Draft R5 #144: Rangers select RW Jaroslav Chmelař
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They must have scoured the WJC under 18s cause that’s where half our picks are coming from
Amazing Kreiderman
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Moved to Finland 2 years ago. Didn't get a chance to watch him play, but he was playing literally 10 minutes from the office just outside Helsinki.
Under-the-radar pick.
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It seems very likely that he will be a big part of the Czech’s junior teams the coming years. That is always good, all junior national teams invest a lot in their kids and helps them along and it’s of course a great incentive besides playing for your club team.
Jokerit definitely has an elite development program.
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I love how often I hear "strong on x"
The puck, his skates, away from the puck, etc, etc.
Then you actually see the kid outside a highlight reel and he's average at best in most or all of that.
That's why it really rreeeeeaaaally stands out when someone grades out flat out bad at something bc it means they must really be the drizzling shits for it to get mentioned
"Here's my under the radar guy, a generic platitude and some highlights I wont expand on to support my platitudes
It damn sure isnt like football where tons of really good X and O channels are springing up left and right and people actually make compelling 10+ minute videos where they clearly show what it is the players do well. Even watching draft shows on TV and listening to so many hockey analysts, it's so apparent hockey has a "full of shit" problem with the analysis that people serve up.
Yet it also has the most "I actually know it all. I had him at x number on MY board" community. Prob bc the gap bt the pro analysts and the average fan is about as wide as the gap bt two people in adjoining bathroom stalls.
The puck, his skates, away from the puck, etc, etc.
Then you actually see the kid outside a highlight reel and he's average at best in most or all of that.
That's why it really rreeeeeaaaally stands out when someone grades out flat out bad at something bc it means they must really be the drizzling shits for it to get mentioned
"Here's my under the radar guy, a generic platitude and some highlights I wont expand on to support my platitudes
It damn sure isnt like football where tons of really good X and O channels are springing up left and right and people actually make compelling 10+ minute videos where they clearly show what it is the players do well. Even watching draft shows on TV and listening to so many hockey analysts, it's so apparent hockey has a "full of shit" problem with the analysis that people serve up.
Yet it also has the most "I actually know it all. I had him at x number on MY board" community. Prob bc the gap bt the pro analysts and the average fan is about as wide as the gap bt two people in adjoining bathroom stalls.
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Often times after a draft a player moves up to another league playing against older, stronger and more experienced competition so they have gaudy numbers one year and post draft they look like shit compared.....but that doesn't mean the player has taken a step back.
You read the post so you know the answer: "The entire business of shallow, repetitive hockey analysis. And the know it all hockey community that offers up the same generic platitudes"
Most of that was a rant for fun.
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I'm not going to pretend I know anything of Chmelar because I don't. He's a big kid, though. I'll have to watch video on him...
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Would love to read your take on him when you get some views in.
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I admittedly didn't watch him at all, as streams from that league are basically impossible to come by (to my knowledge), but statistically it was a very bad year.
If anyone didn't see it in the other thread, he's heading to Providence next year, where he'll play with Berard.
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He had offers from some other teams but he picked Providence because they were the most excited about adding him, and there's some familiarity with the Rangers having Berard there or course.
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Didn't put up great numbers this season, guess it's good he's going the NCAA route, maybe things can turn around.
Stinks the Devils drafted his teammate the round before him, he put up 48 points in 44 games, and going to Denver next season. Chmelař just put up 18 points in 39 games.
Stinks the Devils drafted his teammate the round before him, he put up 48 points in 44 games, and going to Denver next season. Chmelař just put up 18 points in 39 games.
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I do it my self at times, comment on players based on highlights, but I know as a fact that I can change my opinion a lot on players after watching them in full games and/or live. Did two rankings in 18’ and 19’ where I watched a ton of hockey in the spring and only included players I had seen and followed at least once for a full game. I was high on some kids after seeing the highlights and then didn’t include them at all in my top 31 since I just felt that they were too weak overall after seeing them live. It’s way to early to really evaluate those rankings, but it will be exciting to do in a handful of years. Think I will learn a lot from it.
