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It's not a myth, it just varies between teams.
Here is a test for you... Who's be BPA at 5 in this next draft?
It's not a myth, it just varies between teams.
The most critical point now in his development is how they handle the first set back. The Hab way for young players, as long as I can remember, is to drop them down the line up, cut their ice time or sit them in the press box. Hopefully they let him and Nuke work through them
Here is a test for you... Who's be BPA at 5 in this next draft?
The way he's shooting the puck out there he is starting to look like more Elias Pettersson than Barkov
TBH Victor Mete would be more dominant physically than EPHe doesn't dangle like EP, but he'll be more dominant physically
Been imploring this move since early 2019... its clear it his spot. Hes our 2nd best one time option after Weber, plus hes probably the best passer... the play should go through him, not Domi or Drouin.When are we going to move him to the half-wall on the PP. It’s such an obvious move.
When are we going to move him to the half-wall on the PP. It’s such an obvious move.
When are we going to move him to the half-wall on the PP. It’s such an obvious move.
Long run that's where he'll be.
But in the short run, he takes a little too long to read the play and gets closed down for a turnover.
Will be great in the future to see:
Right halfwall: KK
Left point/halfwall: Suzuki
Left side of the net/lower halfwall: Caufield
Front of the net: Poehling
Top of the diamond: Petry/Romanov/Norlinder/Mete?
The most critical point now in his development is how they handle the first set back. The Hab way for young players, as long as I can remember, is to drop them down the line up, cut their ice time or sit them in the press box. Hopefully they let him and Nuke work through them
Constantly being wrong on your hockey reads, man. Hes not behind anything, especially when you compare him to the rest of his teammates.Long run that's where he'll be.
But in the short run, he takes a little too long to read the play and gets closed down for a turnover.
Will be great in the future to see:
Right halfwall: KK
Left point/halfwall: Suzuki
Left side of the net/lower halfwall: Caufield
Front of the net: Poehling
Top of the diamond: Petry/Romanov/Norlinder/Mete?
BPA is a myth... it's only exist in hindsight. At the 3rd spot that year, it was waive of talent. Kotkaniemi was just not a popular pick like Tkachuk, Hughes, or Zadina were all season. Kotkaniemi was a young player on the rise the closer the draft came.
Imagine... If there were no U18's and playoffs to see in their draft year like this draft year? Kotkaniemi would have been a 15-30 range steal! I expect this draft to be wide open from 15-50 range cause the sample size to evaluate in their draft year is limited.
I asked the question before we drafted KK... Has there been much guys who were rising stocks towards the draft that busted? Not many found any examples if any!
Long run that's where he'll be.
But in the short run, he takes a little too long to read the play and gets closed down for a turnover.
Will be great in the future to see:
Right halfwall: KK
Left point/halfwall: Suzuki
Left side of the net/lower halfwall: Caufield
Front of the net: Poehling
Top of the diamond: Petry/Romanov/Norlinder/Mete?
We're far, far from seeing Poehling in the NHL full time. Let alone an NHL powerplay.
As for Mete? I can't wait to have a more capable D coming in. Him being on the powerplay basically makes it a 4 on 4 on the ice. He's not scoring and is totally useless if he's not skating with the puck in the neutral zone.
Constantly being wrong on your hockey reads, man. Hes not behind anything, especially when you compare him to the rest of his teammates.
Lol who cares our PP is f***ing trash anyways.
lol, not in the future. lol...
Was not a popular pick...hence he wasn't BPA. He was NEVER a bust. But was not BPA. Who are the guys that skyrocketed from 20 to 3 in 1 year and became top picks? Do you think that's the norm? And if he would have been chosen later than 3, he would have been a great top 10 pick. Not sure why people can't differentiate. Saying JK wasn't BPA DOES NOT MEAN HE WAS A BUST. Or that he wasn't a great pick. Mind you, it's also quite understandable to have doubts on Timmins to find a Centerman when the last great centerman we picked as a Habs organization was....Tomas freakin Plekanec in 2001.....NOT a Timmins pick.
If JK would have been chosen at his right BPA spot, he might have been chosen at the Scheifele spot. And it would have been a HELL of a pick. Better than the 1st BPA pick that year Nugent-Hopkins.
You couldn't be more wrong. It's not about analysing later and coming to the conclusion that a guy was finally BPA. It's about what would you do at THE PRESENT TIME and call those players BPA. Exemple? Brendan Gallagher. The guy racked stats. But he was small. Not the easiest pure talent level to look at. And not the fastest. But he most definately was, AT THE TIME, with his stats, the BPA. We took the BPA at the 5th round.
Also, you could say the same when we picked Corey Locke. We most definately took the BPA. But....it didn't pan out.
Again taking the BPA does not mean you'll be right 100%. But it means that you are putting your odds on your side.
BPA is flawed. Lots of teams draft for need when there is a waive of talent. So the Habs are going to draft a power forward type with our 16th pick. I'm 90% confident.
Back at the time of the draft, it was widely assumed that the Habs would pick Zadina.
He needs to learn how to run a PP. He's actually never done this, not in Pori or with the national team. We can't just throw him in the bumper spot and think that he'll learn from osmosis from our shit ass other PP players. We need to put him in the position he'll eventually be best at, and let him figure it out. This is the bed we made by not bringing him along slowly.
If BPA is flawed, I can't imagine what drafting for needs is. We needed a big shutdown D. We got Tinordi. We needed a big power forward à la Lucic, we drafted McCarron. We needed a big rugged winger. We drafted Crisp. I then prefer a flawed BPA than a real flawed Need. Does that mean that we would not have picked JK? Maybe. But would have picked Quinn Hughes a problem? Don't think so either. Zadina? Well....that remains to be seen. But it remains to be seen....in hindsight. Not at the time.
By the way, who is that powerforward type at 16?