Prospect Info: Matthew Robertson, LD, 2nd round, 49th overall, 2019

cwede

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So taking Staal, Shattenkirk and Smith out of the equation or D lines in terms of depth more or less look like...
Skjei-Trouba Miller-ADA Hajek-Fox
Rykov-Lundkvist Reunanen-Keane Roberston-Skinner
Lindgren- Jones- OGara- Gross-
Quite the turnaround in about 18 months

OGara (Group 6) is gone on Monday [along with Gilmour (group 6) and apparently Bigras (not QOd)]

Day (drafted higher than Reuanen, Rykov, Gross, Keane, Skinner) and
Ragnarsson (drafted higher than Day, Reuanen, Rykov, Gross, Keane, Skinner)
and Sjalin (trending when healthy) could also be considered promising,

it will even be interesting to see the role Crawley will earn in year 3, with a new staff and evolving roster
 

cwede

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relating to D depth listings above, here are NYR D depth sorted by age and draft position

Sort by Birth YrMoSort by Drafted
8701 M.Staal009 2012 Trouba
8901 Shattenkirk012 2005 M.Staal
8902 B.Smith014 2007 Shattenkirk
9402 Trouba019 2014 DeAngelo
9403 Skjei022 0218 K.Miller
9510 DeAngelo027 2007 B.Smith
9511 Bergman028 2012 Skjei
9602 Raddysh028 2018 Lundkvist
9603 Nanne 037 2016 Hajek
9702 Crawley046 2014 Bergman
9704 Rykov049 2016 Lindgren
9801 Day049 2019 Robertson
9802 Fox066 2016 Fox
9802 Hajek068 2019 Z.Jones
9802 Lindgren070 2018 Ragnarsson
9803 Reunanen 081 2016 Day
9907 Keane088 2018 Keane
9909 Ragnarsson098 2016 Reunanen
9909 Sjalin101 2018 Gross
0001 Gross112 2019 Skinner
0001 K.Miller123 2017 Crawley
0002 Kjelberg132 2016 Rykov
0007 Lundkvist142 2014 Nanne
0010 Z.Jones 145 2017 Sjalin
0103 Robertson163 2018 Kjelberg
0104 SkinnerUDFA 2017 Raddysh
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
 

Amazing Kreiderman

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relating to D depth listings above, here are NYR D depth sorted by age and draft position

Sort by Birth YrMoSort by Drafted
8701 M.Staal009 2012 Trouba
8901 Shattenkirk012 2005 M.Staal
8902 B.Smith014 2007 Shattenkirk
9402 Trouba019 2014 DeAngelo
9403 Skjei02 2018 Lundkvist
9510 DeAngelo022 0218 K.Miller
9511 Bergman027 2007 B.Smith
9602 Raddysh028 2012 Skjei
9603 Nanne 037 2016 Hajek
9702 Crawley046 2014 Bergman
9704 Rykov049 2016 Lindgren
9801 Day049 2019 Robertson
9802 Fox066 2016 Fox
9802 Hajek068 2019 Z.Jones
9802 Lindgren070 2018 Ragnarsson
9803 Reunanen 081 2016 Day
9907 Keane088 2018 Keane
9909 Ragnarsson098 2016 Reunanen
9909 Sjalin101 2018 Gross
0001 Gross112 2019 Skinner
0001 K.Miller123 2017 Crawley
0002 Kjelberg132 2016 Rykov
0007 Lundkvist142 2014 Nanne
0010 Z.Jones 145 2017 Sjalin
0103 Robertson163 2018 Kjelberg
0104 SkinnerUDFA 2017 Raddysh
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Lundkvist was 28th, not 2nd
 

One Winged Angel

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And much better with the puck.

Yet not nearly as nasty to play against. It's easy to forget because hes so bad now, but prime Staal was a rough mother ****er to play against.

Yes, but he still wasn’t great with the puck. Robertson can move it. Not flashy or anything, but he’s an excellent skater that can skate himself out of trouble and get it to the forwards. He has a much better shot, Robertson has a cannon but doesn’t use his shot enough.

I could deal with him not developing offensively, but the one thing I wish he’d have is a mean streak. If he did... yikes. He’d be real scary to play against with that size, speed and ability to close gaps.
 
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Edge

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Accounting for a number of factors, Robertson’s offense compares favorably, but fairly close to Staal’s thus far.

It’ll be fun to watch how Robertson proceeds. There was definitely more expectation for offense this year.
 

Pizza

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I think we’ve almost forgotten that a pre-injury Staal was on the cusp of being a steady 10 goal, 30 point defenseman who played 25 minutes a night.

The injuries didn’t stunt him, they flat out robbed him.

The level of bad luck this team has received is literally unbelievable.
 

Kupo

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Yes, but he still wasn’t great with the puck. Robertson can move it. Not flashy or anything, but he’s an excellent skater that can skate himself out of trouble and get it to the forwards. He has a much better shot, Robertson has a cannon but doesn’t use his shot enough.

I could deal with him not developing offensively, but the one thing I wish he’d have is a mean streak. If he did... yikes. He’d be real scary to play against with that size, speed and ability to close gaps.


A short and hostile marriage and divorce can fix that. It did for me, anyway.

My walls tremble when I walk past them nowadays... :punk:
 
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Rongomania

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The level of bad luck this team has received is literally unbelievable.

It actually seems over, which is why whenever I think of this team since the lottery drawing and a slew of GOOD trades... it's like a state of shock; disbelief.
 

Edge

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I noticed he missed a number of games this year. Did injuries affect his performance afterwards?

Not that I am aware.

Admittedly, I dropped him lower in the last two months as well. Not because of anything he did wrong, just that other guys became harder to pass up.

However, him dropping to 49 was a bit surprising to me. I would've guessed the 30s prior to the draft.
 

Levitate

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The way he's described reminds me of a McDonagh-like ceiling. Any thoughts on that? Just thinking a (fairly) big and mobile defenseman with great defensive instincts, moves the puck well, but not really expected to put up a lot of offense.

e: that's to say, a ceiling that may be unattainable but again the descriptions of his play remind me more of McDonagh than Staal...Staal's injuries certainly hurt his game but he was never particularly known for his skating and his puck moving ability was more in line with ability to make plays in his own end rather than skating the puck out or outlet passes and such.
 

Ghost of jas

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I get the feeling that in a year's time, this kid is going surpass a lot of the Dmen in the system we think are ahead of him. If he is, "McDonagh-esque", him and Miller are going to make life hell for a lot of RWs in the future.
 
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