburban family Doughty

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Overconfident? Pfft.

 

[Chiarelli]

Very interested in seeing him at WJC

 

[Hornstar]

What pro athlete isn't cocky? It comes with the territory

 

[Pokecheque]

The interview didn't bother me any. That's all.

 

[The Kingslayer]

I only pray he can back up his cockiness. I would love to have an absolute asshole hockey player on the ice.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Just because he doesn’t melt your heart like Mr. Rosy Cheeks, doesn’t mean he’s not a good person and a great teammate.

He’s going to be a big time player for the Avs.

 

[Goulet17]

I still am curious as to whether the Islanders will release Dobson for the WJC. Leddy's injury may affect that decision, although I am not sure it is that serious. Even if Dobson is released, Byram still likely makes the team but it will affect his role/TOI.

I am not sure what the Islanders are doing with Dobson. They have expressed concerns that sending him back to juniors will stunt his development, but his not playing at the the NHL level likely will have the same result in my mind.

 

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Bowen Byram (Colorado): Byram has not had the great statistical season you would expect of a fourth-overall pick in junior who also was great offensively the prior season in the WHL. The team around him is not that great offensively, as of this writing the Vancouver Giants are 15 out of 22 WHL teams in goals. How much you want to put that on Byram versus his teammates is subject to debate. In the games I’ve watched, he’s looked like the same old great Byram, and reports from NHL scouts have been very positive. He’s playing the same monster minutes he was last season. This tournament will be an opportunity to silence even the minor concerns that have leaked out this season though.

Pronman: Guide to the 2020 world juniors

 

[Goulet17]

 

[The Merchant]

Nutty play

 

[Iracundia]

Translation: I know how to piss-off players and draw penalties. It's a gift.

 

[Foppa2118]

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This and some of the other interviews during camp where he came off as pretty down to earth should reassure people that Byram isn't just some arrogant, entitled brat.

He's got a bit of an ego, but lots of top prospects do. I think part of it is the way his voice sounds too.

There's also these quotes from a recent Clark article to re-affirm that he's not a me first kind of guy.


“You have to be honest with yourself,” (Byram) said. “I was not ready to play in the NHL and I try to take the good with the bad and that is to come back to junior and develop with another crack at the roster next year. I just tried to be honest with myself and I was not ready to play.”

“There’s kind of a stereotype with high-end players not being the greatest of friends,” said Kannok-Leipert, who was a sixth-round pick in 2018 by the Washington Capitals. “But he treats everybody with a lot of respect. That’s how he was brought up. He has a really good family. He’s a really respectful guy.”

One Giant step is just a single way of describing what lies...

 

[a mangy Meowth]

This and some of the other interviews during camp where he came off as pretty down to earth should reassure people that Byram isn't just some arrogant, entitled brat.

People don't care. They'll smear his character simply because of some mannerisms when he speaks in interviews. He's a good kid.