Archibald finally comes off the board at 23. Two slots left, added Bryan Rust.
2012 poll results
#1 Joe Morrow (45.37% in #1 poll, 52.00% in runoff)
#2 Simon Després (43.98% in #1 poll, 48.00% in runoff)
#3 Brian Dumoulin (38.15%)
#4 Beau Bennett (35.50%)
#5 Derrick Pouliot (43.21%)
#6 Scott Harrington (58.33%)
#7 Olli Määttä (87.40%)
#8 Eric Tangradi (61.65%)
#9 Robert Bortuzzo (33.33%)
#10 Brian Strait (42.06%)
#11 Tom Kühnhackl (44.80%)
#12 Teddy Blueger (38.02%)
#13 Ben Hanowski (47.57%)
#14 Dominik Uher (31.58%)
#15 Matia Marcantuoni (41.67%)
#16 Kenny Agostino (30.38% in #16 poll, 56.72% in runoff)
#17 Nick D'Agostino (31.65% in #16 poll, 43.28% in runoff)
#18 Scott Wilson (28.40%)
#19 Anton Zlobin (20.22%)
#20 Oscar Sundqvist (26.83%)
Archibald finally comes off the board at 23. Two slots left, added Bryan Rust.
Yeah, and way too late, too. I think when compared to some of the other guys in his class -- Hanowski, Wilson, Kuhnhackl, Agostino & Marcantuoni -- Archibald may well be considered to be the safest bet to be a top-9 NHL forward and impact player.
I'm interested in why you think that. To me Archibald has serious question marks going into his sophomore season. One, he is very small (5'10 & 170 lbs) which will be a downside in the pros no matter which role he plays. And then he had a very uneven freshman year. Half his points came in a six-game streak in November. After that he put up only 4 points in the remaining 22 games, including zero in his last 12. Was he injured? The only noteworthy thing he did last season was making a weak U.S. WJC team, and that surely was in part because the head coach was also his college coach. He needs to show me a lot more before I put him above any of the guys you mentioned (except maybe Marcantuoni who needs to play a full season first).
Ive been voting for Zatkoff. He sounds like he's got a good chance of becoming our next backup gaolie which at this point would be good enough. I guess Grant and Ruopp should both be soon too.
