I dont think thats the case, he is clearly behind those players but there are alot of guys to consider taking ahead of him in a redraft Klingberg and Johansson for sure. He was probalby picked right around where he belonged maybe moving up a few spots. Still wouldnt have him in the top 5. He is a good player dont get me wrong but this is also a better draft. Atleast projected to be better going in than 2010.
Agree to disagree on where to stick him in a 2010 redraft but i do agree this is a better draft. That said, Rossi to me is clearly a better prospect than Schwartz was even at the same age, and he's a center vice a winger which adds value, with no reason to suspect will have the health issues schwartz has.
Schwartz had a better 17 year old season statistically, and his 18 year old season is right up there with Rossi’s. Schwartz had close to double the points of the next highest scorer on his team in his 17 year old season while leading the USHL in scoring, and led his NCAA team in scoring while playing 13 less games than the next highest scoring guy as an 18 year old.
He got hurt two years in a row, there is every reason to be worried about his health moving forward considering his size. Thats a big reason why I prefer other players to him at 5, on top of the fact I think he is further ahead in his development with large limitations due to his skating relative to his draft counterparts.
I dare you to tell him thatIf Raymond drops to 9th....G.M Bill Guerin will be walking up to the podium like:
Byfield & Sanderson have been my two picks for a while, really hope it goes that way but I have a hard time believing LA will pass on Byfield.
Quinn got picked ahead of Rossi. Looks to be projecting better at the pro level too.
I had Raymond in the poll, don't recall who I had next (probably perfetti, I'm sure I made my preference clear in one of these threads). Rossi, Quinn, Holtz and Lindell all seemed like a tossup for me. Probably had Drysdale before them, so if I had to guess I think I had it, Raymond, Perfetti, Sanderson/Drysdale (I think I leaned towards Sanderson edit, just checked and it was the reverse, I had Drysdale a touch ahead of Sanderson), then the rest.
Yeah he doesnt look to have as dynamic skating as Raymond, Quinn or Jarvis for that matter. Still incredible hockey sense, vision and skill but that is a bit of a limit on what he could become in comparison. As Raymond, Quinn and Jarvis have some pretty elite skill to go along with above average speed/elusiveness.
Thats true he did miss alot of time. I do think his size and skating will limit his ability to beat D men one on one but his hockey sense, vision and puck skills are elite in that he could be a really good distributer. He couldnt have gone to a better situation than Minnesota. They have no elite offensive centermen and they have a ton of size and scoring on the wings. Again what a deep draft in the top 13 or so. Crazy that Lundell wasnt even a top 10 pick.
