JEI
Jericho
- Jun 7, 2004
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Is he worth being drafted? I think his draft was last year? Just wondering.
I guess it depends on what a team might know about him personally, or if they don't have too many other comparables in the system (i.e. I think there is an upper limit on the number of really small wildcard type prospects any team would want to have on the go at one time)... I find in the OHL that he's usually quite noticeable in game action, he seems to be quick and feisty and can stand out head-to-head against NHL-drafted players. At the WU-18 last year he was too undisciplined, but at the same time he was a match for any of the other NHL-drafted players in terms of talent and productivity.Is he worth being drafted? I think his draft was last year? Just wondering.
I guess it depends on what a team might know about him personally, or if they don't have too many other comparables in the system (i.e. I think there is an upper limit on the number of really small wildcard type prospects any team would want to have on the go at one time)... I find in the OHL that he's usually quite noticeable in game action, he seems to be quick and feisty and can stand out head-to-head against NHL-drafted players. At the WU-18 last year he was too undisciplined, but at the same time he was a match for any of the other NHL-drafted players in terms of talent and productivity.
I thought somebody would probably draft him last year. But since he wasn't picked, I rather expect he won't ever be, but rather will get camp invites and have to hope to sign on as a free agent somewhere. He really does look tiny on the ice, and when I see him listed at 5-9 or 160+ I sometimes wonder at those numbers. And sometimes the feistiness he has works against him, he really isn't able to match up physically most of the time. Still, I guess you'd rather see him trying than not, of course. I guess the temptation has always been to compare him to Derek Roy, but even as a teenager Roy had more of that fire-hydrant-build strength than Azevedo, so he was a lot more able to play with an edge effectively and survive some of the battles than Azevedo has thus far.
My $.02, fwiw.