I'm trying to project based on what I see, for fun. Where it gets toxic is when people argue to be right rather than debate to learn. Too much trying to "win" or "be right" vs the value of discussion here. Think that's just the way the world is these days tho.
I never thought Roy over Farrell was a weird choice either. I just felt at the time Farrell had more pathways to the NHL. Roy has worked very hard to make that point moot now.
Tks for reply me. I don't think Roy did worked that hard to improve. (Mod) Roy always been a playmaker and a player who capitalizes on scoring chances. He always was a player with an high IQ, he makes goals to happen when he's on the ice. He have a lot to improve to be make it happen on the nhl level, his skating have to improve but it's feasable. At least he have the size and he doesn't fall on the ice, he looks solid.
Farrell at the time when pple said he would become better than Roy was because he was playing in the usa system, a better league. Is that argument takes too much importance? He is much smaller and he didn't have the pts Roy did thru his carreer. I was thinking Farrell was a lower version of Plekanec. He looked ok at his level, but not dominating outragiously so my opinion when he would make the step into nhl (if he makes it), he would be like middle of the class, some sort of Evans or Torrey Mitchell. There are plenty of this type of prospects in the nhl, all the teams have some of them. Leblanc was another one, Ben Maxwell too, I mean we can't get too excited with smallish forwards who doesn't dominate outragiously like Caufield, Makar, Gaudreau or Hutson. They are the exception. Bigger prospects like Roy are more in the mold to do something signifiant in the nhl. They don't make it happen all of them for various reasons but there are more chances to become dominant. Take Toffoli for example, he's not a superstar but he scores, he does something, he have good years and bad years, ups and downs, but definitivly he belongs into the nhl.
Look at our bank of prospects, the ones we cheer the most have size. Slaf is ahead of Caufield today. Xhekaj younger brother is ahead of smaller prospects, Tuch is a possible one over smaller ones. Teams who won the SC had size and speed. And players playing the system of the coach because hockey is a team sport. A prospect with size, speed and some skills have chances. If he have size and IQ he will be an nhler unless have serious flaws or he doesn't train or if he have drinking or substances problems.
