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Originally Posted by GM17
Yea thought so.
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I just don't think that you know what you are talking about. First your description of what vision/hockey IQ showed that you can't differentiate it from creativity. Secondly, you said that MacKinnon had a better hockey IQ than Drouin (which he does not even though MacKinnon has very good hockey IQ too) and when I told you would not find a coach/scout/executive to prove your point you said I could not to prove mine either. Then, when I did quite easily you said that a coach saying Drouin has "best IQ he ever coached against in this league" did not mean he was saying Drouin had higher IQ than his linemate MacKinnon (LOL).
As for your Crosby comment, it is possible Tourigny lacked perspective in his excitement to praise Drouin (Crosby last played in the QMJHL in April 2005 after all). That being said, when he praised a player as the "highest IQ he ever coached against", he referred to Drouin, not his linemate MacKinnon. Besides, if you do basic research on these prospects, you will see that Drouin is recognized has having the best IQ of the two, perhaps even the best hockey IQ amongst draft eligible forwards this year.
Pretending that MacKinnon has better hockey IQ than Drouin is nearly as ridiculous as pretending that Drouin is a better skater than MacKinnon. The thing is that the casual, more or less knowledgeable hockey fan can see who skates better but can't determine who has hockey IQ as easily.
And I'm still on the MacKinnon is slightly better than Drouin bandwagon for the record. I am just saying Drouin has better hockey IQ, which is far from a revolutionnary opinion in hockey circles.
Yeah. I thought so.