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- Aug 18, 2005
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On Byfield/Stutzle. I think playing the game at the speed Stutzle does (he's the best skating forward in the draft outside of Foudy), and still playing high-IQ is quite rare. People overvalue scarcity when talking about prospects sometimes, Puljujarvi had/has a very rare skill-set but he can't put it togeather.
Drysdale, I don't think has the puck control/hands to be dynamic in the NHL. He'll have trouble navigating through traffic playing at speed required. He isn't Hughes or Makar. If Leafs took Drysdale over Sanderson, I'd be pissed. Sanderson is exactly what this D-core is missing. It's like how adding Barrie really didn't do much for us.
When discussing Perfetti/Rossi, it should be noted even if the age gap is a couple months, Rossi is much more developed. The last 2 years, Rossi has been able to wake up at 8am and work on hockey all-day, and train. He's maxed out his size (Yakupov and Galchenyuk did this in the OHL). Whereas Perfetti has had to atleast keep a semi-normal life with a high-school routine. I also don't think Rossi's game is that transferable, he relies too much on muscling guys down low, and he won't be able to do that in the NHL. Most small successful guys are either high-iq snipers who arrive at the spot at the right time to put in the puck (Debrincat), or possess puck skills and skating that make them insanely elusive buying them more time on the puck to create plays (Marner and Kane).
Where do you think Hendrix Lapiere will go? How scared might teams be of his injuries?