Even if the scenerio was true, which it's emphatically not. We all still should respect Draper for putting the organizations success above his own ego.
I agree with you that of course there's cross pollination of scouting within the org.
How cool would it be to see something like European Football to have feeder teams. Rogle or Frolunda set-up as our feeder team so we could send our prospects to them on a free transfer. Anything in CBA to prohibit that?
Winnipeg is a younger team, I think EOK veteran experience will help them out. EOK 4-2, will be a good test for Cossa.
It's difficult to compare. Cossa wouldn't be starting in the SHL either. So it's more of a philosophical question about development, do you prefer 60 games at a junior level or 20-25 games at a pro level?
For goalies it's really all about getting reps in game. You'd rather dominate at 60 games in the lower level than sit on the bench at the higher level and not get consistent starts. But honestly Wallstedt's development is out of Minnesota's hands until he signs a contract and either starts playing the AHL or is loaned back to Lulea to get starter's minutes. So until Minnesota does something with him, Lulea will use him how they see fit with no real urgency to give him a starter role. Lassinantti is only 29 and has been performing very well this year, taking them to the SHL finals.
At the same time many successful NHL goalies have come through similar backgrounds of not playing a whole lot of games.
I agree. Prospect development, in general, is normally not very linear. But you can't get experience doing something unless you are actually doing it. And the number of people in your set of conditions is probably more in the "exception to the norm" kind of situation. It's possible...but there is also just getting practical game experience.
AlJo..nothing more to prove in SHL...come on over to GR
