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Sounds like he's playing on a line with Eberle and Schwartz.

Should be interesting to see how the top 5 of this draft plays out.
 
Wright is probably going to be real gud. Just not superstar 1st overall caliber good.

This big winger the habs took might be junk though. Only seen him a few times, not impressed at all so far.

Was a bad draft tbh
 
As the new regime is still in its honeymoon phase I'll be patient. I would really like to see this kid rip it up in Laval before just giving him a spot. He needs to learn a few things, like where the gym is.
 
MindzEye said:
Wright is probably going to be real gud. Just not superstar 1st overall caliber good.

This big winger the habs took might be junk though. Only seen him a few times, not impressed at all so far.

Was a bad draft tbh
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Interesting vid. He can obviously move and be quick, but the overall speed displayed there wasn’t great. Felt like he was going to be able to blow past the dman there, but he was easily caught.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
Interesting vid. He can obviously move and be quick, but the overall speed displayed there wasn’t great. Felt like he was going to be able to blow past the dman there, but he was easily caught.
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He's only 18 and isn't really "that guy" offensively. He's not unskilled (I know I shit on him a lot last year, but that was in the context of #1 overall picks...I actually think he'll be a really solid NHL'er, just not a superstar) so seeing him make skill plays isn't surprising, but I'm definitely not expecting him to be making plays that display dominant tools against professionals very often.

Fwiw, his offensive contemporaries based on his draft season in the OHL are Nick Suzuki, Logan Couture, Stephen Weiss, Matt Duchene.

That probably what they're looking at out of Wright. A good, complete centre who puts up 50+ in his sleep, 65-70 in his best seasons. Not a bad pick out of the #4 spot, but a very meh 1st overall.
 
As for what this Habs kid did in his draft season...jesus christ. Kasperi Kapanen type numbers. Our very own Mikko "Fear The" Kokkonen had a higher PPG as a 17 yr old defender in Liiga. Habs legend Joel Armia had almost double the PPG as a 17 yr old as their new #1 overall did.

Fire everyone whose eye test led to drafting this kid if he doesn't turn out.

Fwiw, I've got Nemec being the kid who makes everyone look back 2 years from now and wonder how anyone could think he wasn't dead nuts #1 the whole time if anyone does. It really wasn't an inspiring draft at all.
 
The best was their behind the draft video where they decided to draft him because he was good in tournaments so that means he can handle the pressure in Montreal.
 
MindzEye said:
As for what this Habs kid did in his draft season...jesus christ. Kasperi Kapanen type numbers. Our very own Mikko "Fear The" Kokkonen had a higher PPG as a 17 yr old defender in Liiga. Habs legend Joel Armia had almost double the PPG as a 17 yr old as their new #1 overall did.

Fire everyone whose eye test led to drafting this kid if he doesn't turn out.

Fwiw, I've got Nemec being the kid who makes everyone look back 2 years from now and wonder how anyone could think he wasn't dead nuts #1 the whole time if anyone does. It really wasn't an inspiring draft at all.
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Yup , I called Nemec as well
 
MindzEye said:
As for what this Habs kid did in his draft season...jesus christ. Kasperi Kapanen type numbers. Our very own Mikko "Fear The" Kokkonen had a higher PPG as a 17 yr old defender in Liiga. Habs legend Joel Armia had almost double the PPG as a 17 yr old as their new #1 overall did.

Fire everyone whose eye test led to drafting this kid if he doesn't turn out.

Fwiw, I've got Nemec being the kid who makes everyone look back 2 years from now and wonder how anyone could think he wasn't dead nuts #1 the whole time if anyone does. It really wasn't an inspiring draft at all.
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Definitely spending way less time paying attention to the draft these days but didn't realize his numbers in Liiga were that low.I don't even think it was even really mentioned in the Habs board Slaf thread.
 
MindzEye said:
As for what this Habs kid did in his draft season...jesus christ. Kasperi Kapanen type numbers. Our very own Mikko "Fear The" Kokkonen had a higher PPG as a 17 yr old defender in Liiga. Habs legend Joel Armia had almost double the PPG as a 17 yr old as their new #1 overall did.

Fire everyone whose eye test led to drafting this kid if he doesn't turn out.

Fwiw, I've got Nemec being the kid who makes everyone look back 2 years from now and wonder how anyone could think he wasn't dead nuts #1 the whole time if anyone does. It really wasn't an inspiring draft at all.
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Seems very boom or bust to me.

Is he the club team version or international tournament version?

I'm still shocked wright fell to 4th.
 
hockeylover said:
Definitely spending way less time paying attention to the draft these days but didn't realize his numbers in Liiga were that low.I don't even think it was even really mentioned in the Habs board Slaf thread.
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I mentioned it plenty leading up to the draft. Worse numbers than KK.
 
worm said:
Seems very boom or bust to me.

Is he the club team version or international tournament version?

I'm still shocked wright fell to 4th.
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I always lean toward the bigger sample being more representative. We see meh prospects have huge junior tourneys all the time and get overhyped because of it. Very rarely does a top prospect have mediocre or bad production pre draft and then go on to star in the NHL
 
MindzEye said:
I always lean toward the bigger sample being more representative. We see meh prospects have huge junior tourneys all the time and get overhyped because of it. Very rarely does a top prospect have mediocre or bad production pre draft and then go on to star in the NHL
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Yep
That is why I wanted wright. And looking back at the thread after Slaf was drafted pretty much nobody wanted him.

I have no idea how to judge euro leagues though.

I think I still go by what I said at the draft

" this was "missed a season impact on wright" vs "which is the real slaf world stage or club team""

I also said I like homerun swings at the draft... Just not at first overall
 
worm said:
I mentioned it plenty leading up to the draft. Worse numbers than KK.
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No one posted his actual stats at any point in the 91 pages of draft thread or the 12 pages of Slaf thread. I know you guys have a numbers aversion but... weird.
 
Just to clarify - no one's even played an NHL game yet, so I'm not saying it was a good or bad pick. Think I'm with Mindz that Wright doesn't really seem like sure thing to be the best anyway.
 
worm said:
Yep
That is why I wanted wright. And looking back at the thread after Slaf was drafted pretty much nobody wanted him.

I have no idea how to judge euro leagues though.

I think I still go by what I said at the draft

" this was "missed a season impact on wright" vs "which is the real slaf world stage or club team""

I also said I like homerun swings at the draft... Just not at first overall
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Yeah, even with a bad draft, taking the HR swing at 1 is bold.
 
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