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  1. I guess we will find out the strength and weight issues come the combine. One thing to keep in mind is that guys like Ehlers and Nylander will be stuffing their faces the week before because they know how important the weigh-in is. Conversely bigger guys like Ritchie will be dieting. So whatever the number may be, I would assume the next week the lighter guys would be walking around weighing 5 pounds less and the bigger guys 5 pounds more.
  2. Anyone like Kyle Wood or have an insight on him? He looks intriguing, I have only seen him play two games. Potential 3rd round pick?
  3. http://blogs.edmontonjournal.com/2014/05/01/scouting-report-top-10-prospect-jake-virtanen-might-be-viable-option-if-oilers-trade-down/ Interesting article. It notes that Virtanen scored 35 of his 45 goals at even-strength and that he was on the second unit power play. I doubt very much that Ehlers, Ritchie, Perlini, etc. were on the second unit PP.
  4. Some accomplishments, or aspects of said accomplishments, can be useful for aptitudinal measurement. Because ultimately, when drafting a player you want to draft them based on aptitude not accomplishment. The problem becomes how do we tease out accomplishments that should not be considered aptitudinal measurements.
  5. Of course this is correct. People forget you don't draft players based on their accomplishments, you draft them based on their potential. A high scoring guy who is under 170lb is a huge risk. That is why in every draft, unless the player goes in the top 3 and has overwhelming talent, smaller guys drop on draft day.
  6. I agree when a player has overwhelming talent size doesn't matter that much (as long as he is over 5'10").
  7. This is not an exhaustive list. There were busts and other players not included.
  8. Why does everybody want someone who "falls out of the first"? How about a prospect that has been gradually trending upwards throughout the season.
  9. I suspect Ehlers will be under 175 - probably around 170 - at the draft combine.
  10. Virtanen highlights: Notice how he creates the vast majority of his goals. He is not getting many tap-ins or easy set-ups like some of the other potential picks...
  11. Yeah but they did.... Reinhart was in the tournament last year and had 7 points in 7 games. Bennett was in it last year (a year younger than Nylander is now) and he got 7 points in 7 games.
  12. So do the thousands of similar prospects that failed.
  13. I think his point was to name smaller European players... I would say smaller under 6' European players that played in Europe prior to the draft are very dangerous top 12 picks.
  14. http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/scott_cullen/?ID=267960 Considering this is a weaker draft and both Ehlers and Nylander are smaller players I think the 20% estimate is fairly accurate.
  15. I am just saying people are getting carried away thinking this draft pick will produce a first liner. They want to roll the dice on a guy like Ehlers or Nylander who have less than a 20% chance of becoming a top line player.
  16. Drafting at 6th we are likely drafting a third line player, possibly a second liner, highly unlikely a first liner. I don't think players like Nylander or Ehlers would make good third liners.
  17. I am also interested in this. Let's see how he does at the combine. If he performs well in the strength and average in the cardio tests I won't be that concerned but if he does horrible in the cardio and only average at the strength tests then it because a big issue. Considering the guy is a 1995 (and not a 1996) he shouldn't have "baby fat" - already graduated high school last year so he had plenty of time this season to work on his conditioning. If it is poor than it is a big red flag.
  18. Projecting Shinkaruk as our top line LW is extremely wishful thinking.
  19. I agree that he will likely be in the 160s and under 6ft.
  20. The difference was that Huberdeau did weigh 170 (it is yet to be seen if that's what Ehlers weighs). More importantly Huberdeau was 6'1.25" whereas Ehlers (subject to change at the combine) is listed at 5'11".
  21. Nylander is far too small (weight and height) to be drafted 6th. The odds of him being a top 6 forward in the NHL is around 15-20%. If he wants to get drafted in the top 10 he will need to have a very good showing at the draft combine.
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