The upside of Lucas Raymond

[MrOT]

How high do you think he projects?

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[The Moose is Loose]

I personally think he's underwhelming but I haven't watched him enough to truly know

 

[Taluss]

Solid 1st liner. Borderline superstar. I was really hoping he’d drop to Ott but I’m kinda happy Det took him cuz I have a feeling that Sens still would’ve taken Sanderson and I’d still be annoyed as hell.

 

[hamzarocks]

Upside is around a top 7 winger.

I'd say that an elite player but not quite a superstar level

 

[yzerman]

Daniel Alfredsson is his upside

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Daniel Alfredsson is his upside

Came here to post exactly this.

 

[Pavels Dog]

Daniel Alfredsson is his upside

Pretty much.

I've watched him a lot this year and what impresses me the most is his work ethic and fundamentals. Defensively sound, forechecks and backchecks hard, often takes the "center assignments", i.e. being deep in the defensive zone or covering for a D that pinches.
For an 18 year old winger that's very impressive.

He doesn't cheat to create offense and doesn't force offensive plays a lot. I could see him being someone that "only" scores 50-70 points some seasons but fans deem more valuable than just point production indicates.

 

[bert]

Daniel Alfredsson is his upside

So hall of fame level player. Sounds like a few teams are going to regret passing on him if he reaches his potential.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

It's very high. Definitely has superstar upside, I just wouldn't say he's definitely going to get there.

 

[SotasicA]

Better than Mason Raymond.

 

[Sun God Nika]

I think its a regular all star. Closer to superstar than odd all star appearance since we going with upside.

This guy is a gamer. Johnny Guadreau with a bit more size.

 

[Fatass]

His ceiling is very high. That’s why he was selected so high. I see his floor as a second line, 60 point winger.

 

[SotasicA]

His ceiling is very high. That’s why he was selected so high. I see his floor as a second line, 60 point winger.

Ceiling is high, but Paajarvi is his floor.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Upside is around a top 7 winger.

I'd say that an elite player but not quite a superstar level

I agree with this. I voted superstar though because that’s the closest option to this.

 

[newfy]

He does a lot of the little things right already for a young guy and has some serious offensive upside. Hard to project without seeing who his center might be.

But I do think him feeding Zadina for along time on the PP could end up with a lot of pucks in the net

 

[MrOT]

I think he buys himself time in a Petterssonesque way. Not quite as well but there is a similarity.

 

[Our Lady Peace]

He does so many things right with and without the puck. His offensive talent is sky high IMO, can attack the middle of the ice with his head up so well. He controls and distributes the puck at a very high end level so I voted superstar. I really think he becomes the 2nd best player in this draft after Lafreniere.

 

[Ben White]

Marner with a better shot, top 5 player in the league I’d say is his ceiling

 

[HyPnOtiK]

Daniel Alfredsson is his upside

Ummmm that's a pretty damn high upside, I don't see it.

 

[MrOT]

Ummmm that's a pretty damn high upside, I don't see it.

His upside is definately that high. Remains to see if he can reach that though.

 

[Erik Alfredsson]

Pretty much.

I've watched him a lot this year and what impresses me the most is his work ethic and fundamentals. Defensively sound, forechecks and backchecks hard, often takes the "center assignments", i.e. being deep in the defensive zone or covering for a D that pinches.
For an 18 year old winger that's very impressive.

He doesn't cheat to create offense and doesn't force offensive plays a lot. I could see him being someone that "only" scores 50-70 points some seasons but fans deem more valuable than just point production indicates.

Alfredsson has a few 80+ point seasons and an 100+ point season, if Raymond's upside is Daniel Alfredsson then he'd have to put up a lot more than 50 points a season. Alfredsson was the 3rd highest scoring player of the 2000s, so that's a pretty high offensive upside to project to.

 

[93LEAFS]

His upside is clearly a superstar 1st line winger. I don't think it's the most likely outcome, but you rarely get drafted 4th overall without that type of upside.