CBJ Board Summer '16 Prospect Rankings: #17
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Hello Johnny
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HtG
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Columbus has been one of the throwing bags of the NHL in the recent years, with you and John Davidson from the St. Louis Blues organization, will this now be a clear change of direction?
Hjallis Harkimo: "No, they go off to lose every game!"
Well, they have been working there before too and everyone tries always their best, like I said I will go there with open mind and get to know the organization and its people with no haste and review them... based on that we make decisions going forward.
... although Pittsburgh might not be among the first holiday destination selections I had also other reasons than this draft to go there on my holiday. Of course I have lots of friends there and one important reason many has forgotten when I said that 'on holiday' is that we have four players who were drafted to the NHL and I wanted to be there to support those players of ours who took that big step in their own career and got that NHL selection like for example Teuvo Teräväinen at the first round and Lindbohm and Korpisalo and compatriots after that... so it was a work trip, a vacation and networking trip.
Well... I have started as a part-time scout with the Ottawa Senators... and no... they didn't really pay me much wage for that then and I wasn't really interested in how much I was paid. I've started with that I want to show with work that I would be worth of being paid something some day... I can't really give any other advice than just to work and believe in yourself and let your work speak for itself. I have always tried to follow that rule in life, I don't send CV's anywhere, I try for that CV to be found some other way and that the results and working would speak on their behalf. I believe in that in the future too.
It has been great time, really great and really great memories and I am really grateful that I had the chance to be here this time and got the chance to get back to the lathe to do what I love to do. I am forever grateful to Hjallis for that.
Because it's a superficial comparison, and not everyone takes the comparison seriously.
Peeke looks to me to be the most underrated prospect on our list. He's got good raw tools in all areas and more development time in front of him than any other D prospect.
It's also odd that he was ranked top 90 in the draft by most scouting services and top 20 by the Jackets scouts, yet he finishes low in our rankings - behind guys who would be hard pressed to return third round picks if they were on the trade market (e.g. Zaar).
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