Prospect Info: The all-encompassing WJC talk thread
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duul
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Bouchard has been complete garbage this tournament while Boqvist, Hughes, Dobson, and Smith all look very good.
Look like we missed out on another one. Just shy of great players, and choosing a lame duck over a few others. Typical. Yamamoto is going the same way too. Sick joke.
Look like we missed out on another one. Just shy of great players, and choosing a lame duck over a few others. Typical. Yamamoto is going the same way too. Sick joke.
duul
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For what? Bouchard has been benched two games in a row now and looks horrific. Being brutally outplayed by Smith and Dobson, both players who were available for us. Boqvist and Hughes both look dynamic in all their WJC games so far.
Yet our player is lagging behind once again. Just like Yakupov, Puljujarvi, and Yamamoto. Worst drafting team in the league AINEC.
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I don't think he's separated himself.....which is unfortunate....but maybe expected.
Senor Catface
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Benched? He played almost the last two minutes of last game. That’s not a player being benched..
May as well just trade him then since the wjc is so well known for determining players NHL success right?
I'm not a fan of the oilers scouting, development, or really anything right now, but not a single one of those picks you mentioned was a bad pick at the time it was made.
Picking anyone but yak or JP would have incited riots for going off the board. Yam was picked right where he should have been, and Bouchard is doing just fine for a number 10 pick. He was playing unreal leading up to the wjc since going back, I guess we should all just forget that because he's had a rough few games this tournament?
If you complain about anything it should be the development, cause 90% of the teams in the NHL would have made those exact picks.
But of course the fans who watch these prospects play less than 10 games a year are a way better judge of talent than the scouts right? Sheesh
So because he's having a rough go a few games in this tournament, despite being amazing leading up to this tournament, we missed out on another pick?
My God.. how can you guys draw conclusions like this when the entirety of your opinion comes from what they've done in the past week ..
Bouchard has had a rough tournament I'll admit that but doesn't mean he was the wrong pick. He has been dominate in the OHL this year.
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Shit the world juniors are basically the only reason Puljujarvi was drafted 4th and not 40th.
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oXo Cube
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Yep he was pretty unreal no question about it.
Just goes to show that even the professionals can be fooled by simple sample size.
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duul
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That's not the point. The point is Aho and Laine are both far better players than him. Do we drool on ourselves and say Chiasson is better than RNH for putting up 2 more goals this year?
Senor Catface
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It's a moot point.
We're talking about a tournament that was 3 years ago, not how the players are now. You said Jesse was carried in that tournament, which is false. He was very good in it. He outscored the other two players by a significant margin over 7 games.
It's about more than points, it's about being able to see the future like the posters bitching about the JP pick clearly can.
Seriously, imagine how pissed these posters would be if we picked Aho.
oXo Cube
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Considering Aho is from the 2015 class, probably pretty pissed.
My mistake, I'm sure you got what I meant though. Every year there are players who outplay and underplay compared to where they were drafted. Outside of being able to see the future, nobody can predict what a player will do next year for certain.
I'm so tired of people pretending they're smarter than the scouts because they can look at the draft 3 years later and call someone a bust.
on another note, does tsn always say their games are going to start 1/2 hour before they do?
I haven't tuned in for the wjc in a while, but I rushed to get all my post new years crap done today, only to watch a pre game show for a half an hour.
I haven't tuned in for the wjc in a while, but I rushed to get all my post new years crap done today, only to watch a pre game show for a half an hour.
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People are pining for Ty Smith? He was considered the worst case scenario by most of HFOil entering the draft. One of Boqvist, Bouchard, Dobson, or Hughes was the desire, and everyone was elated when two of them fell to 10th.
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