Opinion on Joshua Roy

[BearQC]

I believe Joshua Roy is not enough talked, and he should get more attention. This kid has a solid potential and great playmaking.

What are your thoughts about him?

 

[NVious]

Son of a legend, he's gonna make it happen like fellow child of a legend Filip Forsberg

 

[Peasy]

https://forums.hfboards.com/threads/w-joshua-roy-laval-rocket-ahl-2021-150th-mtl.2541127/page-25

 

[H3ckt1k]

Son of a legend, he's gonna make it happen like fellow child of a legend Filip Forsberg

Filip Forsberg often gets overlooked because he lives in the shadow of Peter but he's a great shout.

 

[hamzarocks]

Son of a legend, he's gonna make it happen like fellow child of a legend Filip Forsberg

Yea but Joshua is the middle child for St Patrick.

Nicholas is his favorite son, since hes got an ear covered by a Stanley Cup

 

[Bouboumaster]

Solid prospect IMO

I think he's a "Tyler Toffoli 2.0"

Not the fastest skater, solid vision and hockey IQ, good shot, great two ways players

He's a top 9 player for sure

 

[HockeyVirus]

He's property of the Habs, so I think he is an utter bust and not very good. I may change my opinion if he ever is traded or leaves in free agency.

 

[SI90]

Decent Hockey name

 

[Nth Turtle Reborn]

Have yet to watch the kid so I can't opine, but shame on father Patrick naming him so. Equally, shame on the Habs fanbase if his nickname isn't already Wawa.

 

[Sol]

Who dat

 

[Canadienna]

Have yet to watch the kid so I can't opine, but shame on father Patrick naming him so. Equally, shame on the Habs fanbase if his nickname isn't already Wawa.

We're wayy ahead of ya. Josh Wawa will be a stud.

 

[Sendhelp2Anaheim]

I believe Joshua Roy is not enough talked, and he should get more attention. This kid has a solid potential and great playmaking.

What are your thoughts about him?

I actually think he’s talked about too much for what he is

/shrug

Not a bad prospect, should be a solid middle 6 forward.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

He was great in junior, he had a good first pro year.

Very high hockey IQ, good mits, great shot.

I would be surprised if he does not stick around the league for 10 years. 50-60 points a year, would be my guess.

 

[SensontheRush]

Good player that leaves you scratching your head how he fell to the 5th round and a little jealous.

Scouting really is still in it's infancy eh?

 

[Suntouchable13]

Good player that leaves you scratching your head how he fell to the 5th round and a little jealous.

Scouting really is still in it's infancy eh?

I don’t know if it’s ever possible to make scouting into an exact science. Scouting is done by humans, and the players are humans too. It’s very hard to predict how each individual will turn out. So I don’t think it will ever be perfect.

Imagine if every guy drafted 1st overall in every draft has the best career, 2nd overall the 2nd best career, 3rd overall the 3rd best career, etc. That will never happen.

 

[HuGo Sham]

He's property of the Habs, so I think he is an utter bust and not very good. I may change my opinion if he ever is traded or leaves in free agency.

most honest thing you've ever written on the HF boards

 

[HuGo Sham]

Good player that leaves you scratching your head how he fell to the 5th round and a little jealous.

Scouting really is still in it's infancy eh?

he was an elite talent coming out of midget, who showed up out of shape and far from home in his 1st year in the Q. Thus he sucked in that first year, his draft year.
NHL teams made a decision (falsely) that he had attitude issues.
It wasn't a big reach for the habs to take a chance on him in the 5th, but you're right, more teams should be taking deeper dives into players and projecting their future value

 

[AnInjuredJasonZucker]

He's destined for a Hyundai endorsement.

 

[Bouboumaster]

His nickname in french is "Le Sniper Beauceron", which I find hilarious

 

[Big Trout]

I don’t know if it’s ever possible to make scouting into an exact science. Scouting is done by humans, and the players are humans too. It’s very hard to predict how each individual will turn out. So I don’t think it will ever be perfect.

Imagine if every guy drafted 1st overall in every draft has the best career, 2nd overall the 2nd best career, 3rd overall the 3rd best career, etc. That will never happen.

And even if souting was ''perfect'' there's still so much variables for how a 18 kid will develop, if players were drafted at 21 instead scouts would have a much better idea of the finished product.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

I am less optimistic as many here. His skating is average and he will have to compensate with effort + physicality to sustain a long NHL career otherwise he could be out of the NHL. He has offensive talent but I expect him to become a 30/40 pts player unless he gets 1st or 2nd PP which is not impossible.

 

[Wayfarer13]

Good player that leaves you scratching your head how he fell to the 5th round and a little jealous.

Scouting really is still in it's infancy eh?

Covid made a mess of the metrics and added to that he was punished for his play at 16. Scouting was behind the curve on the kid

 

[Unbiased Fan]

Good player that leaves you scratching your head how he fell to the 5th round and a little jealous.

Scouting really is still in it's infancy eh?

He fell so low because the seadogs didn’t utilize him as well as they could’ve. He was far from “the guy” on a middling team. Also he had proclaimed character issues as he demanded a trade from the sea dogs which imo was understandable with the fact that covid lockdowns were ridiculous and on top of everything he was not held as highly as he should’ve been to the coaching staff.

 

[Bouboumaster]

Apparently he was lazy as a 16 years old but someone make him understand at some point that he was going to miss the opportunity to play in the NHL if he wasn't going to change his attitude real fast

He did, and was a f***ing animal in Sherbrooke

 

[Goptor]

Son of a legend, he's gonna make it happen like fellow child of a legend Filip Forsberg

The problem is that he's actually the son of Derek Roy. People recently found out about this and its why he is no longer talked about.

Same thing happened with Brendan Lemieux. Highly sought after draft pick until people found out his dad was the wrong Lemieux.