Prospect Info: Where would Robertson rank in this draft?

[Wafflewhipper]

Robertson barely qualified for last seasons draft. He is only 1 month older than lets say Lafrenier without thinking i am comparing them other than that. The numbers for Robertson are in no way comparable from last year to this year. It begs the question of where he would slot in at this years draft had he been just a few days younger.

I will be completely transparent in why i am asking help with this. It seems to me he would be the 2nd overall this season but when i look at the Robertson thread most don’t believe he has much of a chance of playing in these playoffs.

I fully believe he will play and he will produce because of the quality of this player. It seems like we need to break it down on this guy because i think many are missing something here.

So where would Leafers rank him in this draft?

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[weems]

Top 10

 

[Wafflewhipper]

He had 55 goals in 46 games which were historical numbers. He had 86 points so almost 2 points per game also.

 

[Brown Dog]

He good.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Top 15

 

[tmlfan98]

Definitely top 10.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Probably top-15, doubtful anybody would use a top-10 pick on him.

 

[Zybalto]

Probably the best way to answer the question is to argue who would go before him.

I'm not schooled enough in this years prospects to know but I'm sure some around here are.

His numbers appear to be insanely good but im also hearing its a strong draft.

 

[SeaOfBlue]

Wherever you have Jack Quinn ranked, put him right above him for sure.

Robertson is 8 days older, 55 goals, 86 points in 46 games on a much weaker overall team. He's 5'9", 161 lbs.

Quinn had had 52 goals, 89 points in 62 games on the OHL's and arguably the CHL's, best team (including Marco Rossi, who had the most points in the CHL). 5'11", 176.

Robertson would be in the mix with Quinn, Dawson Mercer, Dylan Holloway and Seth Jarvis this year. That almost certainly puts him in the top 15, because he could be above all 4 of them, but I don't think he is quite top 10. He could even challenge Lundell, Askarov and Sanderson in terms of skill and upside, but those guys have some positional and size value, so I am not sure I would have him in the top 10 over two of them.

So I would put him in the 9-15 range, and there are some pretty nice players in that range. The top 8 is very nice, 9-15 is probably above average, 16-40ish is about average (good prospects but nothing I would say that is significantly better than a normal draft), after that there are a bunch (possibly as much as 50) good 3rd round prospects, which means that 41-62 is below average, but pretty nice if you have picks in the 3rd round.

 

[kesleaf]

How good is he actually?

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

His season was definitely one of the best. Laf was the only draft eligible CHL player with more primary points per game, and the QMJHL is known as an easier league to produce in. I think he'd go top 10, depending on other factors

 

[7even]

His season --> new draft position --> expectations anchored to "new" draft position

is very crude and roundabout. Just cut out the middle man and compare D+1s.

 

[hamzarocks]

I'd take

Laf
Byfield
Stuzle
Drysdale
Raymond
Rossi
Perfetti

Over him for sure

Guys like lundell/Sanderson/askarov/Holtz/Quinn are in the range where he should be selected. I'd have him in the 9-13 range for this draft.

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

How good is he actually?

yea for sure

 

[SeaOfBlue]

His season --> new draft position --> expectations anchored to "new" draft position

is very crude and roundabout. Just cut out the middle man and compare D+1s.

Well the one good thing is that you can pretty much directly compare him to Jack Quinn, who is only 8 days younger, played in the same league, is pretty much the same size and put up north of 50 goals last year as well.

 

[DopeyFish]

it's mindblowing that we were able to draft nick in the late 2nd round

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Top 15 for sure with an outside chance of getting into the top 10.

 

[Team First]

it's mindblowing that we were able to draft nick in the late 2nd round

Yes, it is. Let's hope their scouts can continue to mine some gems.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

Well i think he would be heavily considered better than top ten but it is perplexing that i am the only one.

 

[Man Bear Pig]

But how good is he, actually?

 

[BoredBrandonPridham]

But how good is he, actually?

yea no for sure man

 

[deletethis]

Robertson was two month's premature too. He'd definitely be top 10 after leading the OHL in scoring while playing only 75% of his team's games. Jack Quinn of Ottawa is rated top 10 with a lesser season and is only 8 days older.

 

[Wafflewhipper]

But how good is he, actually?

Hopefully he can show us in training camp and qualification round i guess. That’s quite the OHL season he just put up compared to these guys in this draft that are his age. He played a complete game apparently on pk,pp and in general all important minutes against the best quality of competition.

Hopefully we get this questioned understood better soon enough bear

 

[kesleaf]

yea for sure

 

[Byron Bitz]

He’d go anywhere from 15-7