I wouldn't take this list as the only players the Pens might select, nor would I get my hopes up that one of those 5 will be a Penguin in a week
if you saw yager's play offs this year you would have a much different opinion of him. just say'en
The more I look at it, the more it seems to be that the chances of utter chaos after the first 4-5 picks is pretty high.
This list screams “do not take Yager “ lol…
edit…won’t let me post the article from Sportsnet…converts to the video which isn’t the list…
He flipped the script from the previous season. Last year he scored more goals than assists. This season he opened up and distributed the puck more effectively, leading to more assists than goals. Great hands and excellent vision. Takes advantage of time and space. Aggressive getting pucks to the net. His skating stride is fine, but he needs to add strength and discover another gear in transition to allow his element to have more impact off the rush. Fantastic vision on the PP. Defensively he identifies his responsibility, but his attention to detail ranges. Element is offence.
There are other just as small players with better upside who likely will be available at 14there are reasons not to take yager. but if you value up-side he's right at/near the top. yes at 170 lbs. he needs to add strength, the flip in goals vs assists is he was told to work on his passing/play making if he wanted to succeed at playing center. (the kid worked on it) it's not uncommon if you focus on one thing you suffer at others, and that's why his goalscoring went down. as far as the attention to details, if you saw him in the playoffs this year, you would have no worries. yeah there is risk but this is the year to throw risk out the window and go all in on up-side.
are they rhc or a rd? cause if they are I'm all for picking them. the players aren't that much deferent to not pick a player that plays in the prime position. imo
Yeah, you can’t do that in round one…Dubas has to pick BPA…highest upside and best skating/IQ combo left, assuming not a goalie and I don’t think there’s one worth a first round pick
Unless someone drops, I don't know that there will be a consensus BPA. You could make a strong argument for like 10 guys at our pick if things go as anticipated. It's a deep draft, we just need to avoid finding the Hugh Jessiman of the class.I just want the team to take the consensus BPA. No bullshit like "Oh well, y'know, the winger's real dynamic and has a hell of a shot but the center has a good all-around game and shows leadership qualities so we'll take the player with the lower upside".
If you throw your pick at the BPA, you're getting a prospect more highly regarded than anyone this team's had in the prospect pool since Staal imo. Maybe they don't pan out, they probably won't, but sometimes you just dumb luck into a good to great player even outside of the top-5.
Just hope that when we look back in 8-10 years, we're not all bummed that the team passed on some perennial All Star player.
IIRC there's not really any franchise making Makar esque blueliners being touted this year, no?
when players are so closely ranked taking a player thats a .02 better than someone else isn't going to matter that much as getting a player in a prime position. (with higher upside) imo
I’ve seen some lists with Benson lower than 8 and not many with Cristall higher than like 16.
Seems like the most talented players OTB in that range. He's not THAT much shorter than Bedard
Somebody always drops. It's a big reason I wish this team had more draft capital or expendable assets to try and move up into the top-10 if a chance to snag somebody like Michkov arose.
if we don't pick him, I'm off the hook.
