He's a big project IMO. I also found it interesting that Jerome says he is PP1 guy, but they didn't mention he played the half wall. I see hope or maybe even ideally that he becomes a be a PP1 guy, but I guess I want to see at the next level before I just assume he will be. I don't think he is as skilled as you need to be to play the half wall in the NHL. He is also very much a risk taker on the blue line and I think that could be a problem if he is at the top of the umbrella. But what do I know.
The best part is there’d be absolutely no rush to make a trade anytime soon. Gus wouldn’t be playing in the NHL this season while Lindstein almost certainly would.
This is my thought as well. I like Gus at 15, but am not sure I go LHD at 11. We have Koromyslov, Fischer, Ralph all leading that position at Springfield next year and Lindstein in our 3rd pair right now. You pick BPA usually, but that really does not trip as a principal need. If we got Lawrence, Hemming and Gus at those spots I would be so happy I could spot.
I think I would rather go 15 and 75 for 12. Perri says that this would still lean NJ.
Oddly enough, I was going to use CP55 to comp Smits level of effectiveness in the offensive zone. It's not the exact same, but you don't have huge offensive upside. And honestly that is ok with me. I'd like to see some stats on his passing efficiency that they were talking about and compare it to other players. I do think he is the most NHL ready defender. I do not think he has the same ceiling as guys ahead of him and I can understand why teams would pass on the high floor guy for the high ceiling guy if you believe that can be good enough defensively on their own eventually or generate enough offense to make up for the lack of defensive effectiveness. Like a Rudolph or Verhoeff for example. I do wonder with Smits if he blossoms a bit more offensively once he is on a team with better players? Kind of like how Otto Stenberg looks better at the NHL level then AHL if that makes sense.
I don't think so personally because I think that’s related to hockey sense. When you have better players around you and they’re seeing the same thing you are you can play off of them better. With Smits I do think there is potential for growth thought but it will have to come from improving his sense which he can do to some extent with good coaching. At least to eliminate things from his game that are ineffective like his weird activations. I think he has more potential in the OZ than Parayko because he has better hands and more lateral mobility.
4th is still SIGNIFICANTLY more valuable than 11th. Any way you paint it we lost a ton of value.
Good point. Will be interesting to see how he develops even if he isn't on roster. Does he ever become more than a shutdown style 2nd pair guy. The offense/hockey sense is definitely one of the biggest if not biggest thing for him to improve on IMO. They also mentioned some things about Broberg comparing the two. Not stylistically just how they view/viewed the offensive potential in both guys. Thought that was interesting.
Leaving a lot on the board to take Lin. Much rather have Novotny, Dagenaisor command.
Jeez that would be heartbreaking. Suffer through an awful season and deal some vets and our reward is yet another defense only LHD, a 4C, and whatever the hell Ryan Lin is supposed to be, a really good AHL Dman IMO.
I actually like it and would be telling people we killed it with those picks. Not as high on many of the guys after this other than Klepov and Command. I would maybe choose to skip a center here depending on how confident they are in Gastrin panning out as 3C. Would probably prefer Kelpov to Suvanto in that scenario, but we wouldn't have to worry about our defense in the future given what already have and adding those two guys. Kelpov because I believe he has the best chance of being top 6 forward in the future. And as much as it pains me to say it, if we do go Malte, then a center I'm probably passing on Lin in favor of Klepov because we need more high end talent. Better to take chance here then in the 3rd where we can still grab a RD that can potentially be a 3rd pair guy.
I really don't want ryan lin, we have jiricek. If that was Command, then i'm in.
