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I forget how I voted,because the bottom half is very meh looking on paper and it's hard to assess without seeing more on-ice play. Mentally, I'm tiering them as such in no particular order within each tier + subtier. Real Knies Robertson, Maccelli Cowan NHL-capable Danford, Chadwick...

That is the spectrum of results I expected. The chase element also kills off those slightly annoying Kuznetsov/Schremp/Cowan meandering shootout attempts. The cost feels higher to take an OT penalty, so some might lean to being more conservative while starpower skill will feel like they can...

TLN 15. William Belle I like Belle but he should be like 21 or 22 on this list. Granted he’s a guy that could probably be effective without ever touching the puck…

https://jhanhky.substack.com/p/the-toughest-type-of-player-to-coach If you're in freebie mode, here's a 7 min video breaking down Maccelli's potential fit (issues) in the Leafs lineup, with some general player archetype remarks about middle 6 offensive players being harder to navigate from a...

https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2025-t25u25-unranked-and-honourable-mentions Unranked: Braeden Kressler, Matthew Hlacar, Matthew Lahey Honourable Mentions: Nathan Mayes, Blake Smith, William Belle, Roni Hirvonen, Joe Miller, Ryan Tverberg, Hudson Malinoski, Rylan Fellinger, Timofei Obvintsev...

TLN 16. Nick Moldenhauer Meh

Oh hey it's a real thing?! circles + puck touch makes more sense than blueline/blueline crossing (refs would die) How did it fare?

I don't disagree. I do have some skepticism about WHL production, and he was the max age for junior, so there's some caveats there. 3rd line rush/greasy finisher would be very nice. I don't think he will be playing centre.

TLN 17. Sam McCue He popped off this past season, playing higher in the lineup across two teams and generally just causing chaos and potting uggo goals with some regularity. On paper, his playstyle should translate to playoff performance, but so far, that has not borne out on the ice. It just...

Basketball style: any penalty taken in OT is a live penalty shot. Everyone else lines up at the opposite blueline while the offended player takes an attack run from the centre dot. Other players can move as soon as the shooter hits the blueline. Play is live.

This feels very familiar

Brutal seasons in baseball are extra brutal because there are So Many Games. I do enjoy seeing position players pitching though. It’s either BP or a fun eephus swinging K.

TLN 18. Cade Webber I was hoping he would click with Topi Niemela, but then Topi didn't really take any steps forward, and Webber is basically at the point where all he can do is fine tune timing with experience and maybe add more strength. Feels like a tweener unless he can handle the puck just...

I remember this vaguely being very funny, so I looked it up. Called up for last game in 06, scored. Called up for one game in 07, scored. Called up again in 08 for a longer stretch, scored in that first game. Called up in December 08 and scored in each of his first three games (5 in 6...

It wasn’t even the worst loss of the season for Colorado; they lost to the Padres on May 10 21-0

Really just takes a series against the Rockies to re-skew the production

I think this is going to nearly even up now

Acquiring a rangy forechecky 2-way RW will help maximize the glut of zippy LWs (Domi, Maccelli, Robertson, Cowan). Or they have to play RW themselves to make use of the plethora of forechecky LWs (Knies, Joshua, McMann, Lorentz). I don't really like having all the playmaking from one side of the...