Jack Rathbone | D

[Horvat is a Boss 3,230]

23 minutes ago, richado said:

Can't wait to see the Rathboner in action. Have a good feeling about him.

 

Please...

 

Just no.

[richado 712]

30 minutes ago, Horvat is a Boss said:

 

Please...

 

Just no.

Rathboner gonna give it to ya

[Bigturk8 1,543]

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. 

[WonderTwinPowers 659]

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

[Horvat is a Boss 3,230]

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. 

[Deathrowe 101]

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.

 

 

[Bigturk8 1,543]

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

[Bigturk8 1,543]

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.

[Vanuckles 2,653]

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

[Bigturk8 1,543]

Just now, Vanuckles said:

He was being sarcastic

Gotcha. I have a very hard time telling sarcasm on the internet. I appreciate the clarification.

[aGENT 33,530]

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.

[tas 6,065]

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. 

[Dixon Ward 2,071]

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.  

[SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME 17,560]

1 hour ago, Deathrowe said:

I'm willing to give the boner the benefit of the doubt.

[Guile 424]

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.

[TGokou 709]

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.

[Kanukfanatic 7,385]

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.

[Sean Monahan 5,841]

I see huge growth potential in Rathboner. 

[richado 712]

The Wrath Boner. Or the Boner of Wrath.

[Sean Monahan 5,841]

Our D will be rock solid with this guy.