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Apologize to the people on here who hate skilled players making skilled plays, but Cal Ritchie had another great game last night to beat the top team in the OHL
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I am not trying to get into any arguments, but this is a grasping-at-straws post here brethren. All the concerns about him have been justified based on his preseason and regular season games in the NHL. The point is for him to become a long-term NHL player, not to get his number retired in Oshawa. He got cut from the Avs for a reason and that is because he was clueless on his play away from the puck. He's very skilled, but he has stuff to work on!
henchman21
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The question is not whether Ritchie is a NHLer or has skill or not... it is... is he another Strome or is he Scheifele?
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Obviously he's Scheifele. Strome shoots left. Silly guy.
To be fair to Strome, he is leading the Caps team in points lol.
henchman21
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I actually don't think he's a bad player... he's a quite a good player, he's just a type that teams tend to sour on.
If he turns into Dylan Strome 2.0, that'll actually be a win for the amateur scouting staff. Might not be a building block but it's still a solid asset.
If he turns into a poor man's Strome, well, then that would be a major disappointment. Skill is most definitely there, he just needs to learn what to do when the puck isn't on his stick.
If he turns into a poor man's Strome, well, then that would be a major disappointment. Skill is most definitely there, he just needs to learn what to do when the puck isn't on his stick.
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Soft, doesn’t play defense. Irritates the hell out of coaches despite obvious talent.
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5 points in 13 career playoff games + scared of his own shadow.
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On his third team… coaches and orgs don’t like these sorts of guys. Eventually the value is there for a different org to take a chance.
People take Strome as such a slur… which it isn’t meant that way. He’s just a player… a flawed one.
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GirardSpinorama
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Two pretty dumb teams didnt make use of his obvious talent.
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Ehh… is Strome really a guy you’ll win with? Hawks also learned quickly to send that guy away (Dach).
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You’d need a 1C that can handle heavy defensive loads and even then I doubt it. He’s a great top 6 C for a fringe playoff team that doesn’t have real aspirations.
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henchman21
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I just don’t agree with that. Center is too complex of a position for that to work in a role he’s needed in. If he was a 100 point guy, you live with it. As a 65 point guy… you need him to actually play defense in a team with aspirations.
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henchman21
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We all have bias and anything I state is an opinion with my own bias and view point behind it. It doesn’t (and nor do I expect it to) change anybody else’s opinion. Recently or not for people, they can have it.
I don't disagree with your assessment with Strome and Dach, but I do think that they're the players that tend to need a few change of sceneries/more time to become a well-rounded center. I wouldn't be surprised if within a year or two Strome develops his defensive game a bit more and becomes a legitimate top 6 center... but I also wouldn't bet on it either.
Wait, are you saying Dach is similar to Strome, because they had both of them right?
