Dylan Strome shedding the "bust" label

[Tripod]

Anyone want to take a chance on his brother Matthew?

68 points in 53 games in OHL.

 

[Dr Quincy]

In ARI this year he personally was shooting 7.5%
In CHI this year he personally is shooting 18.2%

In ARI his On Ice Shooting % was 2.5%
In CHI his On Ice Shooting % is 13.7%

I gather he is neither the 24 pt a year player he was projecting for in ARI this year
Nor the 71 pt player his CHI numbers project to.

Right in the middle- 45 seems about right.

 

[SPF6ty9]

Lets just call this a win for Arizona and Chicago. Strome probably never would become what he's becoming in Arizona and Schmatlz seems to be doing well so far. The bust label was always going to be dangling over Strome's head just because of how loaded that draft was.

 

[Sempiternal]

Cagguila looking really good as well. Dumb move by Chia. I liked Cagguila.

 

[garyturner3]

That trade had disaster written all over it from day 1. The risk/reward just made no sense for Arizona and we're starting to see exactly why plus it's only going to get worse.

 

[koyvoo]

Another two 1st period pts so far today.

 

[Addison Rae]

I seem him as an excellent number 2 centre behind Toews for the next few seasons, with the potential to dethrone him eventually.

 

[Tifosi]

3 points so far.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Strome with a hell of an effort and pass to setup Kahun's 2nd goal of game

G + 2A for Strome today

 

[shello]

Arizona's never really been able to develop talent with a few exceptions and I wonder if they'll ever be able to

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

I find Arizona is better off just getting players that are already very much developed into the NHL or just being a contract graveyard. I'll respect the Coyotes once they get it together.

It scares me to think that they were tanking for McDavid and almost won.

Dylan Strome I see being in Chicago for many years with the potential to replace Toews as captain once the dynasty guys are gone. Makes me think Ryan Strome gets signed by Chicago in the future on a cheap contract.

 

[Menzinger]

It was always dumb to call him a bust

 

[Batrous]

Strome is a reminder that one should avoid calling a player a "bust" until at least 5 years after they were drafted. Sometimes it's more to do with how the team uses/develops the player rather then what the players capabilities are.

 

[skiba77777]

30 points in 32 games with Chicago

 

[Martin Skoula]

Arizona's never really been able to develop talent with a few exceptions and I wonder if they'll ever be able to

I can't imagine team training taking place at the local YMCA being very useful compared to the amount of money other teams are pumping into skills coaches and dedicated facilities.

 

[winnipegger]

My god if he turns into a good player that 2015 draft is the best of all time no doubt.

 

[drewjenks]

Or people develop at different paces

r/woooooooooooooooooooooosh

 

[drewjenks]

Man. I really wished the Oilers nabbed strome for Yamamoto or picks when we had the chance.

........when you had the chance?

 

[JT Kreider]

It was always dumb to call him a bust

Not really. Unless one had the foresight that he was going to be traded. As long as he was in Arizona he was never going to break out.

 

[ClydeLee]

Not really. Unless one had the foresight that he was going to be traded. As long as he was in Arizona he was never going to break out.

I mean, it seemed likely to happen again just Turris style repeated.

 

[1972]

In ARI this year he personally was shooting 7.5%
In CHI this year he personally is shooting 18.2%

In ARI his On Ice Shooting % was 2.5%
In CHI his On Ice Shooting % is 13.7%

I gather he is neither the 24 pt a year player he was projecting for in ARI this year
Nor the 71 pt player his CHI numbers project to.

Right in the middle- 45 seems about right.

45 point player? Lol he’s a lot more then that. He tore up junior, tore up the AHL, now is putting up PPG numbers in the NHL. There’s nothing to indicate he’s only a 45 point guy. He’s more likely to be a 65-80 guy then anything.

 

[benedictTavares]

I took the wife and kids to a family event in Phoenix and they had a huge tent with street hockey equipment for the kids to play with.

My wife turns to me and asks "what are the coyotes?" I tell here that they are the local ice hockey team and she says in surprise she didn't know we had a minor league hockey team in AZ.

lol

 

[TheDoldrums]

30 points in 32 games with Chicago

Last 32 games

Strome - 30 points
Seguin - 29 points
Backstrom - 28 points
Kuxnetsov - 28 points
Barzal - 28 points

 

[SniperOnTheWing]

Clayton Keller blew his chance to be traded out of Arizona by playing too well last year.

It's a shame we'll never know how good he could have been.

 

[Menzinger]

Not really. Unless one had the foresight that he was going to be traded. As long as he was in Arizona he was never going to break out.

Most players don’t make the NHL until the age of 22, and and Strome is still only 21.

Yes it was dumb, the only reason folks seemed to do so because he didn’t develop quite as quickly as some of the others in his draft year (an abnormally good draft class).