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I take it you didn't see much of Marchant in college? He was a better than a PPG player who was able to take the puck coast to coast against inferior competition. That's what Cogliano does now. I would agree that his hands are better than Marchant's, but I think his transition to and effectiveness in the pros will be similar.
LOl......you're right ranger,i did'nt see him in college.Though i don't put much stock in what Marchant did in college as opposed to what skills i see him have in the pro game for years now,and in that sense think Cogs has more potential offensively.Marchant is a good player too,i like him but he does'nt bring too much to the table on offense regardless of his college days.He's got no hands and no mind for the offensive part of the game and i disagree that Cogliano does'nt.I've seen him hit holes for goals and hit guys with passes on a more consistent basis then i've probably ever seen marchant do in this league.Now granted,Cogliano has to translate that into the pro game but we don't know that he can't yet. I would agree that his play-making and hands are not what they are made out to be in the past but i'm confident from what i've seen they are at the very least higher then Todd marchants(not sure how impressive a statement that is)
Bottom line i think he has better offensive potential then Todd marchant,though i would stop short of saying i think he'll ever turn out to be a better player in the nhl then Marchant (who has played to his strengths well over the course of his nhl career)
but i definately think he has better offensive upside then Todd. Shall we wait and see how it turns out first?
Maybe you will be shown to be correct,i don't know.