Yea, so they're responsible for how the drafts turn out on one level, but they don't actually make the picks. Ergo, you can't really compare drafts 1 to 1 with GMs. That's just not how it works. Dallas isn't finding studs every year because Jim Nill is a super genius at scouting. Just like Detroit didn't at one time because of Ken Holland.
Definitely agree, though Toronto was consistently better during Dubas' time there than Philly was under Hextall, and made way less high picks. Flyers got 2nd overall and finished bottom 10 multiple times. They made 8 first round selections. It's kinda hard to compare.
Roope Hintz. Good pick, yeah?
Crazy, they should fire their staff then.
For the record, Dubas kept Chris Pryor and the amateur staff from Hextall. They're the ones who drafted Yager, Ilyin, etc. It's the one thing Hextall seemed to be doing right. So if you're going to justifiably praise Hextall for hiring good scouts, any GM who hires the same scouts should get similar kudos.
Remember this post?:
"NOOOO!! NOOOO!!! He can't be doing well! We can't have gotten anything good back for Guentzel! He's doing bad! He's a lottery pick! He'll never make it! It was quantity over quality! He's not a first-round pick! NOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
That post was about Koivunen and was meant to mock people like you and Pixie who do (and continue to do) exactly what I stated.
Oh look at that, a post that doesn't depict the trade as a world-ending event. Doesn't even seem like you're fighting back tears with this one. Did you get the help I recommended or did you finally take some meds?
When I saw him I thought "Dang, that guy really looks like Olli Jokinen. I wonder if they are related?"I watched the final ~10 mins or so of the Karpat-Jokerit game yesterday.
My biggest takeaway was how much their coaching staff trusts Koivunen. Felt like they were double shifting his line a lot while they were trailing. As with most 20 year olds, think he needs to get a bit stronger. I saw one play on the boards where he was trying to posses the puck and the opposing Dman just shoved him from behind like 3 times and it resulted in him losing possession.
Made a nice play with the teams goalie pulled to strip the puck away from a Jokerit player in the neutral zone and get play going the other way.
Got those 10 PIM at the end of the game because he started a mini brawl. Jokerit player slashed him when the clock hit 0 and he got in his face.
I can see why the Helenius kid is one of the top ranked international skaters, dude had the puck in the offensive zone a ton.
Jokerit's coach is Olli Jokinen and he looked super weird with a beard and long hair
"By god, I look just like Conor McDavid!"
He looks more like the Cave Man from the Geico commercials.
Nah, Marx was bougie as hell. He looks more like Rasputin here.
