RD Zayne Parekh - Saginaw Spirit, OHL (2024, 9th, CGY)

[Kielbasa]

So because he joined Bobby Orr in junior it means he will be Bobby Orr in the NHL?

DeAngelo is roughly a top 2 defenseman scorer for a draft. Unless you suggest that Parekh will translate into like the best or at least one of the best scorers in the NHL for a defenseman, DeAngelo is a much more accurate comparison. Maybe you don’t like DeAngelo personally, but show some more respect to that Parekh hasn’t accomplished an ounce of what DeAngelo has (of course no one expects a D+1 player to accomplish more than a 29 year old, but you claimed to the contrary).

This Parekh/DeAngelo comparison seems like a really weird hill to die on IMO, but you do you man. I get their both 9th OVA picks, but that doesn't necessarily mean that much.

The fact of the matter is Parekh is doing something very special this year in the OHL, and I'm very excited to see what he goes on to be.

I didn't think he could score more than he already was, but the dude has really hit the NoS in these last few games.

 

[newmanager]

This Parekh/DeAngelo comparison seems like a really weird hill to die on IMO, but you do you man. I get their both 9th OVA picks, but that doesn't necessarily mean that much.

The fact of the matter is Parekh is doing something very special this year in the OHL, and I'm very excited to see what he goes on to be.

I didn't think he could score more than he already was, but the dude has really hit the NoS in these last few games.

The whole thing is, DeAngelo was not a 9th OV pick. He was picked 19th. He's comparing a 19th to a 9th.

 

[DJJones]

I have a feeling the Tony DeAngelo comparison is going to be a mini-meme for a long time haha.

 

[Yepthatsme]

This Parekh/DeAngelo comparison seems like a really weird hill to die on IMO, but you do you man. I get their both 9th OVA picks, but that doesn't necessarily mean that much.

The fact of the matter is Parekh is doing something very special this year in the OHL, and I'm very excited to see what he goes on to be.

I didn't think he could score more than he already was, but the dude has really hit the NoS in these last few games.

He’s also ignoring all the reasons Deangelo failed to make good on his potential, and is weirdly trying to draw comparisons between their character when it’s a night and day difference. Just in his draft year, Deangelo was suspended by his own team for using a racial slur, before having it rescinded so that the league could instead suspend home 8 games for it. It was the second time he got suspended for an issue related to that topic. He then got suspended for abuse of officials, then in the game returning from said suspension got ejected for abusing officials. Scouting reports mentioned players targeting him in games because they know he was good for dumb penalties the second it started happening, and other reports mentioned laziness issues like “gets beat 1 on 1 on the rush despite having the skating ability to stop it”

Deangelo didn’t turn out to be the NHLer he is today because of lack of talent, and that poster trying to compare them being similar levels of “hot heads” is either willfully ignorant or pushing a weird agenda.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

He’s also ignoring all the reasons Deangelo failed to make good on his potential, and is weirdly trying to draw comparisons between their character when it’s a night and day difference. Just in his draft year, Deangelo was suspended by his own team for using a racial slur, before having it rescinded so that the league could instead suspend home 8 games for it. It was the second time he got suspended for an issue related to that topic. He then got suspended for abuse of officials, then in the game returning from said suspension got ejected for abusing officials. Scouting reports mentioned players targeting him in games because they know he was good for dumb penalties the second it started happening, and other reports mentioned laziness issues like “gets beat 1 on 1 on the rush despite having the skating ability to stop it”

Deangelo didn’t turn out to be the NHLer he is today because of lack of talent, and that poster trying to compare them being similar levels of “hot heads” is either willfully ignorant or pushing a weird agenda.

What you left out is YOU, not ME, YES YOU, were the one that brought up DeAngelo again. It was already litigated, and dropped. And then another poster tried to compare him to the greatest defensemen ever and laughed at the thought he'd end up comparable to an offensive defenseman who averages 46 points per 82 games for his NHL career.

Besides, you try to insult DeAngelo's character and then leave out that Parekh has had character problems of his own. He was suspended two games for spitting in another player's face. He also has been suspended for getting into an altercation with a fan. It would probably be easier to just make the argument he'll end up a better hockey player. The character concerns are there for both of them. Trying to make Parekh's character concerns out to be so much more noble than DeAngelo's is crazy.

And I'm more than okay dropping this discussion, but if you (and others) want to try to mock a perfectly reasonable comparison stylistically with his hockey (especially compared to Bobby freaking Orr) and some of the character concerns, you're asking to relitigate this topic you supposedly don't like.

 

[Yepthatsme]

What you left out is YOU, not ME, YES YOU, were the one that brought up DeAngelo again. It was already litigated, and dropped. And then another poster tried to compare him to the greatest defensemen ever and laughed at the thought he'd end up comparable to an offensive defenseman who averages 46 points per 82 games for his NHL career.

Besides, you try to insult DeAngelo's character and then leave out that Parekh has had character problems of his own. He was suspended two games for spitting in another player's face. He also has been suspended for getting into an altercation with a fan. It would probably be easier to just make the argument he'll end up a better hockey player. The character concerns are there for both of them. Trying to make Parekh's character concerns out to be so much more noble than DeAngelo's is crazy.

And I'm more than okay dropping this discussion, but if you (and others) want to try to mock a perfectly reasonable comparison stylistically with his hockey (especially compared to Bobby freaking Orr) and some of the character concerns, you're asking to relitigate this topic you supposedly don't like.

I will take the player who (rumored) got into altercations after being called a racial slur than the player who use the racial slur 10/10 times and I don’t think those are even remotely comparable character wise. Even ignoring that rumor, the fact that Deangelo was suspended for using a slur on his own teammate speaks volumes, especially considering he’s also punched a teammate in the dressing room, and has gotten his contract terminated in the KHL with reports that the “family reasons” was a facade. These are not comparables, and it’s worrying what underlying reasons make you think they could be.

Also the poster just referenced that Parekh just did something that puts his name with Bobby Orr, and that alone puts him in better company than Deangelo as a comp. Nobody is expecting #4 reincarnate.

I stopped talking about it, so so should everyone else is a pretty weak argument.

 

[crazyfisherman]

What you left out is YOU, not ME, YES YOU, were the one that brought up DeAngelo again. It was already litigated, and dropped. And then another poster tried to compare him to the greatest defensemen ever and laughed at the thought he'd end up comparable to an offensive defenseman who averages 46 points per 82 games for his NHL career.

Besides, you try to insult DeAngelo's character and then leave out that Parekh has had character problems of his own. He was suspended two games for spitting in another player's face. He also has been suspended for getting into an altercation with a fan. It would probably be easier to just make the argument he'll end up a better hockey player. The character concerns are there for both of them. Trying to make Parekh's character concerns out to be so much more noble than DeAngelo's is crazy.

And I'm more than okay dropping this discussion, but if you (and others) want to try to mock a perfectly reasonable comparison stylistically with his hockey (especially compared to Bobby freaking Orr) and some of the character concerns, you're asking to relitigate this topic you supposedly don't like.

Jesus, people saying he did something only bobby orr has done is not same as saying hes bobby orr, and the statement is not even a comparison.... the grasping is so real.

 

[Kingpin794]

He also has been suspended for getting into an altercation with a fan.

No he f*****g wasn't.

That lie was started by a Soo greyhounds fan account and got picked up by a flames fan account and so on.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

No he f*****g wasn't.

That lie was started by a Soo greyhounds fan account and got picked up by a flames fan account and so on.

Can you tell us what happened then?

 

[Kingpin794]

Can you tell us what happened then?

Are you dumb?

You said he got suspended for an altercation with a fan. How many games did he get?

 

[Mobiandi]

Why is there a random Rangers fan living in this thread trying to convince Flames fans that Parekh turns into Tony f***ing DeAngelo

 

[Lunatik]

No he f*****g wasn't.

That lie was started by a Soo greyhounds fan account and got picked up by a flames fan account and so on.

It was picked up by some calling themselves a CHL scout, that's how it got to the Flames blog. It was the so-called scout that claimed there would be a suspension, which there never was as you know

 

[Reinhart]

Out of all defencemen that can be used for comparison, comparing Parekh to Deangelo sure smells like someone flailing and trying to throw something against the wall to see if it triggers anyone. I don't see a passable argument against this summation at this point.

Parekh is an absolute monster right now in the OHL. I think he is done with the OHL now, and will graduate to the NHL. I can see him playing 6th/7th minutes.

Flames will have 9 games to gauge where he is at. If he is physically not ready for the NHL, then send him back to the OHL. If he is, then put him on the bottom pairing and shelter him a bit, plus give him PP time. Start the year by saying he will get around half the games. If he shows he is ready to be an everyday NHL'er, then play him every day. Seems like a simple solution to me. Excited to see how he ends up in 3-4 years from now. Might be a superstar, might not be. Right now, he is tracking to be an absolute superstar, so hopefully he continues to develop towards that spectrum. The more superstars in the NHL, the more entertaining games are.