Again, he still performed like a 1stOV should, but we were expecting him to dominate, which he didn't. But except McJesus and Tavares who dominated as a 17yo in the OHL ? Not Stankos, not Seguin, not Hall... There was Kane, but he played on a stacked team and was a late birth...
Read some scouting reports but at this point it's a crap shoot and I think the safe pick is Wright.
I don't envy them because drafting #1 puts a whole lot more pressure on them.
Shit can happen. That is why I was against tanking and-or winning 1st overall. Even then, people whould had freaked out if Habs would had drafted 2nd, 3rd or even 4th. Drafting 4th or 5th or 6th would had been the easiest spot. You take what's left. Beyond the top 6 players, there is a pretty significant gap.
That's pretty much my thought process. If they're not taking Shane Wright... Unless they have Slaf SO FAR ahead (which would be dumb because the Top 4 are really close), trade for #3, or even #4 and settle for Nemec at worst.
I don't know for sure that I want Slaf over Wright. All I'm saying is that if management really thinks he has the high ceiling and is worthy of the 1OA pick, then they should not be planning to send him back to Junior to play against children and teenagers. Conversely, anyone who thinks playing Junior is where he should be next year should not want to draft him at 1OA.
1.5 ppg is not really much of a down year.
Especially when his coach made him start the year with rookies and made him look after them defensively.
They would never trade down more then one spot. Wright sounds pretty close to the consensus number 1 and there’s no reason for us not to make that pick, but if he’s not their guy, that means somebody else is and they aren’t going to leave it to chance on whose left.
Scouts get paid to watch these kids, and they can still swing and miss.
What’s interesting in all this; Hughes used to prep the prospects for these combine interviews during his agent career, wonder how much insight that provides now sitting on the opposite side of the table and reading which responses are staged vs sincere.
Scouts do it for a job, guys on here have fun with it and try and outsmart the scouts. Can it happen absolutely, but I will go with the pro's.
Very interesting indeed.......................kids naturally would be nervous, but some can carry themselves well anyhow.
Unless it involved PLD from the Jets?? Wink wink................
Mike Komisarek & David Fischer apparently aced their combine interviews, some are just good at prepping for canned responses & have excellent believable delivery
Or everyone thinks they are checking out Slaf and they are really looking at Nemec.
Kingston going to lose 5-6 veterans. A Wright trade will help Kingston rebuild.
