finally someone who gets it
my whole point was the only reason the andrew ladd is going to get drafted so high is because he has the hype machine going. Many guys at the start of this thread all had Ladd going in the top ten, my question was, "have any of you guys actually seen Ladd play?". In point of fact none of them had, not even in all star or prospect games. The only reason they had him so high was because all they read is what other people write and they just copy it. Damn, everyone says that Daigle is a surefire NHLer, he must go number one!!
Even this Ovechkin kid - who by all reports is the second coming of Jesus Chrst - how many of you guys have ACTUALLY seen him play? I'm a huge fan of junior hockey and I've only seen him on TV during the world juniors, hardly the best showcase for consistency. One good tourney and you're bound to go high - just look at Fleury and now Montoya.
Andrew Ladd will not make it in the NHL - in my opinion. I hope he does because I like the guys attitude, but I really just don't see anything that would lead me to believe he's any better than a guy like Kris Beech. Playing on a line with Ryan Getzlaf has unquestionably balooned his stats quite a bit.
Now if I'm wrong, I'll be the first to admit it. But I think I just might have something here. How many of you guys have ACTUALLY seen him play? Hell how many of you guys even know the number on the back of his jersey without looking it up? How many people here have heard of O'Malley? My point exactly.