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the pessimist returns
Looking forward to it. I might even check out Portland for a home game. It's like driving to Regina.
In distance only.
Looking forward to it. I might even check out Portland for a home game. It's like driving to Regina.
Yes he was widely reported to have lost the locker room.Well, that certainly makes me feel confident in our coaching staff. Was Kompon considered a bad coach there? Friction with the players? What's the story there.
loved this pick. These are exactly the types of guys/overagers i'd love to see the team swing on in the 7th round every year.
That being said, with last season being his only big one, I'd probably through a little cold water on what our projections say.
He's still probably better then 70% of who got drafted in the 7th round this year (hell, he's likely better then 70% of those who got drafted in the 7th in his first year of eligibility) but i'd feel mor comfortable if there'd been a little bit more production the last two years.
Either way, really solid value pick, even if it wasn't one of my two faveys (Matt Timms and Sean Durzi)
I was waiting for you to chime in. I'm glad you and Rheged are doing these charts again as they are very helpful and informative.
Judging by your reaction so far, safe to say you are much more happy with this draft than last draft?
Much!
Unfortunately the first two picks were the hardest for me to get excited about, due to being Euro League and HSH draftee's, that we know we aren't generally good at projecting.
There were also a couple of guys i was really excited about that I'd preferred in those slots (hague and gadjovich).
But from the 3rd round on I was a happy boy. Kovacevik, Gawanke, and Mckenzie were fantastic IMO. Goalie is a goalie is a goalie. and Virtanen is a really interesting pick besides the numbers. I have no way of knowing what he'd comp to due to playing so few games, but he's an interesting player to say the least.
That being said, i am fairly excited about Vesalainen for a couple reasons: A) every time chevy's said they were surprised that player was still available it's looked pretty damn good (Trouba, Ehlers, Connor, Roslovic), and secondly, he's a guy who seemed to fall due to "interviews".
I get excited about those guys, because while that may be a good reason to avoid a guy at the high end of the draft, if you can get a "bad interview" with top 10 talent at 24, you take that chance over a 24-30 talent every time.