MasterofGrond
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2 more inches and he'd have gone 30 picks higher, minimum
Prospect Info: #46 Overall, RD Seamus Casey US-NTDP
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2 more inches and he'd have gone 44 picks higher. We'd have been picking him 2OA
Darkauron
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Lou is God
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People have completely forgotten this guy was at one point considered a top 5 pick for this draft. I think even top 3 but I'm too lazy to go check again.
Alex NJD
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I haven't watched too too much Michigan but every time I watch them Luke obviously does a ton of good but also has his fair share of bad. I swear I literally never see anything bad out of Casey.
JimEIV
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He does everything well...the slick moves are eye popping but he also does the little things well.
I particularly like his crisp passing
Yea. But with his size and not much improvement over the years his stock fell.
IIRC he wasn't PP1 last year because Hutson was ahead of him. That hurt his production quite a bit. I think he could've been a late first if he had that opportunity. I thought he at worst should've been top 15.
He's so good defensively too. The size will present some limitations but I think he's good enough to still be a net positive on the defensive end.
Alex NJD
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I think we have just the D partner to make up for that lack of size
Well that's the thing, he WASN'T good defensively before. I was actually surprised when Steven wrote up the scouting report about him and said he was solid defensively.
His defense has improved A LOT.
I didn't pay too much attention to him in his draft year because I honestly didn't think the devils had any shot of getting him. I certainly fell out of my chair when I saw that pick.
I don't remember what was said of him in his D-1. DY though I think there was some mixed views on him. IIRC I felt that he had really strong defensive instincts but somewhat lacked the acceleration he'd need for his size but he was so good otherwise that I'd have bet on him figuring things out. Going into day 2 he was one of my main targets and by the time we got to 46 he was my #1. He reminds me a lot of Fox. Now I obviously am not expecting him to be arguably the best Dman in the world like Fox is but stylistically I see a lot of Fox and think Casey can be really really good.
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He looks great wjth the puck tonight. Quick shifty and slick. Really impressive and better than prior games where I watched him with Michigan
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Great college hockey game for him tonight.
Whether he will be able to do the things he did tonight in the smaller spaces and against the better skaters at the NHL level will be interesting to see.
Whether he will be able to do the things he did tonight in the smaller spaces and against the better skaters at the NHL level will be interesting to see.
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Okay, I am not saying that Casey is Owen Power. I also know that these are just statistics, but I do want to compare the stats of Power and Casey in their 19 year old seasons at Michigan.
Power: 21-22 Michgan 33-3-29-32 +27 54 sh 0.97 pt/gp 12 pim 0ppg
Casey: 22-23 Michigan 37-8-21-29 +16 102 sh 0.78 pt/gp 9 pim 1ppg
Casey had more goals and nearly double the shots on goal compared to Power.
Power: 21-22 Michgan 33-3-29-32 +27 54 sh 0.97 pt/gp 12 pim 0ppg
Casey: 22-23 Michigan 37-8-21-29 +16 102 sh 0.78 pt/gp 9 pim 1ppg
Casey had more goals and nearly double the shots on goal compared to Power.
Team Concept
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Pick 12 Here
Pick 25 Here
Pick 15 Here
Pick 7 Here
Pick 30 Here (Last Page of Source)
He ultimately went at #46!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
