For those who watch him a lot , how is his skating ? He looks able to keep up, but not an asset ?
For those who watch him a lot , how is his skating ? He looks able to keep up, but not an asset ?
needs some work but i'd say it's maybe above average.
Could he keep up in the NHL ? Would he be average in the NHL ?
Could he keep up in the NHL ? Would he be average in the NHL ?
good news is with the depth we have we can take our time BIG time.we'll see how much he progresses over the next few years
Skating ability or speed? No issue with skating ability. Hard to make comparisons on speed. I think he will be fine.
I have to credit him for the season he’s having. I thought 2nd round was ridiculous for a player of his ability, but he’s having a good season. He’s proving me wrong. I guess I still doubt the upside. He’s scoring goals and putting up points, but does he have second line winger upside? I’m not sure, but evidently they saw scoring upside when drafting him second round and he’s doing well so far.
This is why only using stats is wrong when evaluating prospects. Tkachuk has extremely soft hands for a big man, Tuch does not. I still really like the Tuch pick though.Brady Tkachuk didn't score his first goal as a HE Freshman until his 14th game, Tuch has 6. Also Luke is listed at 6-3, 207, by BU. Brady was listed at 6-3, 197, the year he played for them, although he would have been a few months younger at that stage.
Tuch has the second most goals so far for BU. Two less than Jay O'Brian who is a 21 year old first round draft pick from a couple years back. Last season Luke was top goal scorer for the U18 team in the USHL. Don't know about his hands, but he finds ways to score. He has more goals through his first 14 games than players like Zegras, Farabee, Newhook, and Boldy among others, managed in the same conference recently.This is why only using stats is wrong when evaluating prospects. Tkachuk has extremely soft hands for a big man, Tuch does not. I still really like the Tuch pick though.
Habs top goal scorers, currently, are Toffoli (2nd round), Anderson (4th), and Gallagher (6th?). They don't score pretty goals as a rule, mostly grind out garbage from just outside the crease. I think Tuch could be that type of forward. He's going to be the size of his brother once he finishes growing, and plays a grittier game.I'd realy like to be wrong here but also realy doubt Tuch has top 6 upside. I don't think Montreal thought that either that's why i don't see your second round point. The 2nd rounds that ends up top 6 players are usually the boom are bust prospect who either have huge holes in their game or are undersize and still adjusting. Montreal went safe with an effective role bottom 6/top 9 forward with size and a scoring touch, of course being an NHLer even in a poorer role is nothing certain.
I'd realy like to be wrong here but also realy doubt Tuch has top 6 upside. I don't think Montreal thought that either that's why i don't see your second round point. The 2nd rounds that ends up top 6 players are usually the boom are bust prospect who either have huge holes in their game or are undersize and still adjusting. Montreal went safe with an effective role bottom 6/top 9 forward with size and a scoring touch, of course being an NHLer even in a poorer role is nothing certain.
Tuch still feels like a player that'll get himself to the NHL because he's good enough for that with some of the things I mentioned, and then he plays about 75-100 games of being ineffective at the NHL level before leveling out somewhere in Europe.
But maybe I'm wrong. He's having a season that I didn't think he'd have right away.
Brady Tkachuk didn't score his first goal as a HE Freshman until his 14th game, Tuch has 6. Also Luke is listed at 6-3, 207, by BU. Brady was listed at 6-3, 197, the year he played for them, although he would have been a few months younger at that stage.
Tkachuk would have been 6 months younger as a Freshman at BU. Not a huge difference. Both players came off 2 seasons with the NDTP.To be fair Brady did that before being drafted and scored 22 goals in the NHL as a 19 year old