Schooner Guy
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- Jun 23, 2006
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Crazy eh? People always say they want us to swing for the fences in the early rounds for offensive potential. We drafted a player late in the 1st round with elite speed, high end passing and processing and they're still not happy and writing him off at age 20.No, we have to immediately write off his career. He didn't put up 100 plus points in junior and regardless of him showing out to be one of the best in his age group in international tournaments that meant something, and the playoffs, his hockeydb page doesn't show big enough numbers so he sucks and is a terrible pick.
Mesar has to be top 6 or he isn't going to have a long NHL career. That is not a given, but neither is any pick in the late 20s of a draft (which people can't seem to grasp, either) but the traits, tools and ability is there. The odds of it happening are low because they always are low when you are talking about late firsts and beyond.
Maybe he'll pan out. Maybe he won't. He was a late-1st though and you're never going to get a flawless player at that point. As I mentioned, he has some strong offensive traits. We'll see if he can put it together in the next few years.