Look at this highlight reel. The creativity and IQ of Zegras ooze out of almost every play.
Yeah, on a few replays I had to double check the number to make sure it wasn’t Hughes.If you watch any footage (shift by shift) you would confuse Zegras and Hughes I guarantee it.
I think he is less talked about because his value is not in doubt, and he slots into the top 10 as a safe choice He's a C he does everything well, but not brilliantly. Players like Caufield are talked about more because people are more confused as to how to value them.I think he has elite vision, skating and stick handling. I also think he's very likely to stick at center. I don't know if he's underrated by NHL teams, but he's the least talked about of the NTDP forwards who'll go in the top 20. I see him as a better prospect than Caufield and Boldy, and he might be a full tier above both. He should be talked about more by fans.
If you try to hit them and miss you will be out of position... and all the USA players have extreme skill to avoid a hit.Not a comment about Zegras (however he won't want to be doing some of those things in the NHL) but I can't watch any more low lights from the USHL. Not impressed with the calibre of play or players overall. Having to play a hand picked team is somewhat unfair and embarrassing for them.
Serious question, are they expected to take it easy physically on the USNTDP team. Maybe I learned to play hockey in the bush but I wouldn't let guys skate around me like that all game untouched.
top 20?I think he has elite vision, skating and stick handling. I also think he's very likely to stick at center. I don't know if he's underrated by NHL teams, but he's the least talked about of the NTDP forwards who'll go in the top 20. I see him as a better prospect than Caufield and Boldy, and he might be a full tier above both. He should be talked about more by fans.
top 20?
Zegras is easily gone by 12, if not before 10!
yeah there is no blown coverage in the CHL...I watched a lot of London and Boqvist and Bouchard looked like they were playing against beer leaguers most nights..that is junior hockey, your mighty CHL is no different at all...Not a comment about Zegras (however he won't want to be doing some of those things in the NHL) but I can't watch any more low lights from the USHL. Not impressed with the calibre of play or players overall. Having to play a hand picked team is somewhat unfair and embarrassing for them.
Serious question, are they expected to take it easy physically on the USNTDP team. Maybe I learned to play hockey in the bush but I wouldn't let guys skate around me like that all game untouched.
If you try to hit them and miss you will be out of position... and all the USA players have extreme skill to avoid a hit.
yeah there is no blown coverage in the CHL...I watched a lot of London and Boqvist and Bouchard looked like they were playing against beer leaguers most nights..that is junior hockey, your mighty CHL is no different at all...
no nerve, you just made a dumb statement. junior hockey has few and far between 200ft players, or pure shut down defenders- just the facts. CHL is a great league, I love watching the OHL and Memorial Cup, but it is hardly high quality 200ft hockey..CHL is better than the USHL, but nobody is arguing that..just odd to come in here and make that statement when I can do the exact same in so many CHL kids threads like Bouchard, Krebs, Boqvist, Suzuki, etc..this is why projecting these kids is so hard and why soooooooo many 90 plus point CHLers never make it past the ECHL/AHL..Me thinks I touched a nerve. I stand by what I said. The caliber of the USHL is not a high as the CHL overall and it shows. It will be perhaps but it isn't at the moment. London sucks watch the 67's
Isn't it also hard to watch a hand picked elite team slaughter these guys. If I'm a USHL player I'm not going to response so passively. I'll be happy to take a run at Hughes, Zegras or any other player for that matter and loosen a few chiclets.
Why do people criticized the level of Junior hockey? What are you expecting? On the whole, the overwhelming majority of players in any given junior hockey game in any junior hockey league will not turn into high level pro hockey players. Should we be surprised that top ten picks will make these players look like beer leaguers?
Look at this highlight reel. The creativity and IQ of Zegras ooze out of almost every play.
no nerve, you just made a dumb statement. junior hockey has few and far between 200ft players, or pure shut down defenders- just the facts. CHL is a great league, I love watching the OHL and Memorial Cup, but it is hardly high quality 200ft hockey..CHL is better than the USHL, but nobody is arguing that..just odd to come in here and make that statement when I can do the exact same in so many CHL kids threads like Bouchard, Krebs, Boqvist, Suzuki, etc..this is why projecting these kids is so hard and why soooooooo many 90 plus point CHLers never make it past the ECHL/AHL..