I assure you accuracy is not holding him back. Did any of you watch the Germany vs Swiss junior friendlys this summer? In the last minute of the last game with Germany down 3-2 Stützle came down the ice and picked his corner(top chedd) to tie the game and send it to OT. The games overall looked slow. Like a scrimmage in summer practice. Regardless it was still extremely clutch and accurate.
Overall Stützle's mechanics for his shot are good, adding power to it is necessary, but an NHL coaching staff with a shred of competency could add velocity to his snap/wrist shot easily and relatively fast compared to other skill development.
As for 7 goals in the DEL its pretty silly to limit a players potential based on what he actually got through as a 17 year old against 30 year olds. That's like saying Raynond will suck because he only put up 10 points with 4 goal. I see that the board values Raymond, so now just take a second to soak in how silly the emphasis on only 7 goals is. What is more important is shot selection. Where did his shots come from and what kind of scoring opportunity did he have. If his shots came from the corner I'd be inclined to agree, but they don't. Most of his shots come in high scoring percentage areas and he does not explicitly avoid shooting. That should signal to a compent staff that goals will come. He will never lead the leauge in goals like OV or Stamkos, he is still ultimately a playmaker not a sniper, but I'd put money that he scores 30+ a few times with development.
As for everything else it does not really matter, elite prospects rankings mean less than shit to NHL scouts. If he does actually fall that would be amazing, No offense to Ottawa, but I'd prefer a major market snags him. You might need a reality check if you think Yzerman will pass on him as his staff has already shown they hold competition in the DEL to a level most of the NHL does not(currently looks like they were right to). They love Perfetti, but they love Perfetti because they do not believe both teams would be dumb enough to pass on Stützle. Regardless, I do hope LA passes. It's kind of at a point where it would be cruel to take the kid fans are so against. At the first sign of struggle the fans will turn on him because he's not the pick they wanted.
Plus, I now do not want your franchise to benefit from his success. When Stützle is ultimately putting up elite point production I genuinely hope it's for a different organization. The inevitable elite production, well it should go to club that is both happy they got the talent and knew he was capable of it. It really does not matter if he falls to 25th I'm still very confident the elite skill and IQ of Stützle will make him elite. Probably my last post, so I won't bother you guys anymore with pro Stützle stuff. In the end at least I'm genuinely hoping the kings take Byfield as well now.
