FlameChampion
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- Jul 13, 2011
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Genuinely curious why people want Reichel over Mercer, Zary, or Holloway.
I just like him because he smart and has really good instincts. Hes in the right place at the right time. He scores a lot of goals tipping pucks, garbage goals, arriving at soft spots in coverage at the right time and he actually has a pretty good shot too. He seems like hes pretty good on the boards too because he reads the play and knows where to be before it happens. He wins his fair share of battles even though hes physically immature. I think he has a lot of upside too because he has quite a bit more room to grow. I basically like him because I think he would mesh well with McDavid in particular (but who knows for sure really) and probably Draisaitl as well.
Mercer, Zary and Holloway are too vanilla for me personally. They might be good players but I dont think the upside is there. I just see Reichel as a guy with a higher floor and a higher ceiling personally. I think it might take him a bit longer to hit that ceiling though. The drawback to Reichel for me is that I dont think hes a great playmaker and hes more of a complimentary player (a multifaceted one), but I think on the Oilers with McDavid/Draisaitl down the middle, thats fine. I dont really see Mercer, Zary and Holloway as line drivers/dynamic either. I see Quinn/Jarvis as more dynamic so thats why I would pick them if they were there over someone like Reichel.