What happened to Zemgus Girgensons?

[BruinsBtn]

To be fair, it was a horrible draft.

 

[ek93]

He's great on Eichel's wing. Too bad our idiot coach is the only one who doesn't notice.

 

[ElysiumAB]

This video makes me feel like I just did hardcore narcotics in the Russian wilderness.

 

[Mickey Marner]

I still think he has Grabovski upside. Probably not going to reach in with the Sabres though.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

i remember when after the draft analysts were saying Buffalo killed it by getting Grigorenko and Zemgus in the 1st round.

 

[crazyliver]

No. 18 by NHL’s Central Scouting, No. 24 ISS, No. 19 Red Line Report, No. 15 McKeen’s Hockey

Found his scouting listings.

 

[JetsUK]

Essentially another version of Marko Dano. Hot start ... then nothing.

Yep -- and Dano with another top hockey name. Maybe it's time for scouts and analytic staff alike to start paying more attention to these player-name intangibles? Gotta sweat the details if u want to succeed.

 

[Kale Hulls]

i remember when after the draft analysts were saying Buffalo killed it by getting Grigorenko and Zemgus in the 1st round.

Nothing gets me more upset than this kind of generic, vague, and now that some time has passed, wrong kind of analysis that happens within the hour of last draft pick or sometimes even sooner.

 

[schnapshot]

Nothing gets me more upset than this kind of generic, vague, and now that some time has passed, wrong kind of analysis that happens within the hour of last draft pick or sometimes even sooner.

What I hate the most is these "safe" picks like Girgensons where you know a player will probably be an NHL player, albeit surely a bottom 6 one. Phillip Danault was that type of pick as well but ended up panning out. It's just so easy to find bottom 6 players via trade or signing, why would you draft one in the first round?

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Peaked too soon.

 

[Aladyyn]

Dan Bylsma broke him. Housley has been continuing the trend. At this point the guy has 0 confidence.

 

[tony d]

Never understood the hype around him either. Looks like he reverted back to what I expected he would be.

 

[haveandare]

He turned into Gretzky every time he played the Rangers if I remember right

 

[Chainshot]

Dan Bylsma broke him. Housley has been continuing the trend. At this point the guy has 0 confidence.

Signs of life in the last few games, doing the sort of things he can do to win. He ate the dasher to make a play on the Rodrigues goal in St. Louis, then went to the net for the screen. He did the same thing on the Okposo goal last night. Just getting him going up and down the wing in a straight line with well-defined expectations seems to make him click.

 

[Chainshot]

Played for Dubuque in the USHL.

Maybe he would have benefited from a few seasons in the NCCA instead of jumping straight to the AHL à la Nylander.

Regier mishandled the situation too -- Kelowna held Girgensons WHL rights and he had committed to Vermont. There was a break between Gus and the Kelowna coach at the time due to some comments about where he was going to play. Regier, rather than work to either patch things up in Kelowna or get his player to another organization in the 'dub decided to sign him and put him in the AHL. Who knows if it stunted his offensive development any, I lean toward the school of thought that it did.

He then benefited from being one of the few able-bodied players in the Rolston-Nolan years and has since slipped further down the lineup. As a mid-6 winger, he's got some potential, but he's not a top line guy unless functioning as a glue player in the puck-retrieval/defensive hound for more offensively minded guys.

 

[Thorton02]

i remember when after the draft analysts were saying Buffalo killed it by getting Grigorenko and Zemgus in the 1st round.

Without the benefit of hindsight, they were both great picks considering where they were taken.

As far as Grigs, his game is very immature and would have benefited from a year or two in the AHL. Add to it that he played his first year under Ted Nolan who didn't preach fundamentals at all, just effort.

 

[57special]

Trade him to LVK and he'll be in the top 20 in scoring in no time.