Dan Boyle? Lmfao what a bad comparison. Not even remotely the same type of defenseman.
Wasn't this forum founded upon discussing prospects?Well f*** me. Click on a post hoping an update on the prospect in the title, but no, mostly just "doods" replying to each other and blah blah blah.
Willander...any new news on him? No? Ok, let the thread go dormant until something happens...sweet...
Ahh...I seeWasn't this forum founded upon discussing prospects?
Getting upset about people talking about prospects on this forum is a bit odd.
Ahh...I see
Not prospects in general. And the "forum" has several sub categories to discuss specific prospects. Sorry that bit got away from you chum.
This one had a title indicating its for Willander conversation.
I think a better comparison for Wilander might be Miro Heiskanan, but obviously a bit slighter and minus the dynamic offense.
But Wilander was drafted because of his elite skating ability. It's big year coming up for him at BU. Hopefully he can add some offense, although 4 goals and 21 assists in 38 games isn't too bad for an 18-year old.
For comparison sakes, Quinn Hughes had had five goals and 24 assists in his 18-year old season at Michigan. And was only slightly better as a 19-year old with five goals and 28 assists.
Hughes' pedestrian results at lower levels compared to what he's done in the NHL - and, like, literally since his first game in the NHL - are one of the most baffling things I've ever seen.
14-0-5-5 across two WJCs. Dylan Samberg outscored him for the US over those two tournaments.
hughes results at michigan are elite when put in context. put up more than a point a game on a team whose next leading scorer was will lockwood and whose only notable other players were a freshman blankenburg and josh norris. his results as a true freshman and on the ntpd team were very good too considering how badly those teams performed offensively
Wilander as a freshman is eight months older than freshman Hughes was. And, Hughes led Michigan in points as a sophomore even though he played a few less games than his next four highest scoring teammates. BU scored just over four goals per game this season. Michigan averaged about 3.4 in Hughes' freshman season and barely over three in his sophomore season.I think a better comparison for Wilander might be Miro Heiskanan, but obviously a bit slighter and minus the dynamic offense.
But Wilander was drafted because of his elite skating ability. It's big year coming up for him at BU. Hopefully he can add some offense, although 4 goals and 21 assists in 38 games isn't too bad for an 18-year old.
For comparison sakes, Quinn Hughes had had five goals and 24 assists in his 18-year old season at Michigan. And was only slightly better as a 19-year old with five goals and 28 assists.
Cale Makar was a D+1 freshman, a year older than Hughes, and had 21 points in 34 games at UMass-Amherst.The context is that this is a generational offensive defender who looks like he's going to be one of the top 5 skill defenders of all time.
A player this good, you'd expect to see insane Crosby/McDavid numbers at lower levels. Dominating WJCs.
His first year at Michigan, he slightly out-produced a nobody 6'3 defensive defender on his own team named Joseph Ceccini.
His second year at Michigan his numbers were very good and maybe 'elite' for NCAA but still not really eye-catching stuff. Again, marginally better than a guy named Bobby Nardella playing for Notre Dame in Hughes' conference with a similar low-scoring team.
And really did nothing at the WJCs.
This isn't the profile of a player who would be winning Norris Trophies and putting up 90-point seasons in the NHL 5 years later.
Cale Makar was a D+1 freshman, a year older than Hughes, and had 21 points in 34 games at UMass-Amherst.
Isn’t Boyle an offensive D?
The context is that this is a generational offensive defender who looks like he's going to be one of the top 5 skill defenders of all time.
A player this good, you'd expect to see insane Crosby/McDavid numbers at lower levels. Dominating WJCs.
His first year at Michigan, he slightly out-produced a nobody 6'3 defensive defender on his own team named Joseph Ceccini.
His second year at Michigan his numbers were very good and maybe 'elite' for NCAA but still not really eye-catching stuff. Again, marginally better than a guy named Bobby Nardella playing for Notre Dame in Hughes' conference with a similar low-scoring team.
And really did nothing at the WJCs.
This isn't the profile of a player who would be winning Norris Trophies and putting up 90-point seasons in the NHL 5 years later.
No, the logic is fine. All S are P doesn’t mean all P are S.by this logic you'd expect lane hutson to win the next 10 norrises (except the ones zeev buium wins)
No, the logic is fine. All S are P doesn’t mean all P are S.
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You don’t expect players to become vastly more productive as they move up levels.
I think people really underestimate the power of practicing and working hard.I think that speaks to Quinn's work ethic. There's absolutely nothing in his past statistical profile that suggested he'd score 17 goals this season. He's spent a lot of time working on his shot and figure out how to get into better shooting areas.
Same person thinks we need to deal Pettersson because his contract is an albatross and he 'sux'.Dan Boyle? Lmfao what a bad comparison. Not even remotely the same type of defenseman.