If Mac didn't have the ability to completely blow by defenders, I'd probably go with Drouin.. But every time you watch him do it, you get shivers. A really special quality for a C who can defend to his level.
If Mac didn't have the ability to completely blow by defenders, I'd probably go with Drouin.. But every time you watch him do it, you get shivers. A really special quality for a C who can defend to his level.
Yea thought so.
I think this whole argument is silly ... Most don't need a scouts opinion or report to see the difference in "IQ". Just watch them play ... You'll see how Drouin finds players that you from the stand didn't even see, and how he can slow the game down and view the ice so well... That's not a knock on MacKinnon, he's still great in that regard, but Drouin's claim to fame after his hands is his exceptional sense, no question better ..... Just watch them play.
Yea thought so.
Little acting debut/cameo by MacKinnon on Mr. D last night.
On the TSN midseason draft special tonight, who was chosen as best hockey IQ in the entire draft? Jonathan Drouin...
Ya whatever, guy who picks what arguments support his hypothesis and none of the ones that don't.
Don't see where it says he's the smartest unless it was in video + according you your logic Drouin is smarter than Crosby. Oh wait, you made up a half baked excuse for that one.
And Giroux too*
Guess you also believe HFboards should close down because why even offer a POV when you can google what other people think and repeat it like a mindless robot.
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Lol. Pretty sad response. Obviously you have no clue what you are talking about. But let's leave it here
Whatever helps you sleep at night. But hey! Who am I to talk? I'm only offering my opinion based on seeing him, and you're offering a single quote from a coach that, by your logic, implies Drouin's smarter than Giroux and Crosby. Guess you got me! checkmate!
I think HalifaxDucks summed up the debated pretty well. Basically anyone who is remotedly knowledgeable about hockey can see now Drouin's IQ is off the charts and superior to MacKinnon's still very good IQ. Craig Button also came out and said Drouin had the best IQ in the entire draft class (which also includes MacKinnon) and there are many other sources who have been saying the same thing all year long. On the other hand, you have no one and no outside, legitimate source backing your point of view. You even showed earlier in this thread that you did not even know (lol) what hockey vision/IQ/sense is about as you thought it was "dangling". So I could argue with you in many more posts but why lose time with someone that is so clueless on the topic at hand?
I'm sorry Mr. "Drouin is smarter than Crosby and Giroux and I have no evidence that directly compares Drouin to MacKinnon", but I offered my opinion based on my own definitions of IQ which include decision making and simple plays. I didn't say the hockey world was in consensus.
How many viewings you had in Montreal? Thought so.
Haha relax man. The coach who gave that quote didn't have a list of players he's coached against in front of him.. And do you think either the coach or him was thinking Drouin > Crosby and Giroux for IQ when dropping that quote?
You get to see Mackinnon and Drouin more then him probably, but the extreme exaggeration of the quote he gave to support his side of the argument isn't going to suddenly make people think you're right.