LeafOfBread
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This guy is going to steal minutes from Kadri and make the fanboys furious, he's Bozak version 2.0 if you ask me, not that there's anything wrong with that. Can't wait.
Your agenda never gets old.
This guy is going to steal minutes from Kadri and make the fanboys furious, he's Bozak version 2.0 if you ask me, not that there's anything wrong with that. Can't wait.
Yeah, he's either top six or bust. I could see him doing quite well on the Marlies in a top six role. We can take our time with him IMO.Once Bozak and Kadri come back I think hes gone to the Marlies (barring winger injury where he may sub in). Hes not suitable for a bottom 6 role at all.
He was great on face offs but other than that he looked invisible IMO. What exactly did he do well?
Considering it was his first game as a Leaf, after a long day, without any practice or understanding of the Leafs system, being somewhat invisible is not a bad thing. He didn't make any mistakes, he was good at faceoffs and had a couple quality scoring chances. You really can not ask for more at this point.
Considering it was his first game as a Leaf, after a long day, without any practice or understanding of the Leafs system, being somewhat invisible is not a bad thing. He didn't make any mistakes, he was good at faceoffs and had a couple quality scoring chances. You really can not ask for more at this point.
Considering it was his first game as a Leaf, after a long day, without any practice or understanding of the Leafs system, being somewhat invisible is not a bad thing. He didn't make any mistakes, he was good at faceoffs and had a couple quality scoring chances. You really can not ask for more at this point.
Also a 2 on 1 pass but Kessel failed to score on that. A bit unlucky.
I know he scored 35 goals, but for a 19-year-old in his fourth OHL season who gets the kind of ice time he gets, 35 goals for the 7th overall pick in the draft is not very good.
Dave Bolland, by comparison, scored 57 goals in 59 games as a 19-year-old in 2005-06. He was a second-round pick, was a better finisher at 19 and will be a better finisher in the NHL than Kadri -- if his back holds up.
You're watching Kadri at the junior level and you don't see deficiencies. Others are watching Kadri at the junior level and imagining his game at the NHL level and they're not predicting the same level of success -- certainly not one commensurate with his draft position.
He'll be given many chances to succeed and I certainly hope he does well. This is not personal or spiteful.
I'm just presenting an opinion, one that I knew would be unpopular, and hoping to get people to think and maybe challenge the conventional wisdom.
Holland is big, skilled, and has excellent hockey sense. He tends to coast -- something I pointed out -- but so did Jeff Carter.
I, and others, have said this many times. You can't compare two teenage players in junior and say the better junior will be the better pro. That's not what scouting is about.
Some scouts (and observers) happen to think Kadri will be a better pro, and they have reasons for that opinion. This is reflected in their draft position, but a year later, other scouts (and observers) are beginning to think that Holland will be the better pro.
For some reason, people think the old opinion is right and aren't willing to entertain new information or new opinions. It amazes me. How anyone can possibly hope to learn anything by being so blinkered?
Was it not JVR that passed it? Cant remember, wasn't paying much attention to the game at that time.
Was it not JVR that passed it? Cant remember, wasn't paying much attention to the game at that time.
Number 1 centre for sure, lookout Bozak!!!!
(sarcasm)
Was it not JVR that passed it? Cant remember, wasn't paying much attention to the game at that time.