Meh. Hard to get too worked up over that profile. The Caps have not exactly made out like bandits with each and every Slider they've scooped up over the years. There's also probably a limit in stacking theoretical upside project wingers and figuring that eventually opens any window.
I mean recently what sliders have we missed on? Lappy? That's not so bad. Everybody misses sometimes, even when you don't chase sliders like we do. Roobroeck is the type of guy people love or hate. He's classic prospect fatigue. I think there's a ton there to work with and like they always say, you can't teach size. But you can teach people how to use it. He's a very typical Mahoney pick. If he played in the W he'd be a lock.
Eh I think as long as they're picking from ~20-32 that's clearly the market inefficiency and you have to keep on taking those guys
Well, conversely, who's the big hit? They've made some strong value picks later in the draft but as a matter of course spamming sliding raw wingers in the late first doesn't seem like that vast a market inefficiency. Teams rightly tend to value the premium positions and often the more naturally mature, reliable and consistent players. There's value to be had there in some cases but payoff may be more one-dimensional. While they do need goal-scoring when it comes with some strings attached it does get complicated. They did pass on Eiserman, for instance. Some raw wingers just stay raw...
Agreed. The Caps are at the point where they're gonna start stunting these guys' development because there's just not room to play them in Hershey and eventually in Washington.
Lappy, Miro, Chesley, Gastrin, and Allen were all drafted pretty much exactly where they were expected to be.
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no thanks hes falling for a very good reason (hes not that good)
I lived through the dark times of the Crosby snake draft. Deserves is not a valid variable (imho).
