BinCookin
Registered User
Why is everyone trying to take a guess what he will produce right now with only like 25 games played?
If you where gonna guess at his potential it is much better to wait 1-2 years into his nhl career. Taking a guess now doesn't mean anything until he has played in the league long enough to fully become accostumed to it.
Kinda just like how everyone is in love with mantha's production and thinks he will be a nhl superstar because he is 19 or so and 6'4'' 210 lbs playing against 16-20 year olds. No one has any ****ing idea how his game will translate to pro leagues and our just crapping out of there mouths hoping that if enough **** gets thrown something hits and sticks to the wall.
I agree that our fellow HFBoards posters really like Mantha.
As per always… most look to Mantha as a sure thing superstar.
This is far from the truth why?
1) 6'4'' in a league of kids… he should put up better than regular numbers… lets see him do this in the AHL let alone the NHL.
2) QMJHL notoriously has high scoring players. Really big numbers are normal in this league. Mantha is on top, but look at the other names after him, there are at least 20 players with more than a PPG game. Mantha is at 2PPG (73pts in 32 GP). Thats all nice, but if you look at history of QMJHL there are a heck of a lot of goals in this league.. maybe the nets are bigger or no one plays defence. I don't know. That being said. He is producing similarly to Jonathon Druin which is a great thing.
I try to temper my expectations.
It is nice to get a goal scorer, and a big winger as opposed to our standard <6' player. Lets hope he makes the NHL. AFTER he plays 20 games in the NHL. Then I reserve the right to get really excited about him. Right now Mantha is at LEAST 2 years away from even coming to camp i think.