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C Dean Letourneau - St. Andrew's College, CAHS (2024, 25th, BOS)

He's staying in the lineup, and BC likely sees a guy who can be a big piece for them in 2 years. I don't think they're too concerned. With his draft capital, it'd be unlikely he's playing 24 year old college hockey in any event.
 
Brian Boyle, who went straight from Prep School to the NCAA as a tall, late 1st rounder is talking about the need for patience with Dean Letourneau's development, since both Boyle & Letourneau are fairly comparable. Boyle finished his 19 year old freshman season at Boston College with 35 GP, 8 PTS & was a 4 year player for the Eagles.
 
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Hockeyville USA said:
Brian Boyle, who went straight from Prep School to the NCAA as a tall, late 1st rounder is talking about the need for patience with Dean Letourneau's development, since both Boyle & Letourneau are fairly comparable. Boyle finished his 19 year old freshman season at Boston College with 35 GP, 8 PTS & was a 4 year player for the Eagles.
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So if all goes right the upside is a 20 point 4th liner?
 
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Hockeyville USA said:
Brian Boyle, who went straight from Prep School to the NCAA as a tall, late 1st rounder is talking about the need for patience with Dean Letourneau's development, since both Boyle & Letourneau are fairly comparable. Boyle finished his 19 year old freshman season at Boston College with 35 GP, 8 PTS & was a 4 year player for the Eagles.
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Kreider, Hayes, Boyle. They're all 6'3"-6'6" forwards who were taken late in the first round, made the jump from prep school to BC, spent 3-4 years in college, and wound up being long-time NHLers. And they all looked varying degrees of raw as freshmen. Would it be nice if Dean had found a way to poke in a goal or two? Sure. But the bigger picture is that there was a plan with Dean based on those guys with similar profiles who came before him, and there's no reason to believe things aren't going according to the plan.
 
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Had moments of solid 4th line play for Boston College last night against Northeastern in the Beanpot Semifinal, had other moments where you wanted more. Not bad though.
 
Wieters said:
Kreider, Hayes, Boyle. They're all 6'3"-6'6" forwards who were taken late in the first round, made the jump from prep school to BC, spent 3-4 years in college, and wound up being long-time NHLers. And they all looked varying degrees of raw as freshmen. Would it be nice if Dean had found a way to poke in a goal or two? Sure. But the bigger picture is that there was a plan with Dean based on those guys with similar profiles who came before him, and there's no reason to believe things aren't going according to the plan.
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I would argue the jump to NCAA is a bigger jump today than when those guys did it.

Still, you of course wanted to see more from Dean in his first season, but no reason to panic. Next year will be big for him.
 
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I would argue the jump to NCAA is a bigger jump today than when those guys did it.

Still, you of course wanted to see more from Dean in his first season, but no reason to panic. Next year will be big for him.
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If Jay O'Brien is on the worst end of the spectrum, Mark Jankowski is in the middle, and Kevin Hayes & Chris Kreider are at the best end of the spectrum, Letourneau is definitely in between O'Brien and Jankowski. From what I've watched, there's certainly more promise than many would believe, but the production & overall rawness in his game are certainly concerning for a 1st round pick.
 
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They said during the Beanpot broadcast that he was originally going to play in the USHL but the spot opened up when Will Smith went Pro. Makes more sense in that way.
 
WarriorofTime said:
They said during the Beanpot broadcast that he was originally going to play in the USHL but the spot opened up when Will Smith went Pro. Makes more sense in that way.
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Easy to say in hindsight that it was the wrong decision. I still think it would have benefitted him going back to the USHL, or CHL, at Christmas.
 
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He might figure it out, but he needs to stop playing like he's 5'9". He literally tried to duck a hit from 5'10" Cole Hutson, and then Hutson crunched him into the boards. Hard to watch.
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This is part of why he’ll take longer. He doesn’t play like he’s 6’6. He’s 5’9 in a 6’6 body. You rarely see someone so big that’s so soft. But it’s teachable to use your size, and you can’t really teach 5’9 to play as 6’6.
 
He was drafted as a project and he remains a project 26 games after his draft. Not a shocker, Probably best if some of you come back to this thread after 4 years instead of breaking out the "i told you so"
 
KeziaTML said:
He was drafted as a project and he remains a project 26 games after his draft. Not a shocker, Probably best if some of you come back to this thread after 4 years instead of breaking out the "i told you so"
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He was taken 25th overall so it's fair game.

If he had been taken in the 40-80 spot there would be 1/10th the posts but such a high pick should be showing more here it really that simple.
 
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