Guilt Trip
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I'm with you on that point.Significantly Insignificant said:
2022 NHL Draft Discussion
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Guilt Trip
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Maybe they can get a 3rd team involved to eat 25%? Wouldn't mind seeing Murray/Hill or Stolarz combo.L K said:
Guilt Trip said:
I read an article on it and it made sense to me. On a good team you need a goalie that has a good high danger save percentage. Chances are if your team is good, in most games you are going to limit the shots. That means that the highest threat is when the opposing team actually has a good scoring opportunity, because in theory you are limiting those chances. If the goalie you have can't consistently make those saves, then you are at a disadvantage because it means your team has to work extra hard to make up for that on the offensive side of the puck. In the Leafs case I think they have the talent to outscore a lot of problems over the course of the season as they play a wide range of teams with varying degrees of talent. However, when they make it to the playoffs, and they play a team that has a good high danger save percentage goalie, it means the Leafs have to work a little harder to score, and that is why they come up just a little short.
Guilt Trip
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Guess the Leafs can sign him after he turns 20 tomorrow!Zee said:
Kin
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Zee said:
For what it's worth, I couldn't find any forwards taken in the 7th round as old as him. I didn't look through them all admittedly, I skipped foreign guys whose numbers aren't really comparable and US high schoolers(who probably aren't 20) and NCAA guys(who wouldn't have the comparable age advantage), but I only found two overagers. One guy who missed all of last year and almost all of this year and another guy who's a few months younger, bigger and had better goal scoring numbers.
I'm just not sure his numbers are all that impressive for a guy his age in the OHL.
Zee
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There were a couple of older forwards taken in the 6th round from the WHL, is that league considered a lot better than the OHL? Just not sure what separates guys like this in the scouts eyes, they're all huge question marks as it is. I guess he can be offered a walk on to anyone's camp, but then all those 20 year olds are in a similar boat. Not that I really care, just curious what separates guys this low in the draft.Nik said:
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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There is a weird lack of stuff on YouTube, I searched for recaps etc and found almost nothing.
I assume it's connected to the internet outage.
I assume it's connected to the internet outage.
Kin
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Zee said:
Not better but I've always thought of it as a slightly lower scoring league than the OHL which might explain it a bit.
But I think we've kind of hit on something here now that we've gone from "a bunch" to "a couple". The main reason he wasn't drafted was his age. It's rare for teams to take a gamble on guys in their draft +2 years.
But, like you say, some do. So what's the difference? If you asked me to guess, I'd imagine that when you get down into the 7th then teams are looking more for specialists than they would be imagining they might draft a top or even middle 6 forward. So having one particular attribute, which might be size or speed or toughness or a good shot, is probably seen as more valuable at that point in the draft than being the sort of player who at 20 can put up good scoring numbers just by virtue of age and being a reasonable all around player.