Habnot
Registered User
Runner77 - "How "serious" might a random sampling of these posters be? And, they're not all saying he'll bust, but safe to say there are quite a few who claimed he would and the rest wouldn't exclude it."
There's a difference between calling someone a bust and saying there's a bust factor (or probability he could bust). My comment was made after a game (against Kingston I believe) in which McCarron looked really bad. It was in response to one of Grant's early statement about McCarron when he said there was no bust factor with McCarron. To which I responded at that time that there's quite obviously a bust factor with every player and more importantly with players selected lower than 2 or 3 overall. Saying there was no risk McCarron could bust was a bit too optimistic I thought. After his season in the OHL I thought the chances the greater he could bust but I never he was already a bust.
Some here are just interested in proving they are smarter than everyone else, including the Habs brass. How easy to proclaim prospects busts after one year and then hiding behind a statement that every prospect has a bust factor - no *** Sherlock. Even #1 overall picks can sometimes bust or become role players.
What's harder is to show restraint and patience when evaluating progression and always keeping in mind possible NHL role for a said player. I'm sure the Habs did not draft McCarron thinking he would be a first line player - but I am sure that they saw him as a sure fire NHL player that could contribute.
It's a four line game. On good teams the difference between the first line and 4th line could be 4-5 minutes - everyone is needed and the role players are just as significant in playoffs.