Anyone have any thoughts on Jack Bar and Vincent Iorio---not really familiar with either of them and heard some decent things----2nd round material?
I'm not that big on Bar. Drafting pure SAH defensemen is always a huge risk, although at least you get the benefit with Bar of four years of college. I like my SAH guys to be able to push the puck not only from the defensive end but through center ice and I didn't see much in the way of those instincts with Bar. Also the Chicago Steel is a terrible place to learn translatable SAH skills, especially for someone jumping from Canadian high school, so there are some pretty big questions about how he will translate with a big jump to the next level. TBH I think he's gonna be a guy like Michael Paliotta where he's drafted mid rounds, plays all four years at college, is the subject of much ballyhoo when he's a free agent, then doesn't do all too much.
Iorio is a much better puck mover and distributor, which I find to be a valuable skill in that style of defenseman. His acceleration isn't where I'd want to it be, but he carries some weight and might be able to get more explosiveness if he leans down a bit. That said, unlike Bar, Iorio worries me a bit as far as his ability to pounce on pucks and force turnovers. While his positioning was sound, he wasn't able to use his size the way that I would to see. He's one of those guys who makes you go hmm, because you can easily see how he hits or how he flops.
Neither are my guy with our 2nd rounder. If we acquire a late 2nd, I can see Iorio. Bar's OK starting maybe late 3rd for me.
