Prospect Info: [2024 - 21st] Michael Hage, Chicago Steel (USHL), Committed to U of Michigan

[WeThreeKings]

Arizona State tonight and tomorrow!

Ah so not one of the top programs, should be able to find some more offense.

 

[montreal]

Ah so not one of the top programs, should be able to find some more offense.

they are coming off likely their best season and have now moved to the NCHC starting this season. When the Habs re-hired Albie O'Connell a lot was made about how ASU will take a hit since he was in charge of bringing in the players that got them much improved. I haven't looked at their roster yet so we'll see as I don't know who they lost vs incoming.

 

[Mrb1p]

So PPG or bust. Got it. Expectations = set.

Honestly he's so good that i'll be disappointed if hes under a ppg. Cutter Gauthier, McGroarty, Brindley, etc all were PPG or above. He can do it too.

 

[red devil]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1844845430846173520

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

You now remember Michaël Bournival

Patrick Poulin, Rene Bourque, Oleg Petrov, Josh Anderson, Nathan Beaulieu, Jozef Balej, Gregor Baumgartner, Jesse Ylonen, Mattias Norlinder, Danny Kristo, Mac Bennett, Jacob De La Rose, Will Bitten..........

All great skaters with below average to poor hockey IQ's with varying degrees of success but mostly busts and failures.

Combine IQ, character/work ethic and puck skills and you have a guaranteed NHLer provided that they are not tiny. These are the three most important traits and there are zero elite NHLers without the combination of both IQ and puck skill. Size, speed and strength are all nice bonus traits that can help propel a player that has the most important traits but none of these three are necessary traits that make up a super star hockey player.

When people make grandiose statements about speed as though it is the most important trait it is very telling about how little they actually know about scouting.