This has never been confirmed (at least to my knowledge), and everyone I know denies it and says it is made up. He absolutely did piss in a teammates bag and there is context behind that... but nobody really cares to hear it.
You don't want our own Amber Heard? Life is too boring, we need somebody to sparken up our day. Picture the lockerroom with Trevor, MacKinnon, Mikko, Nuke, and Georgiev! All we need is to get Byram back and sign DeAngelo.
Nuke has generated more than enough drama on his own. I'm fine with the Avs going with some more dullards.
He's a really tough sell to teams. He's a 5'9" 165lbs defensive defensemen with a physical edge. The offense is a bit of a mirage. He can skate absolute circles around the USHL and he can be so aggressive with that in the offensive zone, he just finally utilized it this year (read this does not make him an elite skater on an overall level, but at the USHL level). But his hands, shot, vision really isn't on that level at this point. I kinda doubt that will ever come around. Maybe he's a 25-30 point guy if everything clicks, but really he's a 5'9" zone entry denier. Which is a skill that not many his size have been successful with in the NHL. He's likely to be a dominant college player in a couple years.
So no chance he can get to 5'11" and gain like 20 lbs for a Radko Gudas clone? Not arguing since people have different genetics, but Crosby is 5'11" and 200 lbs, so Hanson can potentially get to 5'10.5" and 183 lbs no?
I really don't think so. His frame is more Spurgeon than Gudas.
Here's the thing, as you stated the Avs simply don't know how to draft.
This is why a good GM regularly practices abstinence and trades his draft picks for actual useful players. It just gets freaking expensive.
At this point, I no longer have delusions of the Avs running a clean organization. They will cover up anything they can get away with. So sure, if the league isn't going to step in and nullify the pick, if he's still on the board you roll the dice.
In the end it won't matter, this team will use whatever draft picks they have on guys that end up in the ECHL, Europe, or quitting hockey altogether after 3 years.
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well we had a prospect before at that weight and he never grew. Do you think it's a possibility with Connelly ? I mean that's seriously skinny
To be fair, it sounds like the kid has legitimately tried to make amends for it - a very different approach than Mitchell Miller who made a public display of "changing" but when you dug further than the surface level, realized he was only sorry for getting caught. That being said, I don't think the Avs will go for it regardless.
He'll be fine. Comparing him to players with a smaller frame is where this is odd. Weiss was 5'10" Hanson is 5'9"... Connelly is 6'1". He's going to end in the same realm as Kyle Connor.
