I don’t mind people sleeping on cutter…. Even if he was in Philly still I think he’d be amongst favorites for Calder.
Wasn’t he a bit of a reach when he went 5th though? I could be misremembering.
A bit. I think he was projected 7-10 or something. So, slightly a reach but that's all. Definitely no Seider, for example.
| McTavish | 2023-24 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game Set | Date | Games | G | A | Pts | pts/G | +/- | PIMs | PIM/GP | Comment | |
| Total | Schedule | 64 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 0.66 | -23 | 86 | 1.34 | ||
| 1 to 20 | Oct 14 - Nov 24 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 1.05 | -2 | 26 | 1.30 | Vatrano-Mac-Strome  | |
| 21 to 24 | Nov 26 - Dec 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -7 | 4 | 1.00 | Played through injury | |
| Injured | Dec 3 - Dec 20 | missed 7 games | |||||||||
| 24 to 43 | Dec 21 - Jan 31 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0.53 | -8 | 32 | 1.68 | ||
| Injured | Feb 1 - Feb 12 | All-star break, missed 1 game | |||||||||
| 44 to 52 | Feb 13 - Mar 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.00 | 0 | 12 | 1.33 | Vatrano-Mac-Terry(6)/Leason(3) | |
| Injured | Mar 2 - Mar 7 | missed 2 games | |||||||||
| 53 to 56 | Mar 8 - Mar 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | -3 | 6 | 1.50 | ||
| injured | Mar 15 - Mar18 | missed 2 games | |||||||||
| 57 to 64 | Mar 19 - Apr 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.25 | -3 | 6 | 0.75 | ||
| injured | Apr 5 - Apr 18 | missed 6 games |
And he trains in the offseason with Bieksa/Kesler. Those two must have told him good things about Anaheim, Ducks might have been one of his preferred destinations who knows. An Kesler with more offensive upside but less defensive upside. His shot is definitely better.
From what I’ve seen I don’t like the Kesler comparisons for Cutter. At least in his college games, he isn’t a constant impact player like Kes was so I think it’s unfair to set expectations that way. He’s not punishing physically or dominant defensively. Cutter is mostly invisible even in the games where he’s piling up shots because his offensive game is about getting open. On D it seems like his biggest asset is backchecking for turnovers and then turning that into a dangerous counterstrike with his crazy good shot.
I totally agree. I just don't think Drysdale + 2nd gets us a superstar potential prospect. That's extremely wishful thinking on the part of Ducks fans. He projects as a top 6 player, potentially top line and if he becomes a reliable 30g scorer that's really good value for the trade.
I think this is the case with every ranking. I don't see a point to any insider doing a prospect ranking aside from getting clicks and comments. We know that teams have their own internal ranking systems and often go off the board, so clearly they don't value the insiders' opinions very highly.
I hope I’m wrong but Sidorov strikes me as a guy who’s going to get stifled at the next level.
Cutter and Zell seem way too low. No way we are putting Stolberg ahead of both of those guys and we all love Stolberg. A perfect example is how us Ducks fanatics ranked them on our own poll. We had Cutter #1, for example.
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Zellweger is the other
There’s two guys wearing Ducks jerseys on this, but I only found the list of invitees including Cutter.
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