But perhaps some update from some of you? As an example: Does Liam Kirk still look like he should have been drafted hours earlier?
I've always thought that was a bit overstated ,but he justifies his selection IMO. Kirk has also filled out some, particularly upper body.
Anybody go to the this morning?
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You can tell our prospect cupboard is a little on the boring side .... in other years past, there were pages and pages in the thread of excited fans reporting on our new draftees ..
I think it has to do with that we're no longer in a full on rebuild. If we were rebuilding, the only thing to look forward to is those prospects really. The NHL team is still sort of a mediocre example of one, but it's not in full on blow it up mode so that's the focus now. Heck they at least occasionally trades futures for now-players too. Rebuild is basically over.
With the way Chayka drafts so heavily on intangibles and his own brand of analytics, we won't know if our prospects are going to be any good until they're about 3 years into their NHL careers.
They just aren't terribly flashy. PoJ has always truck me as sort of extremely....competent. He's smart, has a good but not great shot, skates well but not a blazer out there, makes good reads, in Coyote Typical is not physical at all. And I mean really if you watch Soderstrom he comes off the exact same way just a fair bit more polished. Hayton particularly this year has bit more pizazz but he's still understated overall.
Jenik is the only guy out there really who has that Domi style swag personality to his game on ice. But he's substantially less physically gifted.