BertCorbeau
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right im not saying we reached on the pick at all. Just saying as of right now he hasn't done one thing to justify his 2nd round pick tag
Ah gotcha!
right im not saying we reached on the pick at all. Just saying as of right now he hasn't done one thing to justify his 2nd round pick tag
he has a to significantly improve to become a bottom pair KHL dman!
He's 19 playing in a pro league, and the next youngest player on his club is 24. Jokerit finished #3 in the K last season and most of their D are back so he isn't going to be anointed playing time. Its way too early worry about how much they play him. If he gets regular minutes later on in the year on a veteran club like this, that will be a milestone. I think we have some PTSD from the Gauthier pick and are a little unrealistic about how quickly a giant kid can grow into their body. Chara at 19 was playing second pairing in Prince George. He isn't Chara but he is also not Middleton. I figured him for at least 2 full years in the AHL, after he graduated from Junior.. I think he will be a Marlie next season but two years in the K is fine with me. If he isn't playing regular minutes next season I will be starting to get concerned.
Oleksiak was 25 before he played a full NHL season. Morin played 2 full seasons in the AHL and the Flyers still think he is going to be a player. There's still time.
He's 19 playing in a pro league, and the next youngest player on his club is 24. Jokerit finished #3 in the K last season and most of their D are back so he isn't going to be anointed playing time. Its way too early worry about how much they play him. If he gets regular minutes later on in the year on a veteran club like this, that will be a milestone. I think we have some PTSD from the Gauthier pick and are a little unrealistic about how quickly a giant kid can grow into their body. Chara at 19 was playing second pairing in Prince George. He isn't Chara but he is also not Middleton. I figured him for at least 2 full years in the AHL, after he graduated from Junior.. I think he will be a Marlie next season but two years in the K is fine with me. If he isn't playing regular minutes next season I will be starting to get concerned.
Oleksiak was 25 before he played a full NHL season. Morin played 2 full seasons in the AHL and the Flyers still think he is going to be a player. There's still time.
He's 19 playing in a pro league, and the next youngest player on his club is 24. Jokerit finished #3 in the K last season and most of their D are back so he isn't going to be anointed playing time. Its way too early worry about how much they play him. If he gets regular minutes later on in the year on a veteran club like this, that will be a milestone. I think we have some PTSD from the Gauthier pick and are a little unrealistic about how quickly a giant kid can grow into their body. Chara at 19 was playing second pairing in Prince George. He isn't Chara but he is also not Middleton. I figured him for at least 2 full years in the AHL, after he graduated from Junior.. I think he will be a Marlie next season but two years in the K is fine with me. If he isn't playing regular minutes next season I will be starting to get concerned.
Oleksiak was 25 before he played a full NHL season. Morin played 2 full seasons in the AHL and the Flyers still think he is going to be a player. There's still time.
Rasanen isnt playing period. id take bottom pairing ECHL over him sitting in a press box insane decision. perhaps if he was home sick he should have chose a finnish elite league team to go to at least have a chance to develop. He showed no progression in the OHL from draft year to draft +1. Bust is too strong of a word but incredibly ridiculous develpment will need to happen before he can be even considered a chance. Most players progress in the CHL after their draft year
I think you have it all wrong Walshy. Hes training to be Corrado 2.0Rasanen isnt playing period. id take bottom pairing ECHL over him sitting in a press box insane decision. perhaps if he was home sick he should have chose a finnish elite league team to go to at least have a chance to develop. He showed no progression in the OHL from draft year to draft +1. Bust is too strong of a word but incredibly ridiculous develpment will need to happen before he can be even considered a chance. Most players progress in the CHL after their draft year
I think you have it all wrong Walshy. Hes training to be Corrado 2.0
Seriously though some big guys need time.
Remember when Ottawa kept redden and got rid of chara?
Ya I'm not thinking about where we drafted him. It seemed like a swing for the fences pick and I'm waiting a bit longer until I judge.The problem is Salt how often these big guys with mobility issues seem to not work out and is using a 2nd rounder on that type of player a decent idea?
Ya I'm not thinking about where we drafted him. It seemed like a swing for the fences pick and I'm waiting a bit longer until I judge.
I have not seen him play for a while but he didn't seem to have bad feet. His pivots were good awful and it looked like he needed strength to propel that large frame. That said if he doesn't improve his pivots hes not going to make it
Speed can come with man strength and some tweaks if needed, pivots are more tricky and for a defenseman, imo, more important than speedI didn't think his feet were bad either but I'm left wondering how easily a huge guy like that can develop explosion in his first couple of strides and improve his pivots especially when he started at such a disadvantage originally
Speed can come with man strength and some tweaks if needed, pivots are more tricky and for a defenseman, imo, more important than speed
In the now I agree, but I'm hopeful for a future where he pivots like a turnstile at a bus station hahaWe'll since he doesn't seem to have much by way of 4-way mobility I think we've got a bit of an issue with Rasanen
In the now I agree, but I'm hopeful for a future where he pivots like a turnstile at a bus station haha
I think you have it all wrong Walshy. Hes training to be Corrado 2.0
Seriously though some big guys need time.
Remember when Ottawa kept redden and got rid of chara?
We will see him at the WJC, it will give everyone a good idea of where he is at.
I think the boring posts is the right answer haha. I've been sporadic in my post but I've been around. Basically lurking with a side of posting, but hockey starting means that I will be subjecting you and all of HF with my pedantic psycho-babble soonlets keep rasanen just in case we luck into a hall of fame giant dman? for the record im not saying get rid of him, he just hasn't shown close to enough improvement
edit: you been away for a while, not noticed you around in a bit. Although could be your posts are boring and easy to skip over
I think the boring posts is the right answer haha. I've been sporadic in my post but I've been around. Basically lurking with a side of posting, but hockey starting means that I will be subjecting you and all of HF with my pedantic psycho-babble soon
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Ya I don't think you're advocating dropping rasanen I was just saying maybe his development pace is slower because he is a giant
Well that sucks large.Korshkov to miss at least 12 weeks. Shoulder injury.
Then need to make a middle finger emoji for people like you hahaha#49pointHyman
I think we'd all make good use of one of those.Then need to make a middle finger emoji for people like you hahaha
Korshkov to miss at least 12 weeks. Shoulder injury.
he broke his leg in December 2017 I thinkThat isn't good at all. Didn't he have a major injury last year? Or was it two years ago?
Hate seeing a prospect lose so much development time, that's never a good sign.