Slapshot_11
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A ceiling of 50 points a season?I think he could become a good sniper who will notch around 50 points a year, and who will have more goals than assists...
Maybe a mix of Prucha and Svatos???
Well if he scores 30-35 goals a season, I think it's quite good...A ceiling of 50 points a season?
that's pretty bad for a one-diminsional 1st round pick.
I don't see alot in this guy.
I think he may be an elite 2nd liner or a decent first liner
70 point max.
I don't see alot in this guy.
I think he may be an elite 2nd liner or a decent first liner
70 point max.
I'd be thrilled with that as a Canucks fan. Not every first round pick has to be a superstar, picking up a decent first liner would be a huge success for an organization that has no young forward talent.
I've been watching Grabner for 3 seasons in the WHL, and I'll consider myself unbiased since I don't care for him all that much.
He's a project player to say the least, he has as much raw goal scoring talent as any other prospect out there, but he doesn't play physical in the least, is unwilling to challenge anyone on the ice and only shows up with his "A" game half the time. When he does bring his "A" game, he was as strong a goal scorer as I've ever seen in the WHL, his blazing speed was by far the fastest I saw all season, and when he puts mustard on his wrist shot it's almost un-stoppable, especially when he's picking the corners.
If Vancouver is patient with him and can get him to adjust to a physical game, and bring his style of play hard every shift, he could be a 40 goal man in the NHL, but he would max out at around 75 points.
Otherwise...he will bust, and bust hard.
This is my read on Grabner too. But if he's wussing out of it in the juniors, what the hell is he ever going to do in the playoffs? That's my worry.
If he becomes a 30 goal man in the NHL, that's fine, but playoffs are a different game.
I've been watching Grabner for 3 seasons in the WHL, and I'll consider myself unbiased since I don't care for him all that much.
He's a project player to say the least, he has as much raw goal scoring talent as any other prospect out there, but he doesn't play physical in the least, is unwilling to challenge anyone on the ice and only shows up with his "A" game half the time. When he does bring his "A" game, he was as strong a goal scorer as I've ever seen in the WHL, his blazing speed was by far the fastest I saw all season, and when he puts mustard on his wrist shot it's almost un-stoppable, especially when he's picking the corners.
If Vancouver is patient with him and can get him to adjust to a physical game, and bring his style of play hard every shift, he could be a 40 goal man in the NHL, but he would max out at around 75 points.
Otherwise...he will bust, and bust hard.
he needs to learn to back check.
He also can get rattled very easy and will totally get him off his game. If the defenseman play him hard he will not forecheck, will not play hard whatsoever, and will be invisible out there.
Streaky, which I think has been pointed out, but that happens a lot in young goal-scorers.
Grabby knows that he has to work on these things and hopefully he can make the changes/strengthen his game because he has no shot at all if he doesn't get rid of his lack of physical play/shaky confidence.
God damn he has the speed and the moves, he just needs to work on his game a bit and he can do well in the big leagues.
Nice assessment, especially on the backchecking/forechecking thing, the only exception to that was the time in Seattle where Meidl tried to murder him...he seemed to wake up after that and go on a scoring tear. That's the kind of stuff that seperates the good prospects from the great, is their willingness to compete every shift and bounce back when they get their heads knocked around.
I remembered in older threads in comparison to Tlusty, they said Grabner would become the better of the two. Is that still accurate?
they? You mean Canuck fans?