Dr Jan Itor
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Yes if it's a Arvidsson, Marchand, or Geadreau. No if it's a Schroeder or Ennis.
And therein lies the rub; because you don't know if it's an Arvidsson vs. Schroeder until you give it chance.
Yes if it's a Arvidsson, Marchand, or Geadreau. No if it's a Schroeder or Ennis.
And therein lies the rub; because you don't know if it's an Arvidsson vs. Schroeder until you give it chance.
I just think the Wild already have too many of these give a chance and see what happens guys in the system: Kloos, Anas, Rau, Shaw, Ladonia, Salituro, Swaney. Even Kaprizov is a shorter player, but he has some bulk to go with it.
I haven't been a fan of Spooner (same size as Granny). He's a PP specialist to me, with no defensive game at all.
Anas and Kloos didn't cost us anything. Shaw, Lodnia, Swaney and Kaprizov are late round flyers (the exact kind of guys you want to take flyers on and hope one of them hits, and it looks like as of now at least one has).
It's just perplexing to me to put a height and weight limit on players when all kinds are scattered throughout the league. Is Shaw a Gaudreau 2.0? Probably not, but could he be? Yeah, it's possible.
If you want to take a flyer on small players that's fine, but MN has been gone too heavy in that direction the last few drafts/FA (prospect) signings. They also need to be looking for the next Benn.
Well, people get equally as mad when Lucia, Bussieres, Gabriel and Duhaime are picked and don’t turn out.
To be clear, not criticizing Mason Shaw here. He's a smaller guy who put up 90+ points in his draft year. I'm questioning replacing Tyler Ennis, a first-round pick who has had a decent, if abbreviated, NHL career despite a smaller frame with Sam Anas, who people seem to like without ever having seen him. He's a tweener and I'm glad he's in the system and he's no Tyler Ennis.
Well, people get equally as mad when Lucia, Bussieres, Gabriel and Duhaime are picked and don’t turn out.
Those were higher picks (3rd round and higher) than I'd like to see a GM taking a flyer on, and IIRC they were all reaches that draft year.
There were players I liked better than Shaw for this pick: Strome, Virtanen, Reedy, Toropchenko.
Duhaime was a 4th rounder, but I see your point if we're talking about "flyer" guys.
I don't know. I just highest upside, whatever that may mean.
Oh, so you've seen him extensively?
Oh god.. That bad?That's a textbook tweener, not a better player than Tyler Ennis by any stretch of the imagination
Oh god.. That bad?
This is 25 year old AHLer Sam Anas, who came up earlier for some reason. Not promising prospect Mason Shaw, whose thread this is.
We've wandered all over the place in the thread the last couple of days. I'll take the some of the blame for that.
Oh, in that case nvm then.This is 25 year old AHLer Sam Anas, who came up earlier for some reason. Not promising prospect Mason Shaw, whose thread this is.
Oh, in that case nvm then.
This was somewhat prophetic. Well done.A big kid in high school putting up numbers against pre-pubescents is worth a huge grain of salt, not two draft picks.
A guy in the QMJHL who is considered a long-term project to grind at best is not a good 2nd round pick.
A guy who is a re-entry with little offensive skill in the OHL is not a good 3rd round pick.
Duhaime looks decent, has four years to develop, and that is a reasonable use of a 4th round pick.