I read all comments and a lot of experts as well and some of the things that is clear.
It is easy to evaluate size and speed. A little girl could to it.
However..analyzing Iq and vision is a total different ball game. It is the mkst important quality in hockey and so much people does not look at it at all.
2 example:
Mike Ribeiro
Josh Anderson.
In 1998 maybe 80% of the fans said that he would never make it;
He was slow like a turtle.....skinny as hell at 6.0 170 pounds...no character..partying etc.
Ribeiro had an off chaŕt IQ and vision and magical hand...thats it....
Not a baď career for someone who continueď to party all the time.
Josh Anderson had everything....Size, speed strenght, shot..everything..but no IQ.
He made it but one the defensemen figured him out..he struggled..a lot.
Now again ...CATTON. think about that.:
..Iq off chart.., .amazing vision, magical hands, great shot......and the will to learn and improving his game every day in his training method etc...
As I wrote a .month ago....last Summer he wanted to work on his shot but instead to just shooting the puck many hours a day...he decided to spent a week at a goalie camp to ask questions to goalies and goalies coaches about which areas in the net they were struggling to stop the puck
It worked well....23 goals at 16 to 54 at 17 years old and his shot was so much better this season.
The kid is a student of the game..and listen to him and it is so easy to figure that he will always improving his qualities and his weaknesses..
