Prospect Info: Sampo Ranta LW (2018 78th overall)

[UncleRisto]

Easily the worst part of selecting him. I saw the video where they brought him back to his family after being picked and Granato was there chilling with Bednar.

Oh no, what if Granato coughed at him and now Bednar will be a terrible coach again?

 

[Pokecheque]

Sounds like a Grabner-type of player when all is said and done.

 

[Avs_19]

Round 3 – Sampo Ranta, Colorado Avalanche: The Sioux City winger had an outside chance of sneaking in to the first round, but was certainly expected to go in the second. Has good finishing ability, nice size and isn’t shy about doing the pick + spade work to get possession.

Jeff Marek’s favourite under-the-radar picks from 2018 NHL Draft - Sportsnet.ca

 

[chet1926]

Jeff Marek’s favourite under-the-radar picks from 2018 NHL Draft - Sportsnet.ca

I'm pretty excited about this pick, I think the NCAA is the perfect landing spot for him to develop other parts to his game.

 

[McMetal]

Sounds like a Grabner-type of player when all is said and done.

I'd consider that a very lucky outcome.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

I'd consider that a very lucky outcome.

Yeah, he's a 3rd round pick and a huge project. If he ends up like current Yakupov we'll be lucky.

 

[Postanin CB Ting]

Like this kids shot a lot. Good feeling about this pick

 

[S E P H]

EP confirming his transfer from Wisconsin to Minnesota. Sounds like he wanted to stay in Big 10 and that Wisconsin has some really strange admission policies when it comes to foreign students on athletic scholarships.

Not sure I like having a Golden Gopher in the system, but at least it's better than a Fighting Sioux. im right @Hasbro ?

 

[henchman21]

Wisconsin is actually a very difficult school to get into... my guess is Ranta simply didn’t qualify.

 

[S E P H]

Wisconsin is actually a very difficult school to get into... my guess is Ranta simply didn’t qualify.

You're probably right, I thought all those big schools had high acceptance rates because, well they're big schools like CU is 80%, DU is 72%, CSU is 82%, and what not. Wisconsin is 58%, but then I found out that UCLA is 17% for a public institution. Dang. Michigan is only 26%.

 

[henchman21]

You're probably right, I thought all those big schools had high acceptance rates because, well they're big schools like CU is 80%, DU is 72%, CSU is 82%, and what not. Wisconsin is 58%, but then I found out that UCLA is 17% for a public institution. Dang. Michigan is only 26%.

Yeah, there are other public schools that are more difficult (the UC system in general is very difficult), but Wisconsin is a school that doesn't make exceptions for athletes. Michigan and UCLA make exceptions to for their athletes on a consistent basis. It was recently that Wisconsin lost a football coach because he was upset at the admission standards his players had to reach.

Wisconsin's admission standards pushed Gary Andersen to Oregon St.

 

[Alex Jones]

UC schools are hard to get into because there are so many top foreign students that come over during HS and raise the bar for admissions. Go to China or Korea and you will see billboards for (super) expensive private schools in areas like the O.C. and Arcadia that specialize in getting kids super high numbers and pumping them into the Ivy/UC systems.

Most athletes for major universities get academic exemptions anyways. The bar for getting into a university as an athlete is incredibly low.

 

[henchman21]

Most athletes for major universities get academic exemptions anyways. The bar for getting into a university as an athlete is incredibly low.

Yup... Wisconsin is one of the few schools that doesn't do this. Hence their issues. It doesn't mean those players don't have decent grades or couldn't make the cut (at least staying eligible by NCAA standards), just that they don't reach the level of the everyday student that has to enter.

 

[S E P H]

UC schools are hard to get into because there are so many top foreign students that come over during HS and raise the bar for admissions. Go to China or Korea and you will see billboards for (super) expensive private schools in areas like the O.C. and Arcadia that specialize in getting kids super high numbers and pumping them into the Ivy/UC systems.

Most athletes for major universities get academic exemptions anyways. The bar for getting into a university as an athlete is incredibly low.

Interesting, is this the same for Massachusetts schools as well?

 

[agentblack]

You're probably right, I thought all those big schools had high acceptance rates because, well they're big schools like CU is 80%, DU is 72%, CSU is 82%, and what not. Wisconsin is 58%, but then I found out that UCLA is 17% for a public institution. Dang. Michigan is only 26%.

ha, thats some hardcore colleging