Why? Because you can't see the obvious bias Team Canada has for players that decide to not go to the CHL ? Sacha Boisvert, Michael Hage, Letourneau, Perron, Castagna and Mustard are somehow some of the only top 100 picks eligible to NOT be invited. Hage, Perron and Boisvert are all good enough, if not flat out better than a lot of the names on the list.
Hell I wouldn't have passed on Buium for anyone not named Macklin or Ivan
I view alleged biases with the same skepticism as I do with respect to most conspiracy theories. Luchenko's pedigree includes playing for Canada, and excelling, in best on best competitions like the U17 and U18 world tournaments. Hage, on the other hand, has not. Both are fine prospects. But to suggest Luchenko was a reach where drafted by the Flyers, is simply off-base.
Hage was the 2nd best player in the last best on best tournament he took part in, Luchanko finished 41st in scoring of that tourney.
But so did eleven other teams.
I can't believe he fell that much, there might be something off-ice we don't know about there.
It's akin to saying we don't need Demidov because we have Caufield, Joshua Roy and Filip Mesar. Brière is a bad GM and anyone that uses his decisions as an argument should be ashamed. The only reason he might find success is because he lucked out heavily on Michkov.
Good call on the comparison. The sentiment is shared by some who’ve been working with him over the last few years.
And that is a reason to believe Michkov may not be a top line forward.
I agree the cupboard is starting to fill up and it’s starting to show in the lineup. That did, one type of forward I feel we are missing is a winger who plays with an edge. Looking at Spence this year personally if we draft in the 8-12 range. We have size and skill getting added, but that guy with size that will have an extra gear come
I don’t know how the draft is going to shake out nor the trade market, but we’ll need to add an RD of importance, soon. We have DR and Mailloux coming soon but they are a good 4 years away from the start of their prime.
With Matheson nd Savard already taking two spots on the back end I struggle seeing us adding another RD from outside the organization. I see DR-Mailloux-Engstrom on the RD with Struble as a 7D. Reinbacher and Mailloux may be. A little out of their prime but so is most of our D corps. I feel we will see a big jump by the end of this year. Give the kids a year in Lavl nd they’ll make the jump
I mean you can believe the ocean doesn't exist it you live in Ohio too, you'd be pretty dumb to believe this but go off.
It's another indication. Hughes didn't want him and a likely incompetent GM Briere did. Hughes may be putting too much emphasis on character, coachability etc. We will find out in the next few years.
