Confirmed with Link: Daniel Torgersson elc starting 22/23

[hockeyarena]

I remember a few training camps ago torgersson was a standout and almost made the team, then his game completely fell off. Disappointing for sure.

 

[Bender Duster]

I guess the Jets 2016-20 strategy of drafting heavily from Finland is effectively history now. Only one pick left in the fold.

 

[bustamente]

Promised little delivered less, out the door you go

 

[Romang67]

I guess the Jets 2016-20 strategy of drafting heavily from Finland is effectively history now. Only one pick left in the fold.

Excuse me?

 

[Bender Duster]

Excuse me?

Whoopsie. Back to bed for me.

 

[Buffdog]

Excuse me?

Finland, Sweden....same thing

 

[macmaroon]

Finland, Sweden....same thing

Don't you dare say that to my Swedish grandfather. Even at 92 when he passed, he still would have beat you up good...

 

[voyageur]

Finland, Sweden....same thing

In the Middle Ages perhaps

 

[bustamente]

Don't you dare say that to my Swedish grandfather. Even at 92 when he passed, he still would have beat you up good...

After a good nap of course

 

[macmaroon]

After a good nap of course

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree...

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

What happened to Torgersson? Was he a worse pick than Sutter?

 

[Bender Duster]

Togernnen Nikkersson…must have got the two mixed up. Damned tequila!

 

[hockeyarena]

Finland, Sweden....same thing

Finland; The transcona of Sweden.

 

[KingBogo]

What happened to Torgersson? Was he a worse pick than Sutter?

He was a swing and a miss. It happens.

 

[snowkiddin]

What happened to Torgersson? Was he a worse pick than Sutter?

I don't know about that. It's been four years since the Jets drafted Torgersson. Four years after they drafted Sutter he was playing U Sports hockey.

Torgersson was a whiff, it is what it is. I remember when he was drafted reading scouting reports saying he had all the tools to be a tenacious middle six winger, the question was just whether or not he could put it all together. Clearly, he couldn't.

 

[Jet]

Finland, Sweden....same thing

Ohhhhh now you've done it.

 

[Jets]

I don't know about that. It's been four years since the Jets drafted Torgersson. Four years after they drafted Sutter he was playing U Sports hockey.

Torgersson was a whiff, it is what it is. I remember when he was drafted reading scouting reports saying he had all the tools to be a tenacious middle six winger, the question was just whether or not he could put it all together. Clearly, he couldn't.

The only frustrating part about it is the trend the Jets have to take stabs at random European forwards in the mid rounds when a lot of other teams uncover solid NA defensemen with those picks.

Outside of the top highly skilled euro prospects, most of the later round guys available don't have the same skillsets to translate to the NA game that a lot of Canadian and American born players do. IMO we should be taking more stabs at them instead.

 

[snowkiddin]

The only frustrating part about it is the trend the Jets have to take stabs at random European forwards in the mid rounds when a lot of other teams uncover solid NA defensemen with those picks.

Outside of the top highly skilled euro prospects, most of the later round guys available don't have the same skillsets to translate to the NA game that a lot of Canadian and American born players do. IMO we should be taking more stabs at them instead.

I hear ya. It's just a bit of a crapshoot past the first round, I guess. Looking back, Torgersson was ranked as high as #27 and as low as #70 but was generally seen as a mid-second round prospect. For whatever reason his development just completely stalled and he's basically gotten worse and worse every season, which is obviously not what you want to see from a 22-year-old forward prospect.

Sucks we could've had Faber but I didn't even know who either of these dudes were at the time so I'm not gonna point fingers