Horvat is a Boss 3,231 Posted June 15, 2018 23 minutes ago, richado said: Can't wait to see the Rathboner in action. Have a good feeling about him. Please... Just no. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richado 712 Posted June 15, 2018 30 minutes ago, Horvat is a Boss said: Please... Just no. Rathboner gonna give it to ya 6 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigturk8 1,543 Posted June 15, 2018 15 hours ago, aGENT said: Well now THAT is interesting. Be nice to get a better handle on what exactly we have there. As much as one can glean from glorified pond hockey anyway. I'm curious, how do we judge him next season. He will be in his D+2 year, but only his freshman year in collage. In contrast, We'll be looking at Tkachuck in his D+1 year as a sophomore. So do we judge based on his Draft year or his status in the NCAA? These situations always frustrate me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WonderTwinPowers 659 Posted June 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, Bigturk8 said: I'm curious, how do we judge him next season. He will be in his D+2 year, but only his freshman year in collage. In contrast, We'll be looking at Tkachuck in his D+1 year as a sophomore. So do we judge based on his Draft year or his status in the NCAA? These situations always frustrate me. Like any true Canuck fan you assume they're a bust automatically because they're not in the NHL 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horvat is a Boss 3,231 Posted June 15, 2018 11 minutes ago, Bigturk8 said: I'm curious, how do we judge him next season. He will be in his D+2 year, but only his freshman year in collage. In contrast, We'll be looking at Tkachuck in his D+1 year as a sophomore. So do we judge based on his Draft year or his status in the NCAA? These situations always frustrate me. Go by draft year. Comparing a 20 year old Rathbone to an 18 year old Hughes wouldn't be fair. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrowe 101 Posted June 15, 2018 12 minutes ago, Bigturk8 said: I'm curious, how do we judge him next season. He will be in his D+2 year, but only his freshman year in collage. In contrast, We'll be looking at Tkachuck in his D+1 year as a sophomore. So do we judge based on his Draft year or his status in the NCAA? These situations always frustrate me. Considering he was a 4th round pick, I'm willing to give the boner the benefit of the doubt. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigturk8 1,543 Posted June 15, 2018 (edited) 12 minutes ago, WonderTwinPowers said: Like any true Canuck fan you assume they're a bust automatically because they're not in the NHL Not at all. I'm pretty high on Rathbone. I'm just curious as to how people will judge his abilities based on his unique status. Why do you assume the worst when I made no negative statement? Edit: Apparently you were being sarcastic. I apologize if that was the case. Edited June 15, 2018 by Bigturk8 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigturk8 1,543 Posted June 15, 2018 1 minute ago, Deathrowe said: Considering he was a 4th round pick, I'm willing to give the boner the benefit of the doubt. I'm not trying to say anything bad about him. I'm just trying to figure out the best way to gauge his status by asking others on this board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vanuckles 2,653 Posted June 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, Bigturk8 said: Not at all. I'm pretty high on Rathbone. I'm just curious as to how people will judge his abilities based on his unique status.Why do you assume the worst when I made no negative statement? He was being sarcastic 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigturk8 1,543 Posted June 15, 2018 Just now, Vanuckles said: He was being sarcastic Gotcha. I have a very hard time telling sarcasm on the internet. I appreciate the clarification. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aGENT 33,561 Posted June 15, 2018 54 minutes ago, Bigturk8 said: I'm curious, how do we judge him next season. He will be in his D+2 year, but only his freshman year in collage. In contrast, We'll be looking at Tkachuck in his D+1 year as a sophomore. So do we judge based on his Draft year or his status in the NCAA? These situations always frustrate me. Somewhere in between? As much as people like to use averages, 'normals' etc to analyze things, generally speaking they tell you more about groups than individuals. Judge individual players more so on their ability and forward progress. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tas 6,070 Posted June 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Bigturk8 said: I'm curious, how do we judge him next season. He will be in his D+2 year, but only his freshman year in collage. In contrast, We'll be looking at Tkachuck in his D+1 year as a sophomore. So do we judge based on his Draft year or his status in the NCAA? These situations always frustrate me. you don't, because making judgments isn't your responsibility. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dixon Ward 2,071 Posted June 15, 2018 Juolevi, Tryamkin, and 7th overall along with 1 or 2 of Rathbone, Brassard, Brisebois, Sautner, Mceneny, Pouliot. It actually looks pretty good. I think we could actually have a pretty strong, young defence pretty soon. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME 17,638 Posted June 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Deathrowe said: I'm willing to give the boner the benefit of the doubt. 10 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guile 424 Posted June 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Deathrowe said: I'm willing to give the boner the benefit of the doubt. 2 minutes ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: You never know, he could perform better than expected. One day, he may make fans scream. I think he could be huge for us. 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TGokou 711 Posted June 15, 2018 12 minutes ago, Guile said: You never know, he could perform better than expected. One day, he may make fans scream. I think he could be huge for us. I see what you did there..well played. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kanukfanatic 7,385 Posted June 15, 2018 30 minutes ago, Guile said: You never know, he could perform better than expected. One day, he may make fans scream. I think he could be huge for us. If he keeps his head about him he could explode!! Ok...that was weird lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean Monahan 5,841 Posted June 15, 2018 I see huge growth potential in Rathboner. 7 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
richado 712 Posted June 15, 2018 The Wrath Boner. Or the Boner of Wrath. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean Monahan 5,841 Posted June 16, 2018 Our D will be rock solid with this guy. 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites