It's a big jump, but prior history does matter when factoring into future success. You can't fully accept the immediate at face-value. It would like putting Scott against Dipietro right now. If he finished the year at this pace, it would be insane, but when you age and league adjust stats, he may fall behind people like Dach, Kaliyev and Suzuki. Not that stats are the be and end all, you need to evaluate on-ice heavily. Krebs, Cozens and Dach having a very strong 2 years relative to age is big.
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If Leason had been taken #8 overall in 2017, fans of the team that drafted him would be ecstatic right now.
This is not a Tanner Pearson. Again, there has simply never been a circumstance like this where an undrafted 19 y/o has destroyed a league like this with no obvious warts to his game.
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Maybe. But, I'm not sure that is the best judgement to use. Fanbases are obviously ecstatic if their guy is putting up big counting stats. The current 8th overall pick I'm watching in the NHL last year and dominate the WJC the year before. I can't think of anyone in the top 8 of that draft, I would personally take him over right now. The closest would be Lias Andersson. You could maybe sell me on taking him over a guy like Tippett who I haven't been a fan of since early in his draft year. The other guys though have significant prior success, which makes success more likely. I think top 15 is still a little rich.
How many teams do you think actually trade their current top pick in 2017 for Leason. I don't think the Leafs would, and I'm sure most other teams feel that way.
Highly doubtful. He could end up being a early 30's pick but likely more in the late 30's/early 40's.
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I think you are wrong. It would be utter foolishness from NHL teams to sleep on him in the first round.
Why draft a 2-3 year project at 15-30 pick, who might or not make it, when you can pick a player who's pretty much ready.
Picking Brett in the 1st round is a low risk, high reward kind of situation.
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Late 1st rounder if he keeps up the pace imo, maybe 15-20 if a team really likes him. It's still a pretty big gamble to use a 1st on him.
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This is a dominant player. 6'4 and can skate like the wind. This guy is a monster.
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And the streaks keeps going and going and going as Raiders keep winning and winning and winning,
anyone feel like an Energizer Bunny
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anyone feel like an Energizer Bunny
?And the streaks keeps going and going and going as Raiders keep winning and winning and winning,
anyone feel like an Energizer Bunny
He's slowing down though - only 2.1 PPG in the last 10 games, and he couldn't score more than a point in four out of them..
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Why has no team signed him as a free agent?
HE HAS been through the 2017 and 2018 drafts so I do not understand why no team in the NHL has offered him a contract ..yes he is 19 Goin g on 20 ..but sometimes there are late bloomers ...
Fact is...he us nit just good offensively ...you look at him leading g the WHL in shorty goals .. Effective with long reach as a pj guy too ..but I was surprised at how he can get around defenders ...he will never be McDavid as a speedy skater. .but for a big guy he has plenty of enough speed to rush past guys ...get to loose pucks. .
To my eyes he is much faster than say a MacKenzie Entwhistthe, which is why I do not understand why the Blackhawks have not signed him. ..Tey did sign Brandon Hagel *LW ( as a free agent older junior..so why not Keaton too?Why has no team in fact signed him yet?I do not get it. If he was only a sniper type by slow ..I could understand. .but he is not that.. So I do not understand .Are GMS stupid?
HE HAS been through the 2017 and 2018 drafts so I do not understand why no team in the NHL has offered him a contract ..yes he is 19 Goin g on 20 ..but sometimes there are late bloomers ...
Fact is...he us nit just good offensively ...you look at him leading g the WHL in shorty goals .. Effective with long reach as a pj guy too ..but I was surprised at how he can get around defenders ...he will never be McDavid as a speedy skater. .but for a big guy he has plenty of enough speed to rush past guys ...get to loose pucks. .
To my eyes he is much faster than say a MacKenzie Entwhistthe, which is why I do not understand why the Blackhawks have not signed him. ..Tey did sign Brandon Hagel *LW ( as a free agent older junior..so why not Keaton too?Why has no team in fact signed him yet?I do not get it. If he was only a sniper type by slow ..I could understand. .but he is not that.. So I do not understand .Are GMS stupid?
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He is still draft eligible this up coming draft so a team cannot sign him during the season.
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Next the Raiders and Brett will (f)ace the worst team in the WHL and 2nd worst in the entire CHL, SC Broncos.
| Why Broncos not the worst in the CHL anymore?, they have collected some points lately where as Flint Tropics have not in the OHL,
although they did score that win the other day. But 3 points for Flint last 10 games, 6 (2 wins) for Swift Current, 10 points for Broncos,
8 points for Firebirds (Firebirds have 2 games in hand thou) |
| Why Broncos not the worst in the CHL anymore?, they have collected some points lately where as Flint Tropics have not in the OHL,
although they did score that win the other day. But 3 points for Flint last 10 games, 6 (2 wins) for Swift Current, 10 points for Broncos,
8 points for Firebirds (Firebirds have 2 games in hand thou) |
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28 game point streak.
Somehow the Raiders lost to the worst team in the WHL 3-2 in a SO.
Hofer stopped 52 of 54 shots.
Somehow the Raiders lost to the worst team in the WHL 3-2 in a SO.
Hofer stopped 52 of 54 shots.
Worse than the Seadogs? That's hard to believe.
I want to see a 7 game series between Flint and the Seadogs.
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The streak did continue, but yeah.....what a H happened to Raiders.
Leason had almost 10 shots on goal, but only 1 goal.
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Worse than the Seadogs? That's hard to believe.
I want to see a 7 game series between Flint and the Seadogs.
Put Kingston to the mix and we have a 4 team CHL royal rumble
Kingston Frontecnackers vs Swift Current Horses vs Flint Tropics vs Saint John Sea Puppies
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What do you mean by his situation? Him exploding as a 20 year old playing with McDavid/Burakovsky/Brown and company? Leason is driving the bus on offence, not just a passenger. I don’t think it’s comparable situations at all if that’s what you’re asking?
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I did. All I read is mention of how team missed on him and his projection for next year draft.
Nobody did an assessment of his game. Strenghts/Weaknesses, potential, comparison.
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