RISERS and FALLERS off World U-18 play?

Grant McCagg

@duhduhduh
Dec 13, 2010
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Risers:

C. Murphy
Miller
Boucher
Russo
Paliotta
Klefbom
W. Karlsson
Lundstrom
Cousins
Scheifele
C. Smith
Ewanyk
Soberg
Armia
Uvira
Jaskin
Kucherov
Yarullin
Slepyshev
Nesterov

Fallers -

Harrington
Catenacci
Scarlett
Griffith
Biggs - small drop
Pietela - see Biggs
Perhonen
Shalunov
Nermark
Arvidsson

Brodin, Grimaldi, Murphy and Zib were already highly regarded beforehand - they just reconfirmed it.
 

Tormentor

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Dec 27, 2007
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Too Far
Guys like Salomaki and Auvinen had been rising entering the tourney, but a few other Fins had better tournaments than they did.

As far as Salomäki goes, he was named as one of the top-3 players in his team by the coaches, so I guess he fulfilled his role. He’s not a high scoring forward and I’m sure that didn’t come as a surprise for NHL scouts who have actually followed him during the season. I’ve seen him as a high 2nd rounder on some lists, but to me that’s just a sign of not being educated on the matter.

Auvinen hasn’t been anything more than a footnote going to this year’s draft. A very average prospect and just one of those guys who might or might not get drafted in the later rounds, I don’t think anyone expected him to be one of the top guys for Finland.

All in all some are making a too big of a deal of this tournament, it’s a small sample size - a short tournament played in a European rink with varying level of competitors. NHL teams have scouted these players for a long time, so not much comes as a surprise to them. For example Kucherov has been a star in MHL for two years and already played in the KHL, so it’s not like he came from nowhere.
 

pouskin74*

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Risers:

C. Murphy
Miller
Boucher
Russo
Paliotta
Klefbom
W. Karlsson
Lundstrom
Cousins
Scheifele
C. Smith
Ewanyk
Soberg
Armia
Uvira
Jaskin
Kucherov
Yarullin
Slepyshev
Nesterov

Fallers -

Harrington
Catenacci
Scarlett
Griffith
Biggs - small drop
Pietela - see Biggs
Perhonen
Shalunov
Nermark
Arvidsson

Brodin, Grimaldi, Murphy and Zib were already highly regarded beforehand - they just reconfirmed it.
why? he was injured.
 

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