Epsilon said:
His point is (I think) that having Michalek below Pouliot is ridiculous. Even if one were to drop Michalek because of his injuries (which I think is a foolish move but only time will tell), to put him below Pouliot, a player with just as much injury trouble and not nearly as good a prospect when healthy, is pretty bizzare.
I guess I see what you're saying, but on the other hand Pouliot's injury troubles/concerns were highest heading into this season. He's played every single game for Rimouski this year, while (I haven't followed him much recently, he's not back playing yet is he) from what I have heard Michalek hasn't come back yet?
Or is Michalek back now?
*edit* I'm not saying I necessarily think Pouliot is going t be the player of this draft or anything, but I do feel his accomplishments are written off because he's playing with Crosby. And his stats probably should be projected downwards, it can't be hurting him to play on a line with Crosby and Roussin.
Then again, if someone told me heading into the year that thru 67 rimouski games, Pouliot would have played ALL 67 games, I'd have been quite happy. Not to mention:
4th in points (105)
t-3rd in assists (66)
t-5th in goals (39)
4th in +/- (+42) - though this stat need be taken with a dose of salt(as do the others of course), since he's 4th in the league but also 4th on Rimouski
t-3rd in PP goals (18)
1st in shots (355)
54.9% face-off % (though he hasn't been taking faceoffs for a good 15 games for Rimouski, so I guess there are some concerns about why that is (perhaps playing though an injury)
Currently riding a pretty damn quiet 25 game points streak.
Stats aren't the be all and end all, then again, a guy would probably rather he have these numbers than not?
And they don't say everything about his future potential either, I just thoiught I'd throw them up anyways.
