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mkomisarek The ACC is going Gaga! It is rockin. Can't wait to see this place in the playoffs! Believe it!

ME, Sorry to hear that. My condolences. :(
 
Komisarek, Schenn and Finger can all go on the same bus to the AHL, and then a guy like Kovalchuk is a no brainer.

I don't see any value in any of them. Isn't that close to Kovalchuk numbers, those three awful players?

And Luke Schenn is NOT as good now as Luke Richardson. But whether he is or he isn't, who cares, they're both limited, dime a dozen quasi AHlers.
 
I don't see any value in any of them. Isn't that close to Kovalchuk numbers, those three awful players?
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You don't see any value in them because you have no idea how to rate young players properly relative to their peers and expect them all to be all-stars. That's not realistic.

And Luke Schenn is NOT as good now as Luke Richardson.
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You're right: he's significantly better than Richardson ever was.

But whether he is or he isn't, who cares, they're both limited, dime a dozen quasi AHlers.
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Teenagers that can play one of the hardest positions for young players to learn coming into the league, and do so at a high level without playing a single professional game beforehand, are most certainly not "limited," nor are they "dime a dozen quasi AHL'ers." They are exceedingly rare. Even prodigious talents like Erik and Jack Johnson have yet to completely establish themselves in the league at the height of their potential four and five years out of the draft as top three picks respectively. Alex Pietrangelo might be the best defence prospect in the world not playing in the NHL right now and he went the very pick before Luke. He certainly has yet to have the same impact on the NHL.
 
I don't mind eating crow if/when the time comes......but I'm really not on the Luke Schenn bandwagon.

I love the kid, think he'll be a very good serviceable defenseman in the NHL for a good decade plus, likely play the majority of his career as a top pairing dman.......but thus far I can only invision his upside as being that of a slightly more offensive Komisarek.


I don't see the ceiling others seem to.
 
Thanks y'all. Every last one of you are aces in my books, even Corky.

I'll be alright, it was over quick and the last time Vik and I chilled we joked about his trip to Mexico he was about to take (passed shortly after returning from)...so the memories are good.

Cheers
 
teeds said:
Komisarek, Schenn and Finger can all go on the same bus to the AHL, and then a guy like Kovalchuk is a no brainer.

I don't see any value in any of them. Isn't that close to Kovalchuk numbers, those three awful players?

And Luke Schenn is NOT as good now as Luke Richardson. But whether he is or he isn't, who cares, they're both limited, dime a dozen quasi AHlers.
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You say Komi, Schenn and Finger all ahlers? You may be on to something with Finger, but your dead wron on the other two. Komiserak is one of the leagues best hitters/shot blockers, I'm sure a lot of teams would love to have a guy like that on their team. Schenn is showing he's a good defensive guy, with some offensive upside. Good thing your not the GM.
 
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FWIW, I pulled that reputational stat thing out of my ass.
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Still bragging about your ass I see.


I've gone on record as saying I seem to value defensive Dmen more than some...at least I don't mind paying them as opposed to some who think points are the only reason a DMan should make big coin...so I've been pretty happy with Schenn so far.
Part of it is his composure, and I like the way he tries to stick to a simple game.
I don't care if he ever racks up points if he can turn into an elite shut-down man who lays the body and make the opposition pay for carrying the puck into our zone.
Every team need those guys.
I won't be surprised to see him a 10-15 goal, 30-45 point guy...but what I want is for the Leafs to have another Yuskevich or Macoun type. A guy who isn't fancy, he just gets the job done.
 
You guys are selling Richardson short.

22 years in the NHL. Give the man some respect. Some of you may be too young to remember Luke in his best years.

In his day, Richardson was one of the best shutdown D in the league.

If Schenn has half the career that Richardson did, he'll be lucky. To say he has already eclipsed anything Richardson has done is just plain disrespectful.

I will say that Luke had to have had the best agent in pro sports history to pull off a couple of his contracts, but to say Luke Schenn has already done more than Luke Richardson...shame on you.
 
If Luke turns out to be a bit better than Komisarek, that's probably not even that bad. I guess you have higher hopes you can hit a home run with your 5th overall, but knowing how many 5ths are total busts all together getting a Komisarek with a 5th isn't a disaster really.
 
mkomisarek Good morning! Just got to the office and getting ready to work! Be gr8 today and have a gr8 day!

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