i'm sorry if you think the job of a credentialed writer is to homer nonstop over every player. it would be nice to have even the slightest bit of criticism of any prospect so we don't have people freaking out when someone who's not even that good in the AHL hits the waiver wire, all because some guys with a bunch of followers spent all year building him up with random arbitrary stats.
when you have people calling ron francis an idiot who should be fired because he put a mediocre ahl defenseman on waivers, maybe there's a problem.
Roy is no one and too slow. Basically Rask but not as skilled.
Carrick is a career tweener at this point. Fine as a 7D bc who cares but otherwise nothing special.
Bean might be a second pairing guy.
Saarela just isn’t that good he just has a good shot so people get excited.
Kuokkanen kinda sucks bc he stays on the perimeter but he’s young so maybe he’ll get better idk I’m not holding my breath.
Gauthier is a bust and it was dumb to pick him but he’s big and fast so maybe he can be a bottom 6er idk.
Ned’s ceiling is Petr Mrazek, his floor is a career AHLer, and his most likely outcome is Aaron Dell. Super exciting.
Everyone talks about how McKeown’s getting screwed by our depth as if he’s anything more than a 3rd pairing guy at most and as if he could do anything to move the needle for any NHL team.
Necas will probably be an NHLer but won’t be nearly as good as everyone thinks. Middle 6 scoring center.
Entirely possible that not a single player on the Checkers except Necas gets more than a sniff of NHL time.
Is that solid criticism?
And yet they’re the top team in the AHL, go figure.
They don’t watch the games, all they have are the stats. And the stats are useful for promoting the team. So there you go.
EDIT: oh, did I forget Bishop? How surprising. Boom roasted.