Pepper
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E = CH² said:Bourret is way too high. Crappy rankings.
I hope you're being sarcastic there, otherwise that's one of the dumbest posts I've seen recently.
E = CH² said:Bourret is way too high. Crappy rankings.
Seachd said:I don't know anything behind it, but CSS lists his birthplace as Tokyo.
They also list Adam Hobson as being born in Sweden.
Pepper said:I hope you're being sarcastic there, otherwise that's one of the dumbest posts I've seen recently.
E = CH² said:Common, one of the dumbest posts ? Why ? Because you're high on a junior and I'm not ? It's not like I'm saying the kid shouldn't be a first rounder...
BTW don't you live in Europe ? If so, how much have you seen of Bourret with your own two eyes to be able to make such a definitive statement ?
Maybe you should follow your own advice in all the threads in your future posts..The little Pepper boy said:....just saying that its is crap because it doesn't agree with your opinions is dumb.
Pepper said:I'm not a fan of any prospect on that list (except Lehtonen), just saying that list is crap because it doesn't agree with your opinions is dumb.
turnbuckle said:Mikkelson's bloodlines produced the worst plus-minus in NHL history (when he was with the Caps), while Staal's bloodlines have produced older brother Eric and two other future NHL brothers. I'll go with the Staals, but I like Brendan from what I saw at the Under 18s.
Pepper said:I'm not a fan of any prospect on that list (except Lehtonen), just saying that list is crap because it doesn't agree with your opinions is dumb.
No one said you can't.E = CH² said:I don't like the order, why can't I dislike it ?
E = CH² said:And also, if I'm dumb then most of the 10 pro NHL scouts that Bobby Mac interviewed for his annual top 30 must be idiots too because the results of the survey have Bourret ranked 15th, a far cry from the 6th spot on McKeen.
Well put, amen, Steblicksteblick said:Why? Because they are not the same as some other rankings? Should all the ranking services have the same players within a few places of each other? Wouldn't that be boring? It would also seem to imply that they are basing their rankings on the other ranking services, rather than what they REALLY think or know.
That's what many on this board do (by necessity) but it is not what one would expect of a ranking service.
And if you want to know why Mikkelson is now top 10 or why Pouliot is #7 or Johnson is back at #2 then pay the fee and read it. They WILL tell you the reasons why.
Rabid Ranger said:Lehtonen? What list are you looking at?
E = CH² said:I don't like the order, why can't I dislike it ?
Beatnik said:Are they the same scouts that did'nt had Kostitsyn in the top 30 two years ago? Where was Wheeler last year?
Beatnik said:As many have said, it only takes one team that like him. Also, it's far from impossible that he turn into a great player even if he is'nt as flashy as Latendresse and Zagrapan.
Pepper said:Of course you can dislike, I just think that to call it 'crap' just because you don't agree with it is kinda lame.
Just agree to disagree.
E = CH² said:So what I am supposed to call it ? A non-representative-of-my-opinion ranking ?
steblick said:I like it when a rankings agency departs from conventional wisdom on a player- even if I disagree with the ranking. After all, instead of reading the standard reports we've all heard on a certain player we are now going to hear a different perspective from a person or group of people who are pretty knowledgable. That doesn't make them correct of course, but it does add something of note to the body of knowledge and opinions that we have on a player. This kind of 'dissension' from the norm is a GOOD THING!
steblick said:I like it when a rankings agency departs from conventional wisdom on a player- even if I disagree with the ranking. After all, instead of reading the standard reports we've all heard on a certain player we are now going to hear a different perspective from a person or group of people who are pretty knowledgable. That doesn't make them correct of course, but it does add something of note to the body of knowledge and opinions that we have on a player.
This kind of 'dissension' from the norm is a GOOD THING!
By the way if you are looking for 1st round sleepers watch out for Karpov from Russia, Hellstrom from Sweden, Mikus/Mihalik from Slovakia and Niskanen from USHS. Ben Bishop of the NAHL could be a big surprise too. Karpov might well be the 1st Russian taken and could slip into top 20. Niskanen has been rumoured to be in some clubs' top 15.
This is 2nd hand info but for what it's worth...