le_sean
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Clearly he’s in their long term plans after that pick.
I guess the hope is for Florian to be a Pezzetta that can actually fight.
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I guess the hope is for Florian to be a Pezzetta that can actually fight.
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The way I look at is we have 98% of being right to be mad also if your picking ramdom guy in the 4th that isn’t on the radar and passing guy that could have been 2nd rounder you are increasing these odds of being wrong
Thing is, you always leave them 5 years to prove themselves right? So the turnaround is sloooowwwwwww. They didn’t clean house two years ago so you need to wait it out, again.
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read somewhere (le journal I think) that Habs drafted Wifi's brother? Is he just a good throwing haymakers?
I don’t blame Kent as much as I do Gorton, his Rangers were crap and Bobrov has never been good. We were all worried but cautiously optimistic when they hired him and he’s proving why we should’ve been worried
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Our last two draft got us
Slafkovsky, (Dach can we count him?), Reinbacher, Hutson, Beck.
I would say the jury is still out on this one but
Top 6 power forward
Top 6 C
Top pair RD
Top offensive D
Top middle six, defensive C.
Seems like quite the haul mate. Slafkovksy, Dach, Hutson and Reinbacher also still have a chance to become superstar assuming a surge in their development.
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I'm not mad at all. Taking crap shots in the later rounds is the way to go.
He can grind, he plays hard, can skate a bit, just expect 4th line upside max, if everything goes well, and it should be fine.
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I think we need to look at Newhook as a part of this draft since they gave two picks for him.
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2023 draft is one of the most deepest in years. Feel extremely disappointed with our 4 picks so far.
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Likely gambling on a development curve similar to his brother. I haven't seen much of him, but what I hear is that he's got some jam and could project into the bottom-6 as a grinder. Character guy.
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I’m at a loss. Did they have intel that Bogdan wouldn’t have made it much further? Maybe they view it as a diamond in the rough, but you couldn’t wait until the 5th or 6th.
And Florian…cool story. But the 4th round, really?
And Florian…cool story. But the 4th round, really?
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In a league that has less and less fights every year…
I don't get it, you dismiss picks arguing about hit rates but also preaching about unproven prospects as if drafting is worth it. Can't have it both ways.
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From McKeen's, posted 9 days ago :
Viktor Fomich (Russian Scout)
Bogdan Konyushkov - Defense - Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)
When a player is undrafted a couple of times already and is in his last year of draft eligibility, it takes something special for him to finally get noticed. If we look at the basic stat line it looks good, but not too special for defenseman Bogdan Konyushkov, which is likely the reason there isn’t much mainstream talk about him outside of Russia, yet even just pure stats can be more interesting if we look at those closer and at the right angle. First thing that stands out in case of Konyushkov is that despite his age he made his KHL debut just this season and actually led his KHL team in average ice time, as his cerebral game on both ends convinced coach Igor Larionov to immediately give him an opportunity for a leading role on the team. And if we look at advanced stats, those are telling that this trust paid off really well, as Konyushkov is among the league’s leaders in both completed pass amount and percentage, as well as in the puck battle win percentage — quite a debut season I’d say. As a bonus Konyushkov is right handed, just in case if everything described above isn’t convincing enough yet about him potentially being a very intriguing prospect for the coming draft.
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You mean you don't like having our only drafted forward in 4 rounds in one of the best forward drafts in recent memory be Florian Xhekaj?
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We will see how he fares with us but we potentially have six core players in two draft and four of them have legit superstar upside. (Slafkovsky, Dach, Hutson, Reinbacher + Newhook + Beck)
Way better than michkov, wright, gulyayev, gauthier, nazar/romanov,
Hopefully he's a late bloomer like Arber and can play.
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