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Player Discussion Pavel Mintyukov

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bsu said:
Man he's good at manipulating the blue line in the offensive zone.
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Just looking at his stats, he had more points than clarke last year(granted 12 extra games).... he led his team in scoring(so did clarke).

People talked about clarkes production being worse because he was on a low end team(when comparing him to zellweger) .... well saginaw was really bad.
 
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Zegs2sendhelp said:
I still dont know why he wasnt more hyped at the draft, felt like people were sleeping on him a bit.
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A combination of the top-2 d in the draft and a slew of forward talent that pushed the tier of three OFD's down early in the draft ranking system.

Nemec and Jiricek set a standard for two-way D in the draft.

The three OFDs are Korchinski, Minty, and Matey. Scouts were all enamored with their offense, but very cautious on their defense. Slowly, all three rose up the draft boards. Korchinski went 7th, Minty went 10th, and Matey went 12th. As always, offensive d-men rise like centers in the draft. F Gauthier went 5th overall when news broke out that Boston College would play him at center. Kasper went 8th. Both forwards were projected from 10 - teens weeks before the draft.

All the smaller, talented forwards dropped at the draft such as Savoie (9th), Nazar (13th), Lekkerimaki (15th), and Kemell (17th).

When I researched Korchinski vs Minty, I came away preferring Minty over Korchinski b/c of how they play offense and Korchinski's one-move, the cutback, wasn't effective, but he kept doing it ineffectively. Korchinski patrolled the blue line laterally while Minty would pinch down to act like a F4. I don't know why lots of media preferred Korchinski over Minty. Maybe it's because Korchinski plays like Shea Theodore. Still, OFD's are gambles b/c you're hoping they will develop their defensive game.

Now, if Gauthier or Kasper were available at 10th with Minty there too, then I'd be wondering if Verbeek still picks Minty.

We could have gone...
10. C Gauthier/Kasper​
22. D Rinzel​
42. D Warren​
53. D Luneau​

Still keeps the same types of players, but we'd be gambling on a high school OFD in 6'4 RHD Rinzel.
 
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bsu said:
Hockeyprospect.com Blackbook had Minty #5 and before Nemec at #6.
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I remember watching him, and thinking he looked better, but got hesitant to move him up higher because he got so little love from prospect sites. Even defensively I don’t think he is anywhere near as bad as people make him out to be

I had Korchinski at 6, not that I preferred Korchinski over Mintyukov, I just thought a team would randomly really like Korchinski. And I had Mintyukov at 10(unless savoie fell there)
 
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Kalv said:
Looks like a top pair potential
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We’re gunna have some horses on the back end.

I expect drysdale to take a big step forward this season, he really does remind me a bit of Scott neidermyer…. Glad Scott’s in the org to help up with drysdale a bit…. If he can start playing with that level of confidence with puck on stick he’s gunna be great.


Mintyukov I think has top pairing upside, I think he’s a lot more than just an offensive dmen…. Very excited about his potential/future…. I think a lot of people are going to love this pick in a couple seasons.

Zellweger will be fun player…. In my head I imagine a pairing of zellweger + Warren at some point
 
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Kalv said:
Looks like a top pair potential
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Yeah and he can snipe back there too.
It'll be nice having a LD where shooting is one of his strengths.

Chicago taking Korchinski early works out perfectly. I feel like Chicago wanted into top10 so they could get their guy, it just happens the pick they got in trade was #7.
 
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Anaheim4ever said:
Yeah and he can snipe back there too.
It'll be nice having a LD where shooting is one of his strengths.

Chicago taking Korchinski early works out perfectly. I feel like Chicago wanted into top10 so they could get their guy, it just happens the pick they got in trade was #7.
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I think Korchinski is a great pick for them. He might take a bit longer to round out but could really end up a beast offensive defenseman. They are in no rush, so...
 
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Zegs2sendhelp said:
Zellweger will be fun player…. In my head I imagine a pairing of zellweger + Warren at some point
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So a Spellcaster and a Tank.

That made me think of RPG games where you got a Spellcaster paired with a heavily armored Tank who protects the spellcaster from damage because the Spellcaster has no armor lol.
 
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Kalv said:
I think Korchinski is a great pick for them. He might take a bit longer to round out but could really end up a beast offensive defenseman. They are in no rush, so...
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I like him alot too, I just prefer the guy who can snipe and has more 2way upside.

The same way I preferred Jiricek over Nemec.
 
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I mean, I would say he has top pairing potential. I could be reaching but if Warren develops well too, he could be a top-4 fixture too.

I just love this past draft class, holy moly.
 
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