LGR4GM Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 (edited) OHL guy who didn't play last year. He is a 6'2" winger with a June birthdate. Edited July 24, 2021 by LGR4GM
IKnowPhysics Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 Saginaw Spirit (OHL) 54GP 6G 8A 14P in '19-'20. OHL didn't play '20-'21 due to COVID.
GASabresIUFAN Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 This is beginning to look like a TM draft.
PerreaultForever Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 Well, finally a little size up front. No idea who he is though.
triumph_communes Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 CHL in late round? Narratives shatatatatataterrdd
Thorner Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 6:38 PM, triumph_communes said: CHL in late round? Narratives shatatatatataterrdd Expand Not drafting a CHL player in 4 straight drafts in rounds 2-7 is not a narrative, it's something that happened that was unique in the NHL during that timeframe. unique by a lot. Frankly refreshing to see both the russian and CHL BIAS finished in this draft. That's the biggest positive I've seen 4
LGR4GM Posted July 24, 2021 Author Report Posted July 24, 2021 Would love to say something about Josh Bloom but he is super young for the draft and didnt play last year. Really hard to say much about the OHL guys.
Norcal Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 6:35 PM, inkman said: Does he punch people in the face? Expand He tries On 7/24/2021 at 6:49 PM, LGR4GM said: Would love to say something about Josh Bloom but he is super young for the draft and didnt play last year. Really hard to say much about the OHL guys. Expand 30th pick in his OHL draft. Compared himself to ..gulp.. Taylor Hall 😕
Thorner Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 6:49 PM, LGR4GM said: Would love to say something about Josh Bloom but he is super young for the draft and didnt play last year. Really hard to say much about the OHL guys. Expand I was really hoping they'd buck that CHL avoidance this year cause in theory it should lead to a chance for a big steal for the reason you just mentioned, right? We are in crapshoot territory anyways so maybe you hit on a guy who would have gone way higher if there was more certainty with the league. of course, he could have gone lower, but like I said these picks are darts anyways.
LGR4GM Posted July 24, 2021 Author Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 6:53 PM, Thorny said: I was really hoping they'd buck that CHL avoidance this year cause in theory it should lead to a chance for a big steal for the reason you just mentioned, right? We are in crapshoot territory anyways so maybe you hit on a guy who would have gone way higher if there was more certainty with the league. of course, he could have gone lower, but like I said these picks are darts anyways. Expand Only thing I found on Bloom was from November of 2019 where his skating was questioned and he needed to play with more pace.
Norcal Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 6:53 PM, Thorny said: I was really hoping they'd buck that CHL avoidance this year cause in theory it should lead to a chance for a big steal for the reason you just mentioned, right? We are in crapshoot territory anyways so maybe you hit on a guy who would have gone way higher if there was more certainty with the league. of course, he could have gone lower, but like I said these picks are darts anyways. Expand Maybe they are taking some dart throws. This draft was considered a crap shoot anyways, shoot your shot. They may feel like they know a guy better than other people do, maybe they have been training with a program familiar to the team or scouts? Avg fans don't know what goes on behind the scenes no matter how much knowledge they have or research they do.
Thorner Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 It's a positive that Adams' words about "players that want to be here" doesn't appear to be lip service, regardless of one's thoughts on the strategy itself. 4 1
dudacek Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 This is about taking a kid who missed a year due to COVID because he was a stud in midget. Similar numbers in the Greater Toronto league to 1st-rounders Zach Dean and Wyatt Johnson, but struggled in his rookie OHL season. Would have had been heavily scouted this year to see is he had progressed. Power forward type who can skate and score from what I gather. 1
Thorner Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 7:33 PM, dudacek said: This is about taking a kid who missed a year due to COVID because he was a stud in midget. Similar numbers in the Greater Toronto league to 1st-rounders Zach Dean and Wyatt Johnson, but struggled in his rookie OHL season. Would have had been heavily scouted this year to see is he had progressed. Power forward type who can skate and score from what I gather. Expand Very prevalent theme...the thinking that something is missing they feel probably only is for incidental/negligible reasons they feel presents the potential for value in the selections
Hoss Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 6:52 PM, Norcal said: He tries 30th pick in his OHL draft. Compared himself to ..gulp.. Taylor Hall 😕 Expand Taylor Hall won a Hart Trophy
Norcal Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 7:44 PM, Hoss said: Taylor Hall won a Hart Trophy Expand Recency bias on my part. He left a bad odor here.
Weave Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 6:32 PM, GASabresIUFAN said: This is beginning to look like a TM draft. Expand I was thinking the same earlier. Very high risk high reward. TM style draft philosophy.
GASabresIUFAN Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 7:50 PM, Weave said: I was thinking the same earlier. Very high risk high reward. TM style draft philosophy. Expand and sadly with likely the same results. Hard to have D and centers in the pipeline if you don't draft any.
inkman Posted July 24, 2021 Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 7:22 PM, LGR4GM said: Expand They failed
LGR4GM Posted July 24, 2021 Author Report Posted July 24, 2021 On 7/24/2021 at 7:54 PM, GASabresIUFAN said: and sadly with likely the same results. Hard to have D and centers in the pipeline if you don't draft any. Expand They have 5 lhd in the system 22 or younger.
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