LD Bowen Byram - Vancouver Giants, WHL (2019, 4th, COL)

[Dominance]

Also he’s been really good for a weaker Giants team so it’s really just one person freaking out over his most basic statistical profile

 

[Lemonlimey]

This year is all about the WJC for him. Can he show a maturing defensive style, along with his standard offensive instinct, at a higher level. He’s a cocky kid, let’s see if that raises his game.

 

[TopT]

Byram is going to be just fine you dolts. Avs were lucky as hell he was still available at four.

Byram, Makar, and Girard, maybe Timmins, Avs will be set. A starting line up of

Landeskog - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Byram - Makar

lol

really ? that would mean he is better than the first 3

 

[Pip]

Tied for 12th in scoring in the WHL among defensemen. Kind of surprised by that. Those that have seen him play this season, how has he looked? Is he focusing more on his defensive game this year?

From my viewings he is not fully engaged every game like last year and when he is, he is trying to do too much. Still a very dominant player. The Giants are much worse offensively and defensively compared to last year as well.

 

[Ararana]

really ? that would mean he is better than the first 3

IMO Byram was the third best talent in the draft. Avs were lucky Chicago fell in love with Dach, though honestly time will tell.

 

[avsfan09]

really ? that would mean he is better than the first 3

He’s probably arguable with Dach but I also agree Dach has a higher end potential and likely ends up better.

 

[TopT]

He’s probably arguable with Dach but I also agree Dach has a higher end potential and likely ends up better.

he is also very arguable with Turcotte

 

[avsfan09]

he is also very arguable with Turcotte

Tbh you could argue any of Cozens, Turcotte, Zegras Pokolzin ect but it’s stupid really to do so we have only our opinions to go off really and we’re years away from judging that draft.

 

[TopT]

Tbh you could argue any of Cozens, Turcotte, Zegras Pokolzin ect but it’s stupid really to do so we have only our opinions to go off really and we’re years away from judging that draft.

agree, so its kind of hard to say the avs were "lucky" he fell to 4

 

[avsfan09]

agree, so its kind of hard to say the avs were "lucky" he fell to 4

Agreed but they are usually a very good poster imo so I assume they are just excited and think highly of Byram.

 

[Lemonlimey]

agree, so its kind of hard to say the avs were "lucky" he fell to 4

avs are lucky he wasn’t taken third.

that was easy actually

 

[Ararana]

Agreed but they are usually a very good poster imo so I assume they are just excited and think highly of Byram.

If you're talking about me then dawww thanks. And yes I'm rather higher on Byram than the average bear. I was long before the Avs drafted him so it's not 100% bias. Byram in Chicago would have been my nightmare.

 

[Ivan13]

really ? that would mean he is better than the first 3

Well, he's comfortably better than the guy taken at #3.

 

[hockeyviking]

really ? that would mean he is better than the first 3

No it dosent. It means that Colorado was lucky that he was still there at 4.

 

[Dominance]

Well, he's comfortably better than the guy taken at #3.

But Dach > Hughes and Kakko.

Ergo, Byram is generational.

 

[TopT]

No it dosent. It means that Colorado was lucky that he was still there at 4.

it kind of does, unless you are suggesting avs were lucky to get the worse player

 

[TopT]

Well, he's comfortably better than the guy taken at #3.

not from what we are seeing right now and BTW I think Turcotte will be best of those 3

 

[hockeyviking]

it kind of does, unless you are suggesting avs were lucky to get the worse player

No it dosent...... in a nother year he might have been taken higher. It was also lucky that Chicago is having a lot of good d prospects, so that they wanted a forward.

 

[TopT]

No it dosent...... in a nother year he might have been taken higher. It was also lucky that Chicago is having a lot of good d prospects, so that they wanted a forward.

in another year he might have been taken much much lower, like in 2020, so dont get your point; teams take BPA doesnt matter if its forward or D

 

[TheGoldenJet]

Well, he's comfortably better than the guy taken at #3.

Its early, but Dach looks to be a better pick than Byram right now.

 

[hockeyviking]

in another year he might have been taken much much lower, like in 2020, so dont get your point; teams take BPA doesnt matter if its forward or D

Yes he might have been taken lower another season but colorado isnt going to draft in the. Topp 10 next year. I love BPA..... can you define how a team values BPA. Because that is different from team to team so we cant say that Chicagos need for forwards didnt have anything to do with their pick.

 

[Mac2Rants]

as long as he can be a good #3 that's all the avs need.

 

[Goulet17]

Its early, but Dach looks to be a better pick than Byram right now.

We'll see. It is hard to say anything definitive about any prospect from the 2019 draft at this point. We should check back in a couple of years as we should have a better idea at that time (although that still may be early in the process). I realize that this would go against the grain on these boards.

At this time last year, many people thought that Colorado had the weakest prospect/player from the top-5 selections of the 2017 draft.

 

[Goulet17]

DELETE - DP

 

[Ivan13]

Its early, but Dach looks to be a better pick than Byram right now.

Sure he does. As we all know, progress is linear, especially when comparing forwards to defensemen.