Man what I wouldn't give for a powerplay specialist right now...Surprised the sour pusses round here aren't indicting him for getting those assists on the PP.
''BUT BUT he didn't do it 5 on 5''!
Exactly! And equally as important is someone who can finish, he has one hell of a release, could absolutely see him net 35 goals a year after some more seasoning.
Surprised the sour pusses round here aren't indicting him for getting those assists on the PP.
''BUT BUT he didn't do it 5 on 5''!
Agreed, I don't see it as a 180 either, just progressing and getting better all around. But he was drafted with the idea of being a good all around player if I remember correctly.
Agreed. Which is why I'm nervous about Sullivan getting his hands on him.
As they should be, but round here so many, too many actually, focus on 5 on 5 production. Surely you've seen that. With these fancy stats, and then subsets of stats. When it's all said and done, goals count equally. But some here only give guys credit if they're ES. It's just so mind numbingly absurd. lol
That's Kyles 1st draft pick here, Kyle will win the battle of wills here, he's already putting his stamp on the team. Trading Jake, getting prospects and bringing in a guy like Bunting, jettisoning Rierden, I love it! Looking forward to the draft and Free Agency.
With a better shot. Honestly I think he could be better but not a bad comparison.
I feel like I’ve said this 20 times. He said that he was focusing on his defensive game (likely due to criticism heading into his draft year that he was a one dimensional offense only guy) and his stats took a hit due to the added responsibility.
Agreed, it wasn't a 180 at all. And I'm not here to call out Jesse, I respect his work. That said, and If I remember correctly, he preferred others at 14OA last year. I think he had him at 18 OR 19TH on his mock. And he could be right, but I'm happy with Yagers progression, not that I didn't think it wasn't expected. He played well at the WJ's as well.
Poulin sucks.
I had ASP and Perrault ahead of Yager and had him lumped in with Moore and Stenberg but after diving into him in the days after we picked him I became very impressed. Few players his age would have the awareness and maturity to actually work on a weakness of his game in his draft year. Instead of being rewarded for that his rankings fell because a lot of hockey people are really kind dumb and can only understand stat lines.
100% agree, we got a very solid and well rounded prospect on our hands. Just gotta sign him.
It was pretty widely known that he was a good 200ft player actually at the draft. The bigger question was his offensive acumen and if he could take that aspect of his game to another level. Looks like he has, which is no surprise to me.
I mean, he’s just saying the same things that the majority of people have said and seen with their eyes, he just apparently was surprised by it. Glad he could tell you what opinion to have now, though.
Pfft as though that matters. People watch the Pens play 82 games a year and still form horrendously bad takes about their players all the time.
If you’re going by scouting reports on HFboards that’s a whole other problem. Kris Beech should be about getting inducted into the HHOF if we knew what we were talking about.
