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He also has us picking a finn
yea i'd be so happy if valimaki was available and we took him. if makar was still there i think i'd faint..
otherwise brannstrom would probably be my preference.
and opposite goes for rasmussen. please stay away from that guy.
i think of the strong forwards necas has the best chance of falling to us. would be all over that too
He definitely could be there and I wouldn't mind having him. One of the things I really like about Necas is he is a faceoff wizard. Kid is a beast on the draw. Something the Jets really struggle with. He could be ready in as little as 2 years after a year in the AHL as well given he spent a full season in the Czech pro league putting up decent numbers for a 17/18 year old. He's more of a playmaker which could work well with Laine/Connor. A lot of people say he is to slight to play C but he's 6'1 and 170. He just needs to bulk up a bit to be more effective.
McCagg now has Jets taking Necas in most recent mock.
Also apparently Jim Benning was going on about Rasmussen in a recent interview. Poor poor pooooooor Canucks fans...
https://twitter.com/Feel_Tha_POWER/status/858541584207499265
from the robin salo thread. maybe we should be looking harder at this guy? would be an absolute steal in the 2nd
I would love Salo. His skating isn't as good. But solid pick in the 2nd round.
As shown with Mark Stone, you can improve skating. >_>
Absolutely. Just don't bank on it. More guys don't improve their skating then do. Which is why he'd be a decent 2nd rounder.
i was trying to figure out why he wasn't rated higher a while back and never figured it out. then i saw this and was pretty floored. he always looked really solid to me. his game will translate well i think. his IQ is high, defensive positioning is strong and he can move the puck. more than makes up for the slight knock on his skating imo.
Skating is a big thing for dmen in todays NHL. It's so crucial to be able to compete well enough. But I do think guys can improve their skating. It's all about whether you can pick out which guys have the drive to improve because honestly it takes a tonne of work to be able to get better in that area of your game.
that's true. now that i think of it the jets seem to weigh skating pretty heavily when choosing Dmen so he may not even be on their radar. sure hope he is though.
definitely not a bad thing but i'd like to see them lean towards high IQ guys more in the future
Which of the prospects that could fall around our 13th pick has been most improved over the past year or two? Jets seem to like those guys.