Scott Mayfield
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SI90
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I think the Isles are going to let him develope properly in college but Im excited about him.....
SLAPSHOT723
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I'd say his
low end potential is AHL- #6 Dman
High end is #2 Dman
Reasonable potential- 3/4 Dman
Plays like: pronger-lite, less dominant, less offensive upside. I would have preferred the oilers take him @ 31 instead of David musil. Good pick.
low end potential is AHL- #6 Dman
High end is #2 Dman
Reasonable potential- 3/4 Dman
Plays like: pronger-lite, less dominant, less offensive upside. I would have preferred the oilers take him @ 31 instead of David musil. Good pick.
McDNicks17
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Mayfield has all the skills and talent to be a Top4(maybe even #1/2) defenseman.
He and Hamonic should make for a mean Top4.
Just like the poster above, I was hoping the Oilers would take him at #31 too.
He and Hamonic should make for a mean Top4.
Just like the poster above, I was hoping the Oilers would take him at #31 too.
For a guy who is supposed to be skilled the drop in stats from last season(56 games - 22 points) to this one(52 games - 16 points) sort of scares me(I read in a couple places he just skates around aimlessly or for the amount of times he joins the rush he should score more to often). Hopefully he can put his game together in College and have the pick payoff for the Islanders. If nothing else with his size and speed, if he can learn to play good defensively he could be a good second pairing guy.
Mayfield definitely seemed like a guy picked 100% based on potential rather then what he actually did this year. Anybody know if Mayfield had a growth spurt in the past year or 2? that definitely could be part of the reason his stats weren't as good.
Mayfield definitely seemed like a guy picked 100% based on potential rather then what he actually did this year. Anybody know if Mayfield had a growth spurt in the past year or 2? that definitely could be part of the reason his stats weren't as good.
Bjorn Le
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I think he's got high potential (Top 4 defensemen at least probably top 2) but I'm not sure if he'll ever reach it. He seemed to me like a slighty bigger version of John Carlson, not as offensively gifted maybe and a little more on the rugged side.
He was a first round talent to me but I think he absoulutely wasted his last season. Didn't get any better. If he was playing in Kitchener last season, I have no doubt he would have went in the first round, maybe top 20. I guess he really wanted to keep his NCAA eligibility though, but there had to be better places then Youngstown. I think that place really hurt his development. He's got so much work to do now to catch up, I think he'll need all 4 years at University then some
He was a first round talent to me but I think he absoulutely wasted his last season. Didn't get any better. If he was playing in Kitchener last season, I have no doubt he would have went in the first round, maybe top 20. I guess he really wanted to keep his NCAA eligibility though, but there had to be better places then Youngstown. I think that place really hurt his development. He's got so much work to do now to catch up, I think he'll need all 4 years at University then some
McDNicks17
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I believe his stats took a hit because of how much he was playing.
I heard he was playing crazy amounts of minutes and the Phantoms were relying on him for defense.
His drop in production was due to more of a focus on defensive play(and Youngstown was awful). He was 100x more defensively responsible than Jordan Schmaltz.
SLAPSHOT723
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Holy crap. I was very happy when the Islanders drafted him, now I'm thrilled if that's what we can expect out of him.
Kevin27NYI
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Awesome, hopefully you won't be shy in writing up your thoughts on him
Oh definitely. I'll have stuff on him, Bennett, Zucker, Shores, etc.
im friends with him on face book, asked him to play pick up hockey with me, he said he wont even be on long island for training camp
SLAPSHOT723
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Oh definitely. I'll have stuff on him, Bennett, Zucker, Shores, etc.
That sounds like a pretty stacked team.
The Pioneers are certainly going to be a fun team to watch this season, that's for sure.
I don't believe NCAA kids are even permitted to participate in a team's preseason camp.
Prospect camps at their own cost, yes, but not the NHL team's primary preseason camp.
puckerdude10
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I played against him in high school a lot. Scott has always been tall but over the last 2-3 years has really started to fill out and broaden a bit. He loves to jump up in the rush and is great at getting a good breakout going and moving through the neutral. This has alway given him that offensive mindset. Occasionally it causes him to drift but he usaully just ended up coming out of nowhere and stealing the puck. Last I played him he was a powerful skater and played a very smart game the only thing he lacked was upperbody and core strength but I believe he has been addressing that and if he develops a powerful accurate shot he will be lethal!
Check out one of my colleague's write-ups on Mayfield as a pre-draft prep.
Kearns has him comparing to Erik Johnson-lite or Jack Johnson (obviously generic comparisons to his style of play)
Kearns has him comparing to Erik Johnson-lite or Jack Johnson (obviously generic comparisons to his style of play)
