Prospect Info: Matthew Wood - RW | 15th Overall | 2023 NHL Draft
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Finally. I've been saying for years that college football is not as good as college football.
Edgework
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Disagree. People who think that invariably don’t watch college football. If they did, they would see that it’s just as good a product as college football, if not better.
See you only think that because you watch college football. I think if you’d give college football a try you’d realize that college football is far superior to college football.
Yeah, but have you tried watching College Football? Really a better product than either that you mentioned.
This! This is one of the reasons I love this board. Where else will you find a good, open honest debate on whether college football is better than college football on a thread opened to talk about a hockey prospect named wood that might be a pretty good tight end if he played college football or played the other college football.
Viqsi
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I dunno, I think college football and college football both have their merits; I watch them both on the regular.
I was looking at Wood's numbers the other day. They were pretty bad, anyone seen him play much this season?
Kat Predator
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No. I was watching the better college football instead of college football.
AintLifeGrand
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Wood's skating is a concern, which is why I wouldn't have wanted to use a 1st-round pick on him. I'm not saying it's impossible he'll become a good NHL player, but this is something that could really hold him back.
Gnashville
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NHL drafts are insanely hard to predict past the top 5.
Wood is looking like a Mid Tier prospect while Molendyk is looking like a steal. I have always thought the 2 biggest attributes for a player is Hockey IQ (different from regular IQ I could care less if he can do advanced Calculus) and Skating. I am not sure that Wood checks these boxes.
Wood is looking like a Mid Tier prospect while Molendyk is looking like a steal. I have always thought the 2 biggest attributes for a player is Hockey IQ (different from regular IQ I could care less if he can do advanced Calculus) and Skating. I am not sure that Wood checks these boxes.
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Drafting woods in my opinion was a mistake right when we drafted him. Trotz stated he wanted to get faster and then hired a coach that likes a fast game then drafted a slow player that didn’t even play the position we needed(center) I was excited when Oliver Moore fell, because he was faster and mainly a center, just to see a pass him to draft a right wing. And in my opinion he wasn’t even the best right winger on the board at the time. That would be Perreault who is looking like a steal to the rangers at 21. I looked at the mid season top 100 prospects and woods was 51st while Moore and perreault were both top 20. Even musty(26th) and sandin-pellika(17th) was well above woods in the ranking. Trotz has to fire poiles scouts and go find his own if he wants his drafts to get better.
AintLifeGrand
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I mean after scoring at a ppg clip in his draft year he has 16 pts in 24 games.
There may be more to the story but this a pretty concering regression
There may be more to the story but this a pretty concering regression
NSH615
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A PPG pace means he would have 24 points. A difference of 8 points. Is 8 points really a concern? He is on pace to have the same number of goals this year as last. The difference is in his assists total. Alot of things can contribute to that. What kind of linemates does he have this year compared to last, is he getting power play time, etc.
Bringer of Jollity
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At a glance the team is playing much worse than last year, which will undoubtedly affect his production.
AintLifeGrand
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Scoresberg
In Trotz We Trust?
Having watched a few games of him this year, here are my notes:
- We knew going in that he was going to be a project. His skating has improved, his straight-line speed is actually quite good but his four-way movement is lacking. This will never be a strength of his, but skating isn't Jason Robertson's strong suit either.
- His support cast at UConn isn't overly impressing. I believe there's only 2 or 3 NHL draftees in that lineup.
- What I have found most irritating in his game that he seems disengaged far too often. He needs to learn some aggressiveness and to use his big body to his advantage. Thus far, I'm not seeing much in that sector.
- What Wood has shown before is his undeniable scoring ability. It's not always pretty but he just seems to get the job done. At the U20's he was mainly the 13th forward but still put up 4 points in 5 games.
- I believe what he needs is some tough coaching and some better linemates. He's not really a driver on his line because of his skating, but rather a finisher of plays. Needless to say, if that type of player isn't surrounded by adequate talent, the results will lack.
- We knew going in that he was going to be a project. His skating has improved, his straight-line speed is actually quite good but his four-way movement is lacking. This will never be a strength of his, but skating isn't Jason Robertson's strong suit either.
- His support cast at UConn isn't overly impressing. I believe there's only 2 or 3 NHL draftees in that lineup.
- What I have found most irritating in his game that he seems disengaged far too often. He needs to learn some aggressiveness and to use his big body to his advantage. Thus far, I'm not seeing much in that sector.
- What Wood has shown before is his undeniable scoring ability. It's not always pretty but he just seems to get the job done. At the U20's he was mainly the 13th forward but still put up 4 points in 5 games.
- I believe what he needs is some tough coaching and some better linemates. He's not really a driver on his line because of his skating, but rather a finisher of plays. Needless to say, if that type of player isn't surrounded by adequate talent, the results will lack.
Also to note is they did do a project of trying him at center for several games to start the year contributing to a slow start production wise
He should transfer and play with fink
Wait. Are you telling me the Preds might have whiffed on a forward pick but did well on a defenseman pick?
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Which is stupid. At least wait until he gets to Milwaukee and has professional coaches
Porter Stoutheart
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Wood is still 18 years old (well he turns 19 in a few days). Just being where he is at that age is impressive. We all knew about the skating when we picked him, and I don't doubt he is doing good work on his overall leg strength to help his straight ahead speed. Now he needs to add in some of that fine-tuning with edge work and maneuverability. It's learnable. He's 6'4"/200... if he didn't have some of these things to work on there is no way we would have ever had a shot at drafting him in the first place. He would have been a top-5 pick if his skating was as good as folks are wishing.
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