MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
Yeah, Lilly went from "he's shit, 1st round bust, not a NHL defender...lol depth"....to "offer sheet, how can they possible afford him" in what, 3 weeks?
Leafs' Prospect/Marlies Discussion Thread!
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Yeah, Lilly went from "he's shit, 1st round bust, not a NHL defender...lol depth"....to "offer sheet, how can they possible afford him" in what, 3 weeks?
leafman101
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It’s because the Leafs have a team full of studs. People stop caring about prospects.
hockeylover
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“Leaf fans do tend to think their prospects are older than they are”
*jumps in to name Robertson*
… yes, exactly.
*jumps in to name Robertson*
… yes, exactly.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
That's fair. When you're not praying for your next saviour, you care about a 20 yr old scoring at a 50G pace in the AHL a lot less.
But we're special.
leafman101
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“This elite prospect might be our 6th best forward/third pair dman”. It’s not exciting.
Wayward DP
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if Robbie had been doing this in the Bozak/Kessel years, he'd be getting a LOT more hype.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
Yeah, I've never seen a fanbase get prospect fatigue as quick as Leaf fans do. If you're not a top 10 pick, even making the league at 21 yrs old is ahead of schedule. I feel like we've barely seen Robertson at the NHL level, and he's played the 31st most games of anyone from his draft class (while being one of the youngest players in the draft class). There's like 12-18 guys from his draft with full time NHL jobs and most of those guys are on shit teams. The only full timers on good teams are Kakko (2nd overall), Newhook (16th overall), and a few other top 25 picks (Byram, McMichael, Krebs, Boldy) who have been regulars for a half season or so.
They did it to Lilly, they're going to do it to Robertson as well. Wait until Knies isn't NHL ready at the end of this season (which is my expectation)
leafman101
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Robertson is going to be awesome btw. It’s only a positive that we can afford to be patient with him.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
hockeylover
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We can certainly play the same game with recent Habs prospects and probably get way more material anyway.
The Green Hornet
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Imagine the hype Robertson would have if he were a Habs prospect. Thanks for keeping us in check though lol
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
Hype from whom exactly?
CH1
The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
he's a poor man's Cole Caufield
LeafOfFaith
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zeke
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It's mostly that like Lilly he had unique circumstances that let him play in the AHL before most prospects are allowed to.
LeafGm
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I don’t think “prospect fatigue” is really my issue with Robertson. I’m not really concerned at all with how long he’s taking, considering the dude isn’t even of legal drinking age yet in the Puritan States of America.
The fact that he suffers at least one major, catastrophic injury every year and that he ends up on his ass every time I’ve seen him get into a puck battle is what has me less than hopeful about his NHL potential.
And I’m not one to complain about a prospect’s size. With Mitch obviously it isn’t an issue. But Robertson plays a game where he wants to be a physical buzz saw out there, and I’m just not convinced he’s got the body to do that when he’s not mostly playing against teenagers.
Hope he proves me wrong of course.
The fact that he suffers at least one major, catastrophic injury every year and that he ends up on his ass every time I’ve seen him get into a puck battle is what has me less than hopeful about his NHL potential.
And I’m not one to complain about a prospect’s size. With Mitch obviously it isn’t an issue. But Robertson plays a game where he wants to be a physical buzz saw out there, and I’m just not convinced he’s got the body to do that when he’s not mostly playing against teenagers.
Hope he proves me wrong of course.