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C Quinton Byfield - Sudbury Wolves, OHL (2020 Draft) II

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I feel like some people regarding to Byfield are looking too much into world juniors. I feel like tournaments are used too highly to evaluate prospects. I understand for some its their only viewing but in general league play is a much more important tool.
 
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Dirtyfighter said:
At 15 he already head had more than one head than all his teammates.

Byfield 2017/18 : 6,375 and 207 ib
Byfield 2019/20 : 6,4 and 214 ib

1cm and 3kg. Perfetti has grown to 4cm and 7kg. Some players have grown more than 6cm.
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Most posters go at least 25 messages before outing themselves as basing their “educated” comments completely off what they can scrounge up on the Internet. Measurements for young players in their teens up until the NHL combine are notoriously inaccurate.
 
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So you posted more than 4000 messages in 2 years and that would make you smarter ?

OHL Scout reports talked about monstrous physician at 15. I remember a photo of him with his Midget teammades and highlights. He was already a player with a dominant man build who played against skinny teenage players. Gradually, the physical gap has narrowed. He's less physically non-standard than it was in the Midget. That's my impression.
 
Dirtyfighter said:
So you posted more than 4000 messages in 2 years and that would make you smarter ?

OHL Scout reports talked about monstrous physician at 15. I remember a photo of him with his Midget teammades and highlights. He was already a player with a dominant man build who played against skinny teenage players. Gradually, the physical gap has narrowed. He's less physically non-standard than it was in the Midget. That's my impression.
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Sounds like he was academically and professionally advanced as well
 
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Dirtyfighter said:
So you posted more than 4000 messages in 2 years and that would make you smarter ?

OHL Scout reports talked about monstrous physician at 15. I remember a photo of him with his Midget teammades and highlights. He was already a player with a dominant man build who played against skinny teenage players. Gradually, the physical gap has narrowed. He's less physically non-standard than it was in the Midget. That's my impression.
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Darkseider said:
Sounds like he was academically and professionally advanced as well
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Wow a hockey player and a doctor! Is there anything this guy can't do?
 
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S E P H said:
Yeah okay sorry, but absolutely no to this. If we were to compare both at the same age, Byfield is the better athletic player in regards to explosiveness and skating. You can also say that Byfield is better 1v1 player and probably a better goalscorer. However, Draisaitl blows away Byfield in regards to creating plays and average hockey IQ. Leon had the ability to create more plays out of nothing, especially for teammates, and I argue used his body much better in juniors. It was almost Jagr-esque in the corners where he has such a big frame that you can't do anything because he shielded so good. Byfield has some of this ability due to being quite a large man-child himself, but Draisaitl's superior IQ allowed him to use it much more properly than Quinton has had.
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I agree with this. I think Byfield’s overall skill, playmaking and hockey IQ are considered by a lot of people as having extremely high potential, but I’m not sure it makes much sense. Players like him are always looked at as having infinite potential, but they usually don’t. I’m not saying he’s bad in those areas because he’s clearly good in those areas, but I think his athletic and physical skills are better than his technical and tactical skills. Draisaitl had extremely good technical and tactical skills, but his skating was weak.

I might even say that Byfield was a better prospect pre-draft, but his potential gets too much credit. His potential is not unlimited. There’s a limit and if we can avoid a discussion of tropes, I think the consensus would be that physically and athletically he’s elite, while technically and tactically he’s merely good.
 
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Pavel Buchnevich said:
I agree with this. I think Byfield’s overall skill, playmaking and hockey IQ are considered by a lot of people as having extremely high potential, but I’m not sure it makes much sense. Players like him are always looked at as having infinite potential, but they usually don’t. I’m not saying he’s bad in those areas because he’s clearly good in those areas, but I think his athletic and physical skills are better than his technical and tactical skills. Draisaitl had extremely good technical and tactical skills, but his skating was weak.

I might even say that Byfield was a better prospect pre-draft, but his potential gets too much credit. His potential is not unlimited. There’s a limit and if we can avoid a discussion of tropes, I think the consensus would be that physically and athletically he’s elite, while technically and tactically he’s merely good.
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Yep, this is what I said. Byfield is the better prospect pre-draft, but Draisaitl had higher potential which he has clearly reached.
 
ponder said:
Byfield is such a hard to gauge prospect. Huge, athletic, great skater, brimming with potential, lots of skill. On the other hand, there’s something pretty raw about his skill set/game. He reminds me a bit of Puljujarvi at the same age - can do impressive things with the puck, but his game can break down when defenders don’t give him time/space. He’s good at protecting the puck but isn’t a “stick handle in a phone booth” type. Not great at finding soft spots without the puck either, and his vision with the puck is good, but I’m not sure it’s elite.

I think I’d still take him 2nd overall, his upside is so high. But he’s riskier than your average 2nd overall pick, he certainly doesn’t have that polished NHL ready game that a lot of top 2 picks have. Whoever drafts him will have to be patient.
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Exactly how I feel about him, right to a tee. However, I'm in the minority but I draft Stutzle 2nd and Drysdale 3rd. Byfield 4th.
 
I've only seen one OHL game and the Gretz/Hnilinka and WJC games of his, and as a Habs fan, he's the prospect I'm most concerned with. I have probably only seen his bad games, but just once I would have liked to have seen a game that shows what all the fuss is about.

I know that my sample size is small and does not tell the whole story, but I see a lot of Benoit Pouliot in Byfield's game, and that terrifies me. With the current management team running the Habs, they will most likely turn Byfield into Pouliot.
 
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Lawmakers said:
The guy is a year younger than Rossi and posted over 100 points. His ceiling is a top NHL scorer and franchise center. You can argue risk, but upside is massive.
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what's scrary is how comfortable and fluid he is as a 17 year old and a lanky body like that!
 
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Anardil said:
I've only seen one OHL game and the Gretz/Hnilinka and WJC games of his, and as a Habs fan, he's the prospect I'm most concerned with. I have probably only seen his bad games, but just once I would have liked to have seen a game that shows what all the fuss is about.

I know that my sample size is small and does not tell the whole story, but I see a lot of Benoit Pouliot in Byfield's game, and that terrifies me. With the current management team running the Habs, they will most likely turn Byfield into Pouliot.
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Yup youre right you definitely need to watch him more than twice.
 
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Anardil said:
I've only seen one OHL game and the Gretz/Hnilinka and WJC games of his, and as a Habs fan, he's the prospect I'm most concerned with. I have probably only seen his bad games, but just once I would have liked to have seen a game that shows what all the fuss is about.

I know that my sample size is small and does not tell the whole story, but I see a lot of Benoit Pouliot in Byfield's game, and that terrifies me. With the current management team running the Habs, they will most likely turn Byfield into Pouliot.
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I know this is a hot take but Byfield will be much better than Benoit Pouliot.

2005 wasn't that great of a draft year really.
 
NHL Dude 120 said:
I have a feeling he needs to spend another year in junior.
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You would think but he's already done more in his draft year than a player like Dach by making the WJC team. Solid chance he plays in the NHL,even if he's not 100 % ready.
 
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