you either didn't watch the tourny close enough or havnt seen anything in the history of the 1st overall pick. ill give u an example of 2011s draft 1st overall (Who didn't make team canada wjc without the help of a lockout) Ryan Nugent Hopkins.... well hes looking pretty good. Also 8th overall pick made team canada and he hasn't looked bad either (despite having a very horrible WJC) Sean Couterier. he can easily play a role in the NHL and he will, the guy is a special talent and the 2min a game spott gave him u could see he was dynamite.
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you either didn't watch the tourny close enough or havnt seen anything in the history of the 1st overall pick. ill give u an example of 2011s draft 1st overall (Who didn't make team canada wjc without the help of a lockout) Ryan Nugent Hopkins.... well hes looking pretty good. Also 8th overall pick made team canada and he hasn't looked bad either (despite having a very horrible WJC) Sean Couterier. he can easily play a role in the NHL and he will, the guy is a special talent and the 2min a game spott gave him u could see he was dynamite.
He looked brutal in the WJC... like completely useless. There is also a difference between not being chosen because the team wants a different type of player and sucking in the tournament.
Again, I'm not saying he won't turn into a great player. But it's foolish to expect him to be a 1st line C his first year in the league. Or any draftee for that matter.
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Agreed. You can also add in that the new cba allows a team to retain a portion of the traded players salary. That could make him quite attractive to a cap floor team and would still be cheaper than buying him out.
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In their draft years...
Jonathan Toews - 2 points in 6 games
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Didn't make the WJC team
Tyler Seguin - Didn't make WJC team
Matt Duchene - Didn't make WJC team
Jordan Staal - Didn't make WJC team
Bobby Ryan - Didn't make WJC team
Eric Staal - Didn't make WJC team
MacKinnon made the WJC team, as a 17 year old, in a lockout year.
That's pretty good.
He also played scrub minutes, and wasn't given the opportunity to make a significant impact on games, because the idiot behind the bench.
MacKinnon is a special talent.
MacKinnon is a special talent.
Sure is.
How many of them jumped from jr to 1st line players in their rookie years ?
I believe that was the point of the original question.
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Either way I don't think it can be argued if MacKinnon got his fair shake or not.. He hardly played and it's definitely not be because of his skills. Once he was put out there he felt like he had to do a lot more to impress which caused him to get dumb penalties.. Still if we judged all prospects off WJ performances how would Angelo Esposito look?
this is the perfect year to tank and get ourselves mackinnon
shortened season works wonders, no real agony
shortened season works wonders, no real agony
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Really hoping Reimer plays like he did 2 seasons ago and luongo doesn't get traded here. One can only dream.
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You have something there for sure
The worst! I never understood that Luo Captain scenario... (changing the history of the game like that and all...) That was a horrible scenery
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When they won't have the cap space tor re-sign the Sedins after next season. Not that they're getting Kadri anyway.
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Limited cap space. Limited roster space.
No way that they go anywhere. If Bozak is involved, then I could see him as a stop gap for when Kesler comes back.
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Who cares how he performed in a six game tournament? Anyone can look good or bad in a six game sample size.
It may not be 1st but we'll be getting a high pick and we'll even be trying to win games.
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