RNH to Florida.
Guaranteed bust.
What?
I think Tallon will take Huberdeau or Landeskog. I really like Landeskog, but think Hub will be a very good player.
RNH to Florida.
Guaranteed bust.
I'm not worried about making a name for myself. I rank players (not that you've seen a ranking from me) based on what I've seen and what the evidence shows, not based on where everyone else has someone ranked.
I think it's hilarious that people think that if you say something that isn't what everyone else is saying, that you're trying to "make a name for yourself". Think that through. So you're looking for people who say the same thing as everyone else? You're looking for people who ignore their own opinions and just rearrange everyone else's lists? How does that add anything?
There are four players I would rather have than Larsson on the Oil:
RNH
Huberdeau
Hamilton
Storm
Larsson is overrated, IMO.
Once again, based on what?
And you think you add smth with your WRONG, WRONG, WRONG?
You haven't said anything about flaws that Larsson supposed to have, why he is not ready for NHL, why he is bad compared to Hedman. You just said all those things and keep "wrongin" everybody.
A Swede hyping the top draft-eligible Swede before the Draft? Amazing. You sold me.
I guess I need to copy and paste every time someone decides they want to disagree with me but are too lazy to actually read my argument? Is that what you expect?
I guess I need to copy and paste every time someone decides they want to disagree with me but are too lazy to actually read my argument? Is that what you expect?
Whitney was born with high arches in his feet. His had his left foot repaired when he was with the Penguins and his fight foot done last summer. This season was the first time since 2006-07 that he felt anywhere near 100% and we saw what he did. He had an unfortunate ankle injury(unrelated to his feet issues) that has been described as an absolute fluke. I wouldn't describe him as injury prone and he should be 100% by next season. There was talk that he could possibly play the final 2 or 3 games of the regular season so he should be good to go.
I'm pretty sure he was 100% at the start of this season.Off topic but they have surgery to fix high arches? I was never told this.
Bluechip, I don't think that people are wrong if they don't have same opinion as you. You are definietly not a scout. Not saying you are not good at ranking players or anything BUT everybody should be free to say their own opinion. It's a public forum. I actually think if you would stop thinking you are a professional hockey scout and just listen to people what they have to say, it will benefit you much better than arguying with everyone.
You don't have to shoot down someone else to be hyping someone. Comparing him to Hedman is ridiculous. They're both Swedes, they're both defensemen and they were both considered the best Swedes of their draft year. That's about the only way they're comparable.
I've already made my argument. If you want to ignore it, that's on you. But ONE guy posted a quote from ONE scout. Try not to make it out to be anything more than it is.
Actually I believe he's a former scout.
I don't like how he sounds in the interviews though, he sounds like the swedish version of Bouwmeester.
Well if he is a former scout, I totally respect his opinion just like I've said. What I don't like is he thinks his opinion is the real deal and that everybody thats not on his side, is wrong! He should respect everybody's opinion on this board.
I respect everyone's right to have an opinion, and I respect most of the people here. All opinions are not created equally though, and someone who hasn't seen Larsson (and Hedman) play cannot offer the same quality of analysis as someone who has. Telling someone that they're wrong isn't disrespecting their opinion, it's simply a disagreement.
You have to remember that he's 15/16 there, he has gotten better at it: http://vimeo.com/21273364
..but the accent is still there, sounds like a stereotypical northerner Still needs to up his english though.
I'm not sure if I should comment on BluechipBulletin, he has his opinion set and that's fine by me. But starting a "report" on Larsson by saying "His role at Skelleftea has increased from last season to this one, yet his production has dropped by almost 50%" ..is a bit funny, as anyone who has seen Skellefteå this season knows that David Rundblad took Larssons place on the first pairing and that Larsson did not even have close to the same amount of time on the PP this season as he did last year.
Some biased stuff, cause it's clear that you dislike the guy.
It's the way you are making people look like if they don't agree with you. Like if they don't know what are they talking about. But actually, It's not because you have seen Larsson play that it makes you a genius to know how he is going to end up. A lot of people have seen him play and we only hear positive feedbacks except you which is weird! I had time to seen him play at the WJC while he was injured and it was enough for me! And I have to tell you, it's been a long time I have seen a wrong analysis from Bob Mackenzie which says Larsson is a no turnback!
People get caught up in hype, and when everyone is saying positive things, everyone else wants to say positive things. Sometimes, a guy is just so good that there's nothing negative to say. Sometimes, that's just not the case. With Larsson, that's not the case.
I think he gets a lot of run because he's been in the SEL for two years. While that's admirable, a lot of it has to do with circumstance, and if you look at his actual play in the SEL, his game has regressed since last year and he's not a GOOD SEL player.
If Larsson had continued his development at the rate it was headed prior to this season, or even just plateaued, then I could understand the hype. But his game regressed. And to compare him to a bigger, more physical Hedman, a guy whose production quintupled from the year before the draft to his draft year - that's just silly. They don't play similar games, their developmental curves aren't similar, and their size isn't similar.
If you would be a former scout, you would know by now that Larsson had a very defensive role this year because he was the best defensive dman with Lindgren for Skellefteå this season! If you do not agree with me than name me one other defensive dman better than him. I totally respect your opinion but you seem like a guy that never watched Larsson play and only refers your opinion on statistics to say that his play regressed...
Read my response to Names and then tell me how you can glean footspeed, gap control, positioning and the ability to angle your man from stats. I'd really like to know, because it'd save me a lot of time and hassle if I didn't have to watch these guys play.
Watching Larsson play last year, then watching him play this year, his play clearly regressed. That the numbers bear that out doesn't mean that one can only come to that conclusion by looking at numbers and not watching the guy play.
BluechipBulletin, how many times have you seen Larsson play in person? Have you watched online streams of Skellefteå games?
And also, I find it strange that a team that was as dominant as Skellefteå had such a poor defenseman getting so much ice time. Very curious...
Once again, based on what?
BluechipBulletin, how many times have you seen Larsson play in person?
Have you watched online streams of Skellefteå games?