So you're just talking out your ass ASSUMING he will become a top PK guy.
Oh gee, I tought this was a prospect thread where we talk about potential and what we think a player will be. Stop trying to sound like a smartass trying to prove everyone who doesn't have the same opinion as you wrong.
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Originally Posted by Carey Price
You're right they aren't the same size...MacKinnon is a half inch taller and Drouin is 6lbs heavier...
Oh gee, I tought this was a prospect thread where we talk about potential and what we think a player will be. Stop trying to sound like a smartass trying to prove everyone who doesn't have the same opinion as you wrong.
Yeah, because those kind of stats are always right.
Clearly only half an inch taller..
I can say the same about Drouin that he will become a Plekanec calibre PK guy with his speed and anticipation. This has no impact on who goes 1st. Anybody drafting top 5 and even top 10 will draft for impact 1st and foremost. Who can be an impact player on my team, generate a lot of offense and make teammates better.
In terms of the size thing, why would Hockey Canada bother weighing and measuring players to the pound and half inch if their numbers were random?
After watching the recording of Sunday's Mooseheads @ Armada game, all I can say is just the mere thought of Drouin walking to the podium in Newark on June 29th to put on the CH and then spending 10-15 years creating offensive magic with Galchenyuk makes me want to start sobbing with joy.
The exact same feeling I have thinking of them hoisting our next Stanley Cup.
I can say the same about Drouin that he will become a Plekanec calibre PK guy with his speed and anticipation. This has no impact on who goes 1st. Anybody drafting top 5 and even top 10 will draft for impact 1st and foremost. Who can be an impact player on my team, generate a lot of offense and make teammates better.
In terms of the size thing, why would Hockey Canada bother weighing and measuring players to the pound and half inch if their numbers were random?
You don't seem to get the point I'm trying to get across. Can't say I'm really surprised, though.
He didn't seem to have any trouble working the boards or dekeing through arguably the best D corpse Sunday vs Blainville. He made the best D in the league, Ouellet, look like a fool on one play.
As for your 2nd point, I agree. Mackinnon will be chosen before. Because he's closer to the NHL. But I'd pick Drouin because he'll be the best player down the road.
Like I said, "in the NHL". Maybe Blainville has a good defence...for a CHL team. I'm worried about Drouin being controlled by guys like Regehr and Seidenberg. You can't compare Ouellet to them. He's going to have to adjust, and I hope he can.
Like I said, "in the NHL". Maybe Blainville has a good defence...for a CHL team. I'm worried about Drouin being controlled by guys like Regehr and Seidenberg. You can't compare Ouellet to them. He's going to have to adjust, and I hope he can.
Regehr couldn't keep up with a guy that quick.
He has the speed and quickness to elude most of those guys, plus he is very strong on skates, has a low center of gravity like Marchand.
Prospects that I'd love for the Habs to draft or at least have a shot at getting: Jones, MacKinnon, Barkov, Drouin, Monahan, Erne, Mantha, Lazar, Mitch Wheaton, Duclair, Justin Bailey, Samuel Morin.
I'd really like to get Morin with one of our second rounders and a couple of big wingers/centers that can crash and score. Some grit with talent that will complement Galchenyuk in the future.
Like I said, "in the NHL". Maybe Blainville has a good defence...for a CHL team. I'm worried about Drouin being controlled by guys like Regehr and Seidenberg. You can't compare Ouellet to them. He's going to have to adjust, and I hope he can.
Well you have to compare apples with apples and oranges with oranges...
Drouin is just 17. He'll get bigger and stronger, and he'll gain experience. He's not ready for the NHL and he shouldn't be anyway. His talent is special though. What he can do at his age is quite an achievement and I think he'll be great at the NHL level.
Well you have to compare apples with apples and oranges with oranges...
Drouin is just 17. He'll get bigger and stronger, and he'll gain experience. He's not ready for the NHL and he shouldn't be anyway. His talent is special though. What he can do at his age is quite an achievement and I think he'll be great at the NHL level.
With any kind of growth and development he could be bigger than Plekanec.
