LovestheO said:Seventh, he's a smurf and all smurfs go the college route. The best US player in the past few years is Bobby Ryan. He chose the OHL because he could.
nomorekids said:2. Bobby Ryan is good, but he's not the best in the past few years.
LovestheO said:Seventh, he's a smurf and all smurfs go the college route. The best US player in the past few years is Bobby Ryan. He chose the OHL because he could.
GagneOwnsYou said:Woah..he's not?
nomorekids said:I'm going to reserve that call until we see if he's better than the O'Sullivans, Schremps and Parises...and it's a little early to be calling him better than Kessel, as well.
No way would he rip up the OHL, not to be critical, but the minute you take off the full shield, I guarantee his game changes. If you have seen him play, he is indeed fast and skilled, not NEARLY in Crosby's league, but you will notice a tendency to stay away from certain "situations" on ice. In fact, even in the WJ he scored 3 against a weak Swedish team then disappeared against Russia, Belarus and the Czechs. I am not critizing, just pointing out he is not in the league of Crosby, Brule, Bobby Ryan, Peter Mueller.orangeandblack said:kessel would rip up the ohl, last year he would have bettered osullivans 90 point rookie season, and would score over 100 points this year, even on a last place team like saginaw. if he was playing in the chl this year hed be alot more hyped with the canadian hockey media, and the gap btwn him and crosby would be very small. either way, ncaa will still benefit him bc he is still playing college hockey a year before his draft year against bigger and more mature opponents then in the ohl, where most ncaa players will have already been drafted before their freshman season
Hab Fan said:No way would he rip up the OHL, not to be critical, but the minute you take off the full shield, I guarantee his game changes. If you have seen him play, he is indeed fast and skilled, not NEARLY in Crosby's league, but you will notice a tendency to stay away from certain "situations" on ice. In fact, even in the WJ he scored 3 against a weak Swedish team then disappeared against Russia, Belarus and the Czechs. I am not critizing, just pointing out he is not in the league of Crosby, Brule, Bobby Ryan, Peter Mueller.
Sorry you are so defensive, but, nevertheless, I have seen him play for 3 years at least. I have been followinf Shattuck and Johnson, Hirsh, Parise etc. and have seen him play with the USNTDP many teams last and this year. No, I'm not an expert, just voicing an opinion. I do know this, EVERY time I saw a game get physical and sometimes nasty, he was no where to be found. Take it any way you want, it was always with his own age group.nomorekids said:You realize he's barely 17, and you've only seen him play about 3 or 4 times?
That's a pretty big statement to make with a limited exposure. I only saw Crosby in one WJC game...the championship vs USA last year, and he was invisible.
He totally sucks.
See how that logic doesn't work?
Hab Fan said:Sorry you are so defensive, but, nevertheless, I have seen him play for 3 years at least. I have been followinf Shattuck and Johnson, Hirsh, Parise etc. and have seen him play with the USNTDP many teams last and this year. No, I'm not an expert, just voicing an opinion. I do know this, EVERY time I saw a game get physical and sometimes nasty, he was no where to be found. Take it any way you want, it was always with his own age group.
Hab Fan said:Sorry you are so defensive, but, nevertheless, I have seen him play for 3 years at least. I have been followinf Shattuck and Johnson, Hirsh, Parise etc. and have seen him play with the USNTDP many teams last and this year. No, I'm not an expert, just voicing an opinion. I do know this, EVERY time I saw a game get physical and sometimes nasty, he was no where to be found. Take it any way you want, it was always with his own age group.