He was a risk as a top end pick coming from the league he did and needed a good fit. You can’t just move players from one team to another and assume there development will be the same. We are a failing team wh has a history of failed prospect. The issue is the organization not the players picked. Situation is huge and right now we are a failing situation for young players.
That's not great but that's not 'injury prone' either. There's a little more concern with Hughes because of body type and his penchant for putting himself in awkward positions, but Nico other than his lockout season from hell has played all but 12-13 games (at most) in his other full seasons.
Not too worried about Hughes learning to put himself in positions to absorb or negate hits entirely. Many smaller players learned this with time in the league. That first injury was also a bit flukey imo.
I don't think I used the word or term "injury prone". The topic was he would eventually be a 100 point player. Not in 65 games he won't...and that is what 20% missed games means.
I HIGHLY doubt MTL don’t go Wright. I’d say it’s 65-70% Wright right now. First draft in MTL in a while and first draft for the Hughes management also. Wright is a canadian C who has leadership qualities which I’m sure is attractive for the Habs.
Smith was seen as a huge get falling to us In the first place. Why we can’t develop players is the bigger question
I thought I missed confirmation as I saw something on Twitter today. Just a simple question
There isn't any confirmation out of anywhere until the pick is made.
You don’t understand my point because you’re lost in the one-sidedness of debates. It would do wonders for you to discover nuances and learn to discuss things.
Yes they certainly do same as us instead of our hits being
This is a good point Going back to 15 and not counting last year draft obviously. The devils had 8 picks in the top 20! 4 of which were in the top 10. If your drafting well that’s a lot of potential to get some legit studs but sadly I don’t know if that’s the case. Maybe Cranston isn’t as good as we thought because conte was so bad for so long?
Jim is dealing tonight!
Yeah I do remember that night everyone and their mother was stoked smith fell to us. Wonder if other teams knew something we didn’t? Btw I’m not writing smith off but he def has been a bummer bordering on Zacha bust territory.
Smith not panning out is not nearly as aggravating as Zacha not panning out. He was the “first” of our recent high picks and was picked 6th overall.
I agree 100% with that missing on 6 is way worse then missing on 17. Just again going by this board on draft night I bought the hoopla.
All good, I think I misunderstood what you meant lol. As you’ve mentioned I’m also not ready to give up on Ty. I expect a big season from him. He needs to get his confidence back and rely on his IQ/decision making, which was really good in his first season.
