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Prospect Info: Sharks Prospect Info & Discussion thread XXI: "New, improved, and wayyyy to much info" Edition

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hohosaregood said:
I think he does a good job supporting breakouts since his... breakout. That's like the one thing I can count on him being able to do these days defensively. He's not winning a contested puck battle on the breakout but he reads rim plays well enough to be there first.
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He has improved since the start of the season. He's in position a lot more and he doesn't blow the zone before the Sharks have won possession. His breakouts are better. But that just takes him from "worst defensive player in the NHL" to "maybe not the worst defensive player in the NHL". He's really smart and tries, but until he's strong and quick enough to actually pressure puck-carriers he's not going to be approaching "sound defensively".
 
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Cas said:
I don't have a lot of faith that Muldowney and Laubach will have NHL impacts. Is this purely a scoring-based model, or a micro-stat tracking model? What kind of data set is it using?
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What exactly are you thinking these cards are claiming? They're just ranking players within their leagues. Laubach is ranked #124 out of 900-something NCAA forwards. Basically equivalent to saying he's nothing. And saying a player is good in their league right now (ie Lund or Muldowney) is not equivalent to saying they'll be good NHL players.
 
Juxtaposer said:
He has improved since the start of the season. He's in position a lot more and he doesn't blow the zone before the Sharks have won possession. His breakouts are better. But that just takes him from "worst defensive player in the NHL" to "maybe not the worst defensive player in the NHL". He's really smart and tries, but until he's strong and quick enough to actually pressure puck-carriers he's not going to be approaching "sound defensively".
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I don't disagree but I'm almost at the point where I'd call him situationally competent cuz the neutral zone pickoffs are starting to show up too.
 
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Dickinson really needs to improve on his puck movement out of the defensive zone. Seems a huge (and maybe only) weakness right now
 
sampler said:
I missed watching the game, but Im glad to hear. the big knock on Dick is more in his own zone. So, if he can match up against the top 2 scorers in pts/gm and shut them down, thats HUGE. Thrilled to hear.
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I haven't watched him much lately but I thought his decision making speed - especially with the puck his main concern?
 
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