Machinehead
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Don't worry. Boris Grabbyasses will still be there at 9. Character guy. NHL ready. 6'10". Goes to war.
GDT: Rangers @ Islanders - "Who Wants To Lose More?" Edition - 4/5/18 - 7pm ET
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silverfish
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silverfish draft strategy:
Go to ontariohockeyleague.com. Go to stats. Sort by goals. Draft that player.
rinse and repeat 7 times.
TheGortonConspiracy
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They've had 5 by my count (Brendl, Lundmark, Malhotra, Montoya, McIlrath.)
They reached with 2, and neither were crazy reaches. One of them just stings because of who they passed on.
Harbour Dog
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And Andersson was undoubtedly a reach as well.
I just quickly went back and looked at 12 sets of reputable final rankings for last year's draft and where Andersson was ranked:
Range: 11th-26th
Mean: 16.5
Median: 16th
I love the kid, but it's difficult to say that we never took him much earlier than was expected.
Machinehead
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They reached for Andersson. Nobody wants to admit it.
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Machinehead
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It's not even reaching, either. It's doing it for the wrong reasons.
If we took a huge risk because the kid was hurt, or a late bloomer, or in a bad situation, but we believed he had the talent to score 50 goals, that's one thing.
We reached for McIlrath because he fights. We reached for Andersson because he's a muh competitive warrior who does things #therightway and will throw medals if we lose.
If we took a huge risk because the kid was hurt, or a late bloomer, or in a bad situation, but we believed he had the talent to score 50 goals, that's one thing.
We reached for McIlrath because he fights. We reached for Andersson because he's a muh competitive warrior who does things #therightway and will throw medals if we lose.
Machinehead
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Twenty f*ckin years
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Andersson AND Chytil were reaches. Chytil was ranked in the first round in maybe two lists.
I don't think this is accurate at all.
They reached on McIlrath because they felt that there was a ton of upward development left for him and that he could potentially be a 2 way monster. Fighting was part of it but yeah, that was a bad pick.
I still fail to see why people rip on the Andersson pick, considering that he's already playing in the NHL and has excelled the entire season while playing in pro hockey. Who would you have rather had the Rangers pick? The savior in Buffalo hasn't exactly lit it up either.
Irishguy42
Mr. Preachy
But let's leave out that Andersson is highly skilled and has high level IQ.
Come on. You absolutely cannot put McIlrath and Andersson in the same line of thought here.
It was a bit of a reach, yes. But a far cry from 2010. Andersson is legitimately good.
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Machinehead
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Chytil is a perfect example of a reach for the right reasons.
He doesn't have a whole ton of concrete production behind him but he's an animal.
silverfish
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2 = 2, and CM has played one less game.Yeah but one of those is a secondary assist and those don't count!
Boom, roasted.
Machinehead
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He is good. But how good?
He doesn't have a high ceiling, and that's why people criticize the pick.
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Machinehead
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Maybe, but those picked after him with the ZOMGZZZZ SUPER HIGH CEILINGS don't exactly have ceilings as high as some think and are even less likely to reach theirs.
Montoya, but that was only a slight one if I remember where he was ranked.
Brendl, Lundmark and Malhotra all went where they were supposed to go.
silverfish
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Let's just all be friends again, and focus on the LOSERS who aren't even in the NHL right now, or are in the NHL right now and SUCK.
Owen Stinkett - bitch
Gabe Stinklardi - bitch
Michael Stinkmussen - bitch
Nick Stinkzuki - bitch
Jordan Stinkway - bitch
Owen Stinkett - bitch
Gabe Stinklardi - bitch
Michael Stinkmussen - bitch
Nick Stinkzuki - bitch
Jordan Stinkway - bitch
Irishguy42
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Disagree. I think he has a high ceiling, just not as relatively high as say...Middelstadt or Vilardi.
But that's assuming any, if not all, reach their ceilings.
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