McKenzie's list is based on teams wanting players, not the players being ranked in and of themselves. For all we know, Jett rose in the rankings because he spoke with someone in the Flyers and the Flyers said they liked him.
Couldn't tell ya. Guelph's roster doesn't look great to my eye but I don't know enough about the u18 talent in the OHL this year. Whether he gets traded or not will likely depend on how confident they are that he'll play in the NHL at 19. Or they could just decide to rebuild a year early.
Huh? How is the argument that teams passed on giroux and pastranak not sincere? The argument is that passing on a player doesn't mean shit when it comes to evaluation of said player. I'm sure teams passed on Giroux cause he is a smol boy, but dude put up 103 pts in his draft year. He was also passed up in his Q draft and had to earn his spot on a team so not only were all those teams wrong, he had a proven work hard ethic.
Who the hell cares about pre draft rankings? Cause those are wrong all the time. Again Buium falling has less to do with how good he is and more to do with the dumb decision making processes of the people in charge of NHL teams. Again giroux as an example had 103 pts his draft year. I'm not bothered to look it up but I bet that's top 10 for forwards in his year. He's also been the most productive forward of his draft class (on some shitty Flyers teams no less). So regardless of pre draft ranking to where he was drafted it doesn't matter. The teams who passed on him made a mistake. It's a wonder the Flyers didn't also pass given their size queen sensibilities.
This is why traditional “scouting” is mostly bullshit. The entire purpose is to convince yourself that the obvious observable things are actually complicated by esoteric knowledge that only your bright hockey mind can uncover. It’s literally their job to do this.
The flyer’s actually reached for him. He was ranked in the 40s I believe. I’m really not understanding any other point you are making. So you are comparing Giroux’ s career to a guy who has never stepped on an nhl rink. You kept saying the defenseman fell. Isn’t that based on his ranking that you say doesn’t matter? Obviously some guys go too late in a draft and some guys too high. Just not getting it at all.
Well then you're not reading my posts cause it's pretty straight forward. Since the draft what I've seen posters on these boards, and what I've seen in general was that it was okay for the Flyers to pass on Buium because 11 other teams did. Why would teams passed on someone that was rated so high there must be something wrong with Buium. I'm saying the fact that he was passed has more to do with the poor decision making NHL Gms do, rather than a reflection of how good a player he is. The Flyers own gm admitted they passed because of reasons that have no reflection of Buium the player
Genuinely don’t think you need more than 2 scouts on a team.
Yes it was wrong on Giroux. And it was wrong on Alexander Daigle. Your post is based 100% on hindsight. Redrafting is easy. So I dont see how this applies to a guy who has never played a game. You say the NHL GMs made a poor decision passing on him. How do you know? From the rankings that you say mean nothing?
How do I know? Cause they do it all the time. Again man youre not reading my post. Let me bold it this time
