Norris is great. He's not at a level of Stuetzle or Sanderson. Not many in the league are. Maybe 1/2 prospects in the past 15 years has been after being drafted by the Sens.Y’all sleeping on Mr. Norris.
Norris is great. He's not at a level of Stuetzle or Sanderson. Not many in the league are. Maybe 1/2 prospects in the past 15 years has been after being drafted by the Sens.
Norris is great. He's not at a level of Stuetzle or Sanderson. Not many in the league are. Maybe 1/2 prospects in the past 15 years has been after being drafted by the Sens.
Wouldn't be one to do thatMan, I really hope you'll be feeding me a giant helping of crow pie.
Wouldn't be one to do that
Sure, that's fine, opinions are opinions. Think any list not having Sanderson 2nd is off by quite a bit. Norris is great, but he's not a top line prospect, him becoming a top line guy would be exceeding his expectations.If we are talking currently then definitely Norris is up there, I actually voted for him. My top 5 is as follows:
1. Stützle
2. Jorris
3. Sanderson
4. Batherosn
5. Brannstrom
Mrs. Nyquil must like thatI'll be asking you to.
I'm a masochist.
Sure, that's fine, opinions are opinions. Think any list not having Sanderson 2nd is off by quite a bit. Norris is great, but he's not a top line prospect, him becoming a top line guy would be exceeding his expectations.
If anyone wouldn't have traded Norris for the 5th, not sure what to say
What tips the scale for me is that Norris has proven he can play at the pro level---and play really well. Sanderson has had only a few months where he really elevated his game to become top of the class of 2020. He is definitely worthy of a top 5 pick, but right now I have personally not seen enough of him to place him above Norris.
Same goes for Stutzle but he is just on another level and I am so happy we drafted him (also he played against men).
Not going to try and change anyone's mind, all good to me.What tips the scale for me is that Norris has proven he can play at the pro level---and play really well. Sanderson has had only a few months where he really elevated his game to become top of the class of 2020. He is definitely worthy of a top 5 pick, but right now I have personally not seen enough of him to place him above Norris.
Same goes for Stutzle but he is just on another level and I am so happy we drafted him (also he played against men).
Not going to try and change anyone's mind, all good to me.
Two completely different level prospects in my mind
Sanderson is closer to Stuetzle than the #3 in the Sens prospects group imo, and quite easily
Not going to try and change anyone's mind, all good to me.
Two completely different level prospects in my mind
Sanderson is closer to Stuetzle than the #3 in the Sens prospects group imo, and quite easily
Jokke Nevalainen said:A reliable two-way defenseman who will hit and block shots. Not the most talented offensive player but should be able to jump right in to the NHL in 2020-2021.
I get you. And you've been very high on Sanderson the whole time so it's not unexpected.
I'm sure I'm not in the majority but a guy who has dominated men in the AHL for 2 years like Batherson is closer to a sure thing right now. His upside is still really high too.
I'm sure Sanderson has more value league-wide value but to me Batherson has a better chance at reaching an equally high ceiling so I'm going with him.
I think its just people are voting on different criteria.
Some people are voting on better prospect in terms of pedigree and future projection.(Sanderson)
Vs
Better player/prospect at this point in time. (Batherson/Norris)
Obviously the Bathersons and Norris will be better right now with proven successful pro experience under their belt.
I get that. But what I'm saying is that I think, personally, that Batherson's ceiling is just as high as Sanderson's. And he's closer to fulfilling it than Sanderson due to having proven himself at the AHL level, and then some.
Just my take. While I'm OK with the Sanderson pick I would be ranking players like Raymond or Drysdale above Batherson due to higher ceilings (as I see them).
A lot of people including myself see Sandersons upmost ceiling if everything goes right as Number 1 defenseman potential. I don't think you can get much higher than that unless you think Norris is Number 1 centre material and Batherson is a winger so he is less valuable.
And 217 times last year!That's some very high praise for a guy that was just passed on by all NHL teams 60 times 2 days ago.
Does anyone think Norris' value has went up so high that any single team would trade the 5th overall pick or better for him?
I think the answer is easily no, which is why I think the answer is easily Sanderson here.
It's not that batherson or Norris aren't great prospects, they just aren't in Sanderson's class, as of current value.
I think I’d prefer Norris over Rossi who was considered by some to be a top 5 pick. It at least puts in in the conversation. Same goes for Quinn.