I’m not saying they’re the reason the line goes. But everyone’s acting like he’s playing with Jeremy Jerkface and Dan Dicklington when in reality he has two 20-year-olds on his wings, one of which is NHL drafted. They’re both very good players and particularly Roulette is as much a part of Catton’s success as Catton is a part of Roulette’s. Catton only has like five more points than Roulette too.
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Drafted and not signed. These players are products of Catton.
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"Signed by NHL" isn't the only standard for junior players. Catton is amazing, and the fact that Roulette is good won't hurt Catton.
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I mean they’re fine junior players. Experienced too. They aren’t “as stacked as it can get” or whatever verbiage was used.
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It’s a very good first line in the CHL. They’re two of the best overagers in the league.
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They're fine. Plenty of better first line wingers in the CHL. Overager or not. They have both been hovering around PPG for multiple WHL seasons and only until they play with Berkly in his D0 do they get above PPG.
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That’s usually what happens when a 21 year old is playing against 16/17/18 year olds in the CHL. They have worlds more experience at the same level, and are physically more dominant. They aren’t products of Catton.
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Well I disagree with your assessment when watching them but you're entitled to your opinion.
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I believe Benson had a shoulder injury at that time that blunted his effectiveness. Could be wrong though. Just going off distant memory.
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Unless he's on a team like Seattle was last year, his teammates will always be worse than him, considering he's a projected first-round pick. On many teams in the league, a PPG player is already the team's leading scorer. That won't hurt Catton's stock.
Conversely, if his Wingers were Cristall and Firkus, people would question if he relys on them for scoring.
You seem to have a funny understanding of how hockey works. Funk-Heidt-Parascak ist the best line in the WHL right now. I'm guessing the way you view things, Funk's success is purely a result of the other two but the fact that Funk has 40 goals in 37 games doesn't make Heidt and Parascak better? You know, because Funk is just a decent junior player but neither drafted nor signed in the NHL.
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By your standards, Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis could be a stacked NHL line. No, that isn't the case.
I'm not saying Catton is Crosby and I'm not saying they all don't benefit from each other. What I am saying is that they aren't anything special and the level of success they are having this year is due to Catton. He isn't carrying two idiots to success, but they aren't that talented of players. Saying "as stacked as it gets".. I mean no.
You're welcome to disagree. Its just my opinion after all.
I do disagree. Not because I care about either one of Roulette and Bertholet but because comparing them to Kunitz and Dupuis is ridiculous. Particularly Roulette is a fantastic junior player who's been above a point per game for 4 consecutive WHL seasons now. Bertholet probably comes close to what Kunitz and Dupuis were to Crosby.
For me, it's (or was, rather) Isogai-Geekie-Savoie and Funk-Heidt-Parascak as the two best lines in the league. I guess Firkus-Yager-Savoie or whatever will replace the Wenatchee line at the top there. But more importantly, Roulette-Catton-Bertholet is close behind.
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Many in here have viewed him as 2nd OA material since as early as Sept. I myself hopped on board around Nov. He has only played better since.
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I was meh on him after u18 but he had an amazing Hlinka and has only gotten better since. In my opinion I take him or Demidov 2nd
No not alot of disparity after celebrini about 6 players right now could go 2nd
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Two goals so far tonight. Extends his point streak to 13 games. Still one period to go.
Just tied it with a nice solo rush and put in the defenders feet.
Just tied it with a nice solo rush and put in the defenders feet.
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impressive 13 game point streak
13 goals, 17 assists, 30 points (2.31 ppg)
13 goals, 17 assists, 30 points (2.31 ppg)
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I see some similarities, but I don't think he's exactly similar.
Hughes probably has more puck skill. I think Catton is a little taller, better defensively, and a better shooter.
I think Duchene is another player he has some similarities to. MacKinnon is the player I see the most stylistic comparisons to, but right vs. left and I don't know that I completely buy into comparing him exactly to MacKinnon either.
I think there's probably no great comparison for Catton.
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If he skated like Jack Hughes he would be top 5 on every single list.
