Anyone heard of this kid?
Who shat in your wheaties?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.
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"Who shat in your wheaties?
Would love to read your take on him when you get some views in.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...
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.One of the worst DY+1 years in recent history for a player in Finnish junior league? Just 18 points in 39 games, getting passed over by 2005 borns and 2006 borns. Caution to how players may look at U18 tournament
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.
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.