RW Oliver Wahlstrom - Boston College, NCAA (2018, 11th, NYI)

[LordNeverLose]

Ok, and he's the team so. Not sure what you're trying to argue.

He's 1/18 skaters in the lineup every night. That doesn't make him "the team"

 

[kroypuck]

He's 1/18 skaters in the lineup every night. That doesn't make him "the team"

thank u

 

[The Crypto Guy]

He's 1/18 skaters in the lineup every night. That doesn't make him "the team"

Oh god. I cant with you guys Let the excuses keep flowing.

 

[Thebesthockey]

relax
its early and even if he has a bad/off year means nothing in the context

 

[Pure Slaughter Value]

Obviously this guy has bust all over him, he should be moved for a fourth in 2020. We can't afford to wait til he's 20. He's needed right now. We don't have any decent right-wingers. TRADE HIM NOW GARTH

 

[Peasy]

Why do people get so upset and defensive over a prospect not performing well?

Walhstrom will never be a line driver. He had the luxury of playing with Hughes his draft year which obviously helped his game but now hes in a situation where he is not on a line with an elite talent and it is showing. Theres a reason he did not go in the top 10. I see him being very similar to bellows in the fact that they need to play with a C that will drive the line.

 

[hohosaregood]

His shot rate is still pretty good. I probably wouldn't be too worried about it.

 

[93LEAFS]

Why do people get so upset and defensive over a prospect not performing well?

Walhstrom will never be a line driver. He had the luxury of playing with Hughes his draft year which obviously helped his game but now hes in a situation where he is not on a line with an elite talent and it is showing. Theres a reason he did not go in the top 10. I see him being very similar to bellows in the fact that they need to play with a C that will drive the line.

He did fine having not great centering early in the year, but had a good complimentary player in Farabee. Hughes wasn't promoted until the end of December.

 

[TopC0rner]

Why do people get so upset and defensive over a prospect not performing well?

I think people have diverging opinions about what "not performing well" means. Like I said in another post, with his play since the start of the year + excluding bad puck luck, he could easily have 5 points in 6 games. He has a 3% shooting percentage, you can view that as not performing well or as bad puck luck.

He has not been a world beater so far but he has not been horrible either, but his stats don't reflect his play imo.

 

[wasup]

He is not playing junior hockey any more .NCAA hockey is way above junior hockey quaility and some take longer to adjust . If by the end of his sophmore year he is not preforming it might be a little concerning but not alarming .

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Isles got Dobson.. No worries there so there is that. Wahlstrom we will see .. he should be ok

 

[Icebreakers]

He was by far the consensus pick at the time. Like Islanders couldnt have had an easier job on draft day. They wouldnt have taken anyone else realistically. Hes like that kid who didnt have to try in highschool, scored mid to high 90s on all his exams and goes to UNI and gets a C - on his first 2 midterms. It happens, hopefully he turns it around. Theres just a big jump.

 

[93LEAFS]

He was by far the consensus pick at the time. Like Islanders couldnt have had an easier job on draft day. They wouldnt have taken anyone else realistically. Hes like that kid who didnt have to try in highschool, scored mid to high 90s on all his exams and goes to UNI and gets a C - on his first 2 midterms. It happens, hopefully he turns it around. Theres just a big jump.

I'm not saying that Wahlstrom will bust. But, in general, a justification for a bad pick should never be "other teams would have done it." You pay your scouting staff to beat Bob's consensus list, otherwise, NHL teams should just draft off that (although, with no NHL scouting staffs the list isn't possible). It doesn't give you a mulligan on a bad pick.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

He was by far the consensus pick at the time. Like Islanders couldn't have had an easier job on draft day. .

Thats how the Islanders always draft. Sometimes it works out for them (Barzal), and sometimes it doesn't (Dal Colle, Strome).

 

[CodeE]

Rangers fans seem a lot more interested in Wall-E than Isles fans are in Kravtsov, that's for sure.

 

[LeafGrief]

Rangers fans seem a lot more interested in Wall-E than Isles fans are in Kravtsov, that's for sure.

That's easily a top5 nickname from the draft. Steal.

 

[1972]

Rangers fans seem a lot more interested in Wall-E than Isles fans are in Kravtsov, that's for sure.

That’s all you need to know lol.

 

[SI90]

I just want to know what BC’s PDO is? That’s most important

 

[Legend123]

Isles got Dobson.. No worries there so there is that. Wahlstrom we will see .. he should be ok

seems like both are struggling in the stat sheet.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

seems like both are struggling in the stat sheet.

Dobson's team is really struggling this year after their mem cup win last year.

 

[Dijock94]

Rangers fans seem a lot more interested in Wall-E than Isles fans are in Kravtsov, that's for sure.

A lot of Rangers fans wanted Wahlstrom.

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

Honestly I don't get it, that guy had the best shot from the draft, better than Zadina, his hands are very good as well, his IQ seemed fairly good to me, it can't be all on his compete, things are clearly not clicking for him right now. So I checked; he has 30 shots on net in 8 games, which is actually quite high, 19th in the league in shot per game, with 2 goals only gives him a 6.7% shooting percentage, both goals were on 5 on 5. 0 assist isn't a good sign, but he definitely isn't playing with hot linemates, there is very little production outside the top3 scorer, from highlights I seen, he isn't playing with those at the moment.

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

Rangers fans seem a lot more interested in Wall-E than Isles fans are in Kravtsov, that's for sure.

Fans don't usually care about players drafted before their teams were on the clock

 

[Riseonfire]

Fans don't usually care about players drafted before their teams were on the clock

But the 234539305 after? We'll obsess.

 

[CodeE]

Fans don't usually care about players drafted before their teams were on the clock

Rangers fans seem a lot more interested in Wall-E than Isles fans are in Ty Dellandrea, that's for sure.