Calling us "dolts" because Kessel still led tournament in scoring and I (who am not a scout) and several professional scouts happent to DARE to criticize PHIL THE THRILL for his actual flaws and issues concerning his play? Rather maybe Woodlief is the "dolt"?
He certainly is a "dolt" because though he gives a lambasting to those who criticicized his boy PHIL only seeing him in a few games in a short tournament--YET,he (Woodlief) goes into rhapsodic cheerleading for Nikolai Kulemin --after only seeing him have a few games in a short tournament--so he is at the very least speaking with a forked tongue and his logic against the Phil-bashers is therefore not sound.
Even worse--he is a "dolt" because he keeps praising Nicklas Backstrom as "rising" on his list,yet refuses to even include him in the top ten! This is idiotic--as it was clear even to "amateur" observers like me that Backstrom should be a top 5 pick--indeed ISS moved him up to #7 and he's "rising" on their list,MCKeen's has him at #4 ,and he is #2 on my list and I'm certain many NHL clubs now have him in the top 5 now ...only a "dolt" would say that AT THIS STAGE he is much more advanced than either Mueller or Staal even Kessel (in the 2 way game and passionate play dept.) He is also the only one playing against pros in the SEL...he is more advanced than the others ..period ! That makes the others more "projects"
--he is alrady more polished--yet he has more upside too---and thus he is the "safest" pick,IMO...
Finally--he is a dolt because he has Mueller ahead of Staal --Mueller did zero to impress me at the WJHC--he stunk at the Top Prospects Game too--Staal did not impressme either inthat Game--but that is only reason both should be much lower ranked than they are--neither is worthy of their ranking on most of the lists I've seen--but at least if you buy into the Staal genes "projection" theory --then you must rank Staal over Mueller --so Woodlief is a "dolt" for making both errors...