Leafs' Prospect/Marlies Discussion Thread!

[MindzEye]

Really want to see him dominate the NCAA before we get too excited about seeing him here.

 

[hockeylover]

 

[Wayward DP]

didn't even realize those guys were still young enough to qualify. fuck yeah!

 

[zeke]

leafs fans do tend to think their prospects are older than they are.

 

[Habsy]

And better than they are

 

[Wayward DP]

And better than they are

quite often the opposite really. Leafs fans are super impatient. developing prospects takes time.

how many times was Timmy declared a bust by how many people in the past couple years?

 

[Habsy]

Should I quote some of the ridiculous crap or will you just trust in that?

Heck Robertson alone is a treasure trove.

 

[Wayward DP]

Should I quote some of the ridiculous crap or will you just trust in that?

Heck Robertson alone is a treasure trove.

I'm not sure the overall outlook for Robertson has changed. He's had some kinks and bumps in his development but still to me looks like a promising middle-six wing prospect with the potential to be better than that.

He's still a baby, if anything I think this supports zeke's point.

 

[zeke]

Nick just scored at a 47gl/82pt pace in his rookie age 20 AHL season.

 

[Habsy]

Great. I'll care when he sticks. Maybe.

 

[MindzEye]

Nick just scored at a 47gl/82pt pace in his rookie age 20 AHL season.

A top 10 all time AHL goal scoring performance from a 20 yr old, 2 years after the best 18 year old goal scoring performance in OHL history.

He should be getting way more hype

 

[LeafGm]

He would be getting more hype if his bones and joints weren’t made out of toothpicks and wet tissue paper!

 

[Habsy]

He would be getting more hype if his bones and joints weren’t made out of toothpicks and wet tissue paper!

So that's it. That's why this can't miss guy isn't heard about more?

 

[MindzEye]

He would be getting more hype if his bones and joints weren’t made out of toothpicks and wet tissue paper!

Unless he has osteoperosis, I'm not too worried about his ability to stay healthy going forward.

 

[MindzEye]

That's why this can't miss guy isn't hard about more?

 

[Habsy]

Typos are funny indeed

 

[MindzEye]

Seriously though, it's 1 part injury, 1 part him not being an immediate stud after 5 minutes in the NHL, and 1 part him being a Leaf prospect which requires prospect evaluators to undervalue him until he's a 30 goal scorer in the NHL at which point they will us everything we've ever said about him to explain why this was inevitable despite them only talking about why he'll never do it up until that point.

 

[MindzEye]

Typos are funny indeed

Freudian typos >

 

[LeafGm]

Unless he has osteoperosis, I'm not too worried about his ability to stay healthy going forward.

I admire your optimism.

 

[trujaysfan]

Seriously though, it's 1 part injury, 1 part him not being an immediate stud after 5 minutes in the NHL, and 1 part him being a Leaf prospect which requires prospect evaluators to undervalue him until he's a 30 goal scorer in the NHL at which point they will us everything we've ever said about him to explain why this was inevitable despite them only talking about why he'll never do it up until that point.

You forgot offer sheets and "how can they afford him"