Although Räty can actually play smart hockey unlike Lambert. But sure, if you prefer a skater over a real hockey player, then you probably prefer Lambert over Räty. I would take Räty over Lambert every single day and twice on Sunday though.
Me too, but I'm just predicting what NHL scouts think.
If a guy had raw tools to be a 100 point player, I don't think they would fall to second round.
Honestly, his problem is not his fitness or being "weak"...
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Lambert sounds motivated.
He’s trained 4 weeks under Gary Roberts in Toronto and said has been an eye opening experience.
He knows the summer is short for training with the draft, development camp& u20 tourney.
So he wants to dedicate any time he has for training and development.
Really like the sound of that
I both like to hear this, as a NYI fan, but will note that there were a *lot* of questions about Raty's decision-making before the draft. It was not just about his skating, which tbh appeared to be no worse than average at NHL camp last season. There are two parts of this. One part is that the lack of a player's production causes observers to evaluate their play differently. The other part is that the lack of production causes a player to lose confidence, and lose their game. I agree with you that Raty is a completely different kind of player than Lambert. But their situations, and how it led to them playing/being evaluated are similar.
Raty was basically a massive risk flier. It basically was "you can either have the Raty who was a stud, or a raty who was struggling hard". i view it in the same light as someone drafting a guy like Nakobe Dean in this years NFL draft: A top 10 prospect who cratered hard and has issues, but can be a damn good player on one side. You essentially just have to hope someone like Raty develops. In the end, he did, and was a pretty positive contributor in Bridgeport also for the small time he's been there.
I haven't heard of any specifics. The main knock on him is that he might have been overmanaged by his father a bit.
Which Nylander?
I don’t think it’s reasonable to compare their draft years because Räty had his season pretty much destroyed already because of covid and other health problems. Lambert on the other hand has been quite healthy during his last two seasons and despite that he has had poor production constantly.
good point, and Raty only had one team change (Karpat to Jukerit), while you've seen Lambert bounce from team to team. If Lambert is gonna prove his worth, its gonna come in the dub and it gotta come with Lambert getting a chance at the memorial cup.
Lambert put up 0,38 ppg in Liiga in his D-1 season, it’s absolutely wrong to say he ”has had poor production constantly” unless you rate him in that much higher than Räty.
Went of the top of my head, so close enough, but you can’t seriously believe any of this? If so, makes me wonder if you’ve ever actually even seen him play.
