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Smashian Kassian

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  1. Marchand's passed the torch or something. McAvoy dives the most on the team now from what I've seen.
  2. Id agree Dach goes top 5. Big C with one of the highest ceilings in the draft. These types or C's always rise. It'll be interesting to see what happens from 3-6. I cant see Byram getting past Detriot if he even makes it there. Pretty sure they wanted a D last year b4 Zadina fell. (Altho i guess its a new manager now)
  3. Pretty sure Seider was an offensive player at the junior level. Not surprised he hasnt been as much in the pros. He wont be Quinn Hughes but he could have more offense than hes shown this year.
  4. Fair enough. Didnt wanna leave ya hanging w/o a response.
  5. Didn't know Gillis vowed not to draft Russian's. That ended up backfiring up on him. Could've drafted Kuznetsov & Kucherov in subsequent years.
  6. Crazy to read this. Loui started out with EP. Ended with Horvat. And was given top 6 role's inbetween (and last year too). Blaming the opportunity is insane, they are paying him to be a top 6 FWD, he's been given extensive opportunity to be a top 6 FWD every year that he's been here. These are excuses. Translation isn't perfect so maybe these aren't translated correctly, but blaming the coach is nuts to me. He's just not good enough to be the player we've hoped for. And if he felt he could be in a different role, I'm sure he's had the opportunity to tell the coaching staff.
  7. Why isn't it? Isn't playing a big role on a team - bigger than his rookie counterparts - part of judging the most outstanding rookie? This Eichel comparison doesn't compute b/c there more teams that rely on their top C (or top player) like Buffalo does with Eichel. While there are a minority of rookies relied upon as a 1st line player like Heiskanen (& Pettersson). Heiskanen's EV TOI was better for the whole season, not just 1/3. Also more defensive starts over the full season, not just 1/3. On a team that made a night & day turnaround defensively. He was a massive part of that. Dahlin was a very good top 4 D on the Sabres, and a better offensive contributor. But it wasn't a massive gap. Where-as I think being the #2D at evens on a playoff team is pretty impressive for a first year player. You can bring up some advanced stats, but that's playing a bit lesser role against a bit lesser competition. I think if Dahlin & Heiskanen played on the same team this season Dahlin would be on the 2nd pair playing behind Heiskanen. Miro has been extremely reliable for Dallas. FTR its not a massive gap. I'd have Miro #2, Dahlin #3 & Binnington at #4 if I had a vote. Dahlin's first season as such a young player was very impressive.
  8. Listened to the Patcast today & I thought Jeff truly did a wonderful job with it. I finally broke down listening to it. I put my opinion out on here that I wasn't on board with some of Botch's takes, but I could never imagine feeling so united to his work. (now that the unthinkable has happened). I truly appreciate all that Botch brought. Again, I hope even those who weren't a fan of Botch take 25 mins & listen to that last Patcast. A wonderful tribute from Jpat, at this incredibly difficult time.
  9. If Podkolzin falls to us I think I'd be tough to pass. Travis & Jim talk about wanting to be tough to play against, and that's Podkolzin. I do have questions about his offensive upside. But he does have good awareness down low IMO. And he's demostrated a pretty good shot. Ontop of good defensive play & elite battle level. I think he'll play in the league b/c of those things. And he's got the skillset to be atleast a solid 2nd liner ontop of it. I haven't completely figured out my list yet, but I still have him top 10 right now. I'd take him ahead of Zegras. I also hope we aren't going to pile too heavily onto a fellow fan. People make mistakes, I've made a ton in my life so far. We're all fans here & we all want to see a Stanley Cup parade in this city.
  10. Could be Rask's best game of the playoffs. Jackets have their work cut out for them this period.
  11. Agreed. I think his defensive game is a better than Krebs. As far as compete level & battle level, I can't think of anyone better than Podkolzin in this draft. He's a guy your going to notice in the playoffs.
  12. Refs have been awful. Guilt calls against CBJ for the blown call. I'll give Boston this, the original call looked like a dive, but the non-call was a legit penalty. Numbers showing all the way.
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