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Around the League 2019-2024 Edition

leafman101 said:
Predraft I had it

1. Nemec
2. Cooley
3. Wright

and IMO the D +1 year only solidifies that.

Nemec and Cooley specifically look like studs, and Wright like a legit good 2c/bottom end 1c.
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Not going to argue for Nemec. That's where I would have gone. Your analysis of Wright is spot on though and is that worth 1OA when you can potentially find that top 10 in other years? I'm not lamenting Wright at all. Nemec will be good and also on a very good team now so yeah, he likely comes out on top.

Not sold on Cooley yet. Flash is there but not sold yet. I also don't underestimate the Yotes to fuck it up.
 
Habsy said:
Careers.

Not out of gate.
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Players who develop well out of the gate tend to go on to have the best careers.
Habsy said:
As we know there's been several players that pulled the turtle v hare.
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Not really. There's a lot of guys who have shown a steady progression of high level play before breaking through at the NHL level, but there's not a lot of examples of guys who were poor performers in lower leagues going on to be impact NHL players.

You've already used the most obvious example in Tage Thompson but there's not a whole lot more
 
I think Slaf will surprise to the upside

If not, meh

It’s not like the Habs picked him over some can’t miss phenom.
 
Habsy said:
And is he really can't miss?
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His 17/18 yr old season in the KHL (turned 18 in December) was as good as Ovechkin's 19 yr old seasons fwiw.

17/18yr old Michkov (82 game pace)

27G 61PTS

Ovy

18: 20G 36PTS
19: 29G 60PTS

Now, Ovy did that while being 6'3 200+ pounds at 18-19 with obvious otherworldy physical gifts. Michkov profiles more as a Patrick Kane/Mitch Marner type player without that crazy upside that can come from being offensively gifted and a physical beast.

Crazy that he dropped to 7th. Would have been like Marner dropping to 7th in the McJesus draft.
 
I'd be worried about the Habs in a few years had they taken one of (in order) Nemec, Cooley or Wright instead of Slaf and obviously Michkov

Frodo-Suzuki-Michkov
Farrell-Cooley-Dach
XXXXXX-Newhook-Roy


Guhle-XXXXX
Hutson-Barron
Engstrom-Rapey

Is a pretty good foundation for a rebuild with and probably enough talent to be back mid pack in the east within 3-4 years.
 
Pretty sure the league would step in if the Habs tried to pick both Nemac and Cooley with the first pick in 22
 
MindzEye said:
I'd be worried about the Habs in a few years had they taken one of (in order) Nemec, Cooley or Wright instead of Slaf and obviously Michkov

Frodo-Suzuki-Michkov
Farrell-Cooley-Dach
XXXXXX-Newhook-Roy


Guhle-XXXXX
Hutson-Barron
Engstrom-Rapey

Is a pretty good foundation for a rebuild with and probably enough talent to be back mid pack in the east within 3-4 years.
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Point of clarification, he didn't rape, he tastelessly over shared.
 
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