I think this is just a bit of miscommunication, he said easily top 20 is a stretch, as in its debatable whether he's top 20, not that he definitely isn't.
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I think some respect needs to be given to Amirov who despite his terrible diagnosis isnt giving up, he’s still putting in work and skating everyday while undergoing treatment. He deserves to stay on these lists atleast for now.
He just turned 20 and is on his way to being our best player. The players on the ice need to step up and defend him.
Brady always does something though lol. They're so small and cute, there's nothing they can do against someone like Chucky except watch him run around and hit people with aplomb. Watson maybe, but the days of having an enforcer are done.
There are very different expectations for both players. Most thought Lafreniere would come in and be able to basically put up 50 points off the bat. Byfield was always going to take years to develop. When you measure them against their expected development curves at the time of the draft, Lafreniere is way off his, but Byfield is probably not far from where people expected. Give him a few more years before judging, potential is still sky high.
Not advocating for us to add anyone as I believe we have enough toughness to stand up for each other.
Chucky should put Suzuki into next season in all honesty. No one better to do it than the captain, but yes, it's a good point that the 4th line should be big and fast.
Tools are great for Byfield, he has some dominating shifts. He is 11 months younger than Lafreniere, his development was always going to be longer than almost everyone in this draft. He plays a more important position. Big players take longer to develop, it's not even a debate at this point. This is my opinion, I welcome others to share their lists.
Would you draft him right now over anyone on that list? He was the 15th pick in a very deep draft. What's happened to him is very unfortunate and I hope he gets better but id rather have all these players over him at this point.
The one scout fighting for jarventie is the only scout we have
It's good to like your player. Nothing wrong with that but speaking in absolutes like that just isn't an accurate way of looking at this. You should probably watch some video of Quinn and look what he is doing in the AHL. Quinn very well could be a 40 goal 100 point player in the league and Byfield has the potential to be a franchise center. Like I said in the post you quoted I think those 4 players are interchangeable any of them could end up being the best of the group and it's too early to tell. No one has a crystal ball not you or me. But we can identify them all as elite players/prospects. Drysdale is a stud so is Sanderson.
I don't know anything about who you're suggesting but yeah I've been banging this drum a while too.
Oh the irony.... You're either underrating Quinn massively, or you're lying about watching him or don't understand the context of how good he has been. He came up in two NHL games and was all over the ice had 5 shots in one of them. Not everyone is doing what he is doing. Norris was just over a ppg, Quinn has 59 n 43. Frankly Norris was simply not making the same types of plays, you definitely aren't watching. The most hilarious part of all of this is I said they are interchangeable and it's too early to tell but you're arrogance in the discussion isn't even open to that. You can't be objective in this one, no point in continuing this discussion.
