Where do you think you went right or wrong?
More seriously, Heinola got the Kotkaniemi treatment in Winnipeg, was up and down, barely played on his call-ups, etc. He's a typical development victim. Turcotte was injuries that got him. Im sure these two players would still have been pretty good with more normal development curves.
I barely scouted Kaako. When there's unanimous picks like that, I typically just have incidental viewings (Viewing other prospects on the same team or against.), same with Hughes, but Hughes played with a lot of other players that were big names so I saw a bunch of his. Not making excuses, but it is what it is, laziness. Also Im sure we could blame the Rangers (Gorton) for developpign him poorly but if Im honest, I havent followed at all.
Byram I still like there, would take before most. I think he's a top asset in the NHL, and this is despite career threatening injuries (Concussions.)
Newhook is so skilled, Im sure even today most can see the package. He skates as fast as anyone, can stickhandle, can wire a shot from anywhere and he's a good play maker. Why he hasn't already put it all together is beyond me. Him playing in the BCHL made all of his skills pop out even more though, he was literally McDavid on ice when I watched him in the B. Adjusting for league is always tough.
I don't think I was particularly wrong on Boldy, Id still have him ahead of everyone but Seider on this list.
Dach I wasn't too low and I don't think I was wrong much, Seider and Caufield would jump ahead, that's about it from 2019. We could say he was too low, though.
Dorofeyev I expect makes the team as a regular this year, getting a top 6er at 8th isn't bad at all. He's underrated. Of course its a failure to have him above Caufield, Cozens and Seider.
Cozens I loved. I had him as high as 4 most of the year but got convinced by some that he had "low IQ" and when you start looking for something, you usually find it. Moral of the story is do not take the opinion of others when scouting, unless you trust them. (Theres about 5 person I trust with their opinion on prospects on this board.)
Seider I actually had higher than most anyone I think! He's too low, of course, but I think it's a win in most rankings, as an example, Bob had Seider 16th overall.
Coles too low, no other way around it, should've been 4th if I really trusted my gut, lol. He was small though, and still is, of course.
The big omission is Zegras, and while I still don't like him at all as a player, he should've been much higher than 25. I went overboard with this.
1.Jack Hughes
Tier 2
2. Kappo Kaako
3. Bowen Byram
4. Alex Newhook
Tier 3
5. Alex Turcotte
6. Matthew Boldy
7. Kirby Dach
8. Pavel Dorofeyev
9. Ville Henoila
10. Dylan Cozens
11. Moritz Seider
12. Cole Caufield
Calm down. It's not meant as an insult to Plekanec.
One year of 70 points doesn't change the fact we relied on him for a role he wasn't cut out for. Desharnais scored 60 one year, should he have been Pacioretty's centre as long as he was?
There's no calming down and it was a downright insult. It's not one year, it's 2 of 70, three of 60+, 7 of 50+. All while playing the shutdown matchup minutes. It's a 56 points pace over his 841 prime years, it's 1900+ minutes of PK time, good for 9th in the NHL for forwards over that time frame. It's good for 20th overall in production for centers during that time frame. It's only a total of 9 points per season of production behind Bergeron, would you call him a barely 2C ?
Your comment was stupid. Nothing more, nothing less.
. This is an example of how some fans don't understand rebuilds and think all 1st rounders are worth more than a guy like Dach. Same with the late 1st and early 2nd for Newhook.
