Prospect Info: Caps Prospects General Discussion Thread - 2024-25

[wickedwitch]

I mean you can be big time and still generate points if you are that kind of talent. Justin Williams and Dave Bolland were great in big games, they still were just Justin Williams and Dave Bolland. With Leonard, It's not even NHL hockey right now. All the guys from college who ever were considered "those guys" in the NHL have been able to produce on every level.

So, I'm sorry but I don't buy the excuses. The man is game when the puck drops, no question but for that much hype and draft pedigree? This is not enough. Yet.

He's not that player. (Yet.) It's like asking why doesn't Carlson have the offensive output of Karlsson. If Leonard were that player, he wouldn't have fallen to 8th.

He's not going to come in and be a star offensively (in the regular season). I think he could get there eventually, but I do not expect him to put up huge point totals in his first season.

Leonard's value to the Caps is 1) he could immediately put up solid (think Vrana-esque) offensive numbers while also being solid off the puck and 2) he has significant long-term offensive potential.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Leonard is also essentially the designated goal scorer on his BC line, which inherently means fewer points since there can be two assists on any given goal, but only ever one goal. Hockey maths!

 

[Melkor]

He's not that player. (Yet.) It's like asking why doesn't Carlson have the offensive output of Karlsson. If Leonard were that player, he wouldn't have fallen to 8th.

I mean Hutson fell to whatever that number is and giving the same output while being a D. Johnny Hockey tore NCAA apart in his days. Plenty of examples of people delivering. 8th overall is more than high enough to be expected to be in the upper echelon offensively all year long. Otherwise, yeah, it's just a hope that he's gonna be somehow more impactful in the NHL than as an amateur.

 

[twabby]

I think Hutson producing so much compared to Leonard is more a credit to Hutson and how good he is than an indictment of Leonard's production. It's silly that Hutson dropped as far as he did in the draft.

 

[Holtbyisms]

I think Hutson producing so much compared to Leonard is more a credit to Hutson and how good he is than an indictment of Leonard's production. It's silly that Hutson dropped as far as he did in the draft.

I think if anyone has known the rookie season his brother was going to have he goes at least somewhere in the 20s. Now, every other GM is the league who had a pick outside of the top 10 and didn't pick him is probably kicking themselves after the WJC.