While Lambert, Scheifele and Connor looked like fresh faced grade schoolers upon being drafted, Barlow looked 30+ with kids and a mortgage
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There are quite a few prospects taken after Barlow who are looking very good. Centres, RHD, wingers, but that is all hindsight. I think most of us were pretty happy with the pick at the time.
Perfetti still looks like a grade schooler. Maybe middle school by now.
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Him and Ville probably get ID'd at the movie theater trying to see an R rated film lol
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Agreed. Some players taken after have looked really good.
HockeyProspect.com was very high on Barlow and had him 6th so my hope is that the things that they saw in him are still there and will flourish. Skating still seems like it could be an issue though.
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I think that skating is the only issue that is visible right now. If he improves that, other things may surface, like HIQ for example. I'm not too concerned with his current lack of production. He is adapting to a new team and is still getting plenty of shots. With his shot, they will start going in. I am more concerned with his lack of assists. I hope that comes around.
Niagara trailed 4-2 against Ottawa with 5 minutes to go. K.He scores two goals to tie and then sets up the OT game winner.
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Teppo Numenor
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Steal of the draft
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All of you heaping praise on Him, be prepared with your backup narrative if He decides he doesn't want to sign here because "it doesn't feel right".
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If he continues as he is then heh is still the steal of the draft. We have seen big overpays to acquire those playerszAll of you heaping praise on Him, be prepared with your backup narrative if He decides he doesn't want to sign here because "it doesn't feel right".
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@AavcoCup on Twitter has been pretty low on him. Said he was a ways away from the NHL last season, even before his current struggles.
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He/Him is definitely the steal of the draft so far!
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Of course, AC decided long ago that he no longer wanted to express his opinions on this forum, where someone might actually challenge him and put forward compelling arguments as to why he could be wrong. So, I long ago stopped giving a f*** what he thinks.
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Well Aavco has pretty good takes on twitter (which I agree with most of the time). IIRC he left this board when this place was being insufferable during the 17-18 playoff run constantly shitting on Helle. So I can't really blame him
I think he is the best on Jets twitter with information on Jets and Jets prospects as he probably watches Jets prospects the most outside of people in the organization.
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Here are He's two goals as he leaps into top spot in OHL points:
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Well Aavco has pretty good takes on twitter (which I agree with most of the time). IIRC he left this board when this place was being insufferable during the 17-18 playoff run constantly shitting on Helle. So I can't really blame him
I think he is the best on Jets twitter with information on Jets and Jets prospects as he probably watches Jets prospects the most outside of people in the organization.
Yeah he's really good for Jets related info, especially prospects. Definitely worth a follow if anyone still uses twitter.
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Kid kinda reminds me of Kane with his hustle and shooting...except he can hit the net.
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He was definitely on to something.
Those two goals looked exactly the same haha. Reminds me a little of the time Brendan Lemieux scored 3 extremely similar looking goals on the same powerplay in the OHL.
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He's point performance so far (small sample size, i'm sure it will fall off) is already 3x higher than his last season in the OHL at this time of year. Getting drafted and going to camp lit a fire under his ass, because he did not compete at this level in the beginning of last year from what I can tell. Napkin math (which does not take in to account injury or slumps, which obviously are unpredictable) would put him at 164 points to finish the season which although definitely wont happen, indicates there's a very good chance he finishes with at least 100 if he keeps this pace up. I'm gonna predict he finishes with 118. Wyatt Johnstons 2021/22 year landed him at 124.
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Barlow avoids the James Bond start (0-0-7) with an apple in game seven.
Nice to see most of our prospects off to real good starts this year. Lucius juat played his first game last night, here is hoping for a healthy and productive season.
Agree.
I thought Lucius was fine last night. He'll probably ramp up his speed and aggressiveness but you could already see that he doesn't shy away from crowded areas on the ice and he makes quick decisions with the puck. He can get his shot off with little time or space. If he can stay healthy, he's still a viable NHL prospect
