C Easton Cowan - London Knights, OHL (2023, 28th, TOR)

[Dominance]

As a Leafs fan, he has been absolutely miserable. Among the worst suspects on a completely offensively inept team. He’s being given all the chances and doing nothing but loosing hopeless shots from 50+ feet.

I think he would look a lot better if our first line (ha, ha) had appropriately been our third on a properly constructed team.

 

[HighLifeManIsHigh]

lol tell everyone your jealous. I know being a hab fan sucks as they are completely irrelevant in the league.

Also Cowan leafs Canada in scoring.

Your hockey IQ is abysmal

So is Cowan’s. He goes one on five more than Kadri does. Kid has tunnel vision. Slow the play down and make a play. Nope gonna dangle. Or take a wrister from 85 feet

Leafs fans are so sensitive when people point out deficiencies in their players games.

Tons of skill. Tries to do too much and doesn’t use his teammates

 

[TheBeastCoast]

So is Cowan’s. He goes one on five more than Kadri does. Kid has tunnel vision. Slow the play down and make a play. Nope gonna dangle. Or take a wrister from 85 feet

Leafs fans are so sensitive when people point out deficiencies in their players games.

Tons of skill. Tries to do too much and doesn’t use his teammates

I don't disagree that he has been trying to force the play a bit to much at times. Though I do find it interesting that the player out there trying to make an impact on the game gets the shit....meanwhile the countless players just kind of fading into the background are just being forgotten. Like atleast he is attempting to generate offense? What exactly are Yager and Nadeau even doing out there other then cardio?

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

I don't disagree that he has been trying to force the play a bit to much at times. Though I do find it interesting that the player out there trying to make an impact on the game gets the shit....meanwhile the countless players just kind of fading into the background are just being forgotten. Like atleast he is attempting to generate offense? What exactly are Yager and Nadeau even doing out there other then cardio?

I think my frustration with Cowan is that he kills plays for his line. He'll have opportunities where he has an open passing lane to someone with more time and space and he will either try to deke his way through a bunch of defenders, take a poor shot, or just give it away. He almost feels like a player that would do better with two grinders that just get him the puck and then set screens in front of the net. The odd times he does actually look up and see where his teammates are he has made some good plays, but too often he's playing like he's the only one on the ice for his team.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

Other players also doing less with more.

Don't believe Cowan leads Team Canada forwards in ice time. Think Yager and Nadeau averaging more, Ritchie similar. Are they catching the same heat while producing less?

 

[BillDineen]

Leafs and Habs arguing about who is more delusional. LMAO.

 

[Quinning]

That shootout attempt vs Latvia was so bad.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

That shootout attempt vs Latvia was so bad.

Yet he's used that exact move several times before and been successful. Didn't work this time, just like the other 7 Canadian shooters.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Other players also doing less with more.

Don't believe Cowan leads Team Canada forwards in ice time. Think Yager and Nadeau averaging more, Ritchie similar. Are they catching the same heat while producing less?

You can blame TSN for hyping a Toronto prospect to the moon and back. On a truly great team Canada, he’s a second or third liner.

He’s not Bedard or Celebrini or Marner or whoever else, his junior numbers also indicate as such. He’s more Max Domi than anything.

 

[WarriorofTime]

It's just weird he got the red carpet, 1st line/PP1 treatment when he's like 17th in the OHL in PPG and doesn't have a crazy high draft pedigree. Just feels like there are better players than him but they built a team with an expectation of him being a superstar.

Don't care that much about a PPG streak. 35 kids are over 1.2 PPG in the OHL right now, and he plays on the highest scoring team so there's always points a plenty. It's really just a bit of trivia more than anything that speaks to unique ability.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

Other players also doing less with more.

Don't believe Cowan leads Team Canada forwards in ice time. Think Yager and Nadeau averaging more, Ritchie similar. Are they catching the same heat while producing less?

He hasn’t been great but you’re bang on . Plenty of blame to go round so far . Being Leaf property probably doesn’t help him with the critics

 

[jfhabs]

It's just weird he got the red carpet, 1st line/PP1 treatment when he's like 14th in the OHL in PPG and doesn't have a crazy high draft pedigree. Just feels like there are better players than him but they built a team with an expectation of him being a superstar.

London Knights / Toronto Maple Leafs player maybe?

I think it's weird too. He belongs on the team, but not sure why he's the go to guy. Some better players were left off the team (Sennecke, Misa). This management is hard to follow ...

 

[1specter]

The obsession around him is pretty funny. Many of the same takes were made about Kadri when he was a high profile Leafs prospect playing in the 2010 WJC. He ended up being one of the few successful NHLers from that team while many others topped out as journeymen or AHLers. Par for the course with Leafs prospects in these tournaments though.

 

[Bender Duster]

It's just weird he got the red carpet, 1st line/PP1 treatment when he's like 17th in the OHL in PPG and doesn't have a crazy high draft pedigree. Just feels like there are better players than him but they built a team with an expectation of him being a superstar.

Don't care that much about a PPG streak. 35 kids are over 1.2 PPG in the OHL right now, and he plays on the highest scoring team so there's always points a plenty. It's really just a bit of trivia more than anything that speaks to unique ability.

Yeah it seems like he was hyped as the team Canada poster boy right from the start of camp similar to how Minten was last year. I wonder why?

 

[WarriorofTime]

The obsession around him is pretty funny. Many of the same takes were made about Kadri when he was a high profile Leafs prospect playing in the 2010 WJC.

Kadri had a higher draft pedigree.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

It's just weird he got the red carpet, 1st line/PP1 treatment when he's like 17th in the OHL in PPG and doesn't have a crazy high draft pedigree. Just feels like there are better players than him but they built a team with an expectation of him being a superstar.

Don't care that much about a PPG streak. 35 kids are over 1.2 PPG in the OHL right now, and he plays on the highest scoring team so there's always points a plenty. It's really just a bit of trivia more than anything that speaks to unique ability.

Didn’t he basically sweep the awards last year ? ( Ohl regular season and playoff mvp ) . Wouldn’t that put him in an elevated role with the team in theory ?

 

[Hockeyville USA]

Other players also doing less with more.

Don't believe Cowan leads Team Canada forwards in ice time. Think Yager and Nadeau averaging more, Ritchie similar. Are they catching the same heat while producing less?

Nadeau has looked moderately dangerous. Ritchie has had moments. Haven't seen a single moment where Yager looked threatening in the offensive zone; it's as if he forgot how to play hockey or the Monstars stole his talent.

Cowan is just trying to do way too much. Which should warrant criticism, but Yager should get chastised far more than Cowan IMHO.

 

[eojsmada]

Yager and Cowan have looked really slow in terms of thinking the game at a faster pace and reacting accordingly. Cowan's shot looks like it takes forever to windup. His release is decent enough, but his reaction time is pretty low. The whole Canadian team is like watching 20 players pulling on ropes in separate directions. If not for Carter George, Canada would be in a world of hurt.

 

[1specter]

Kadri had a higher draft pedigree.

Ok.

 

[Isaac Nootin]

The whole Canadian team is like watching 20 players pulling on ropes in separate directions.

That was my biggest takeaway from last night as well, whole tournament really.

It's like they're reading from the same book, but all on different pages.

Hopefully it comes together.... and quick.

 

[jfhabs]

Yager and Cowan have looked really slow in terms of thinking the game at a faster pace and reacting accordingly. Cowan's shot looks like it takes forever to windup. His release is decent enough, but his reaction time is pretty low. The whole Canadian team is like watching 20 players pulling on ropes in separate directions. If not for Carter George, Canada would be in a world of hurt.

That and I think he's(they're) trying to do it all by themselve(s)

 

[Stewie Griffin]

He's been the player I look at the most and have been so disappointed. Just shoots every time he touches the puck, and is completely killing plays.

 

[Sticktape]

He's been the player I look at the most and have been so disappointed. Just shoots every time he touches the puck, and is completely killing plays.

This is what I've seen. He gets the puck and does some little dipsy doo and then either shoots or makes the 100% obvious pass any player would make to keep the play alive, but he isn't manufacturing high danger scoring opportunities together with other teammates. Like there isnt a lot of creativity or catching opponents off guard. You can tell he's a skilled player and he's a good prospect but there's something missing in this tournament.

 

[Dominance]

Nadeau has looked moderately dangerous. Ritchie has had moments. Haven't seen a single moment where Yager looked threatening in the offensive zone; it's as if he forgot how to play hockey or the Monstars stole his talent.

Cowan is just trying to do way too much. Which should warrant criticism, but Yager should get chastised far more than Cowan IMHO.

Yager forgets how to play hockey when he puts on the Canada jersey, it’s baffling to see the shift.

 

[Tralfamadore]

Looks very much so like a junior hockey player to me. Needs to add some professionalism to his game if he's going to be successful at the next level.

Most of the forwards for Canada have looked meh though.