2024-25: Phantoms (AHL), Reading Royals (ECHL), NCAA, Jrs., Int'l, etc.

[Magua]

And he's one point ahead of a 20 year old undrafted teammate.
Maybe playing for Denver inflates scoring, ask Rizzo.
Check back in a couple months.

Is the number of CHL/NCAA games you have watched of Dickinson + Buium + Luchanko combined above zero?

 

[deadhead]

I'm just not sold on Buium, I mean Parekh, similar D-man went four slots ahead of him.
Now how could that be if a Buium only comes along every couple years?
Maybe some GMs are idiots, but all of them?
So excuse me if I don't get on the hype train.

My attitude is I really don't care what a prospect does at lower levels unless he falls on his face.
The difference in skill and teams (compare Guelph and London, for example) and the low level of competition.
And I'm certainly not going to watch hours of film to try to figure that out. Life is too short unless someone pays me. I've tried and its mind numbing.
When they get to the pros, it'll be self-evident if they're for real.

I've seen Luchanko in the NHL, it's clear both that he's not ready and that he wasn't intimidated or overwhelmed and he didn't need to be sheltered. Just hasn't developed a skill set to be more than a 4C at this point in time.