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Is Boqvist not an example of a player having low stats his draft year but offensive upside anyway? I'm pretty sure Chicago is happy with Boqvists development. I highly doubt they think they took him too high because that dude Detroit took in the 2nd scored a lot of points a year later. Again, I think there's a big difference between a 17/18 year old not showing up on the stat sheet and a 24/25 year old Smith playing in the big show not showing up. Ty Bertuzzi didn't score a lot his draft year. Now look at him. Stats matter a lot, but it's not the end all be all with a teenage player.

37 pt winger versus 60 pt winger. Nyquist gonna get paid $$$$$$

Thanks. Havent finished my chai green tea mocha latte yet EDIT: Wilson and Gudas on the same team. Hips n elbows for days.

July 1: Karlsson $10 mil AAV x 7 years Nyquist $6 mil AAV x 5 years I think he knows this and will really fight at camp to earn his spot. Hope he earns it, but I'll be fine with him in GR.

Oh god, Gudas is in the Atlantic. Great.

You're correct

Watch Rasmussen explode this year. I know everyone has tempered expectations because of the pedestrian first year, but I'm tellin ya this kid is gonna explode at some point. I think it will be this coming season. Holmstrom + he's gonna be.

Maybe I have a Ken Holland attitude, but I think you should always sign FA's. Definitely agree that those deals should be kept short though depending on the player. I'd like to take more project players than regulars in this FA. There are some young high-risk high-reward players out there I like, like Riley Barber who I've mentioned before, or Oscar Sundqvist out of the championship blues.

I'm convinced it's only to hide their unwashed hair. I usually only where a ball cap when my hair is lookin' greasy and I gotta hide it. Take a shower, no ones whering sock caps in the summer you hipster doofus

Watch party

Big noses are universally ugly Sorry jews :/

Sometimes he blows by guys and then doesn't look like he knows what to do. Almost like Helm. His "finish" so to speak defiantly needs work, whether that's better passes or whatever. Kid is fast though. Very fast. I noticed this kids speed way before I noticed Larkin's.

Whoa hey now, I think it was you and I who spear-headed the Smith sucks campaign on this board. I'll say this, I was hopeful with Smitty early on as much as anyone was. But by the time 2014 or so rolled around I accepted that he was trash. I have much different attitudes about 24/25 year old players than I do 17/18 year olds. I'm a lot more lenient and understanding of a player exhibiting unconfirmed potential at 18 than I am a pro playing at 24. I think you're leaning much too hard on the stats sheet here. I agree with you. I stated in my last post I don't think the Wings would take him at 6. His inability to produce is what is sinking his value, same with Podkolzin. Why are they both still projected to go in the top 15/20 though? Because both have shown stretches where they perform like tremendous players. Many of their highlights are undeniable, they look like game-breaking players. Someone will gamble on them, and it may pay off in spades, may not. Ultimately at the end of the day it doesn't come down to stats or anything. It comes down to what the Wings scouts and Yzerman think of each player. For that reason I trust their expert decision on draft day. But based on what we know from the knowledge we're given, I think Broberg's upside going forward will be offense and not defensive ability. In what the Wings will do, I truly think Yzerman will take a player from the US development program: Turcotte, Zegras, Boldy, or Caufield. Part of the rumors of Yzerman coming home to Detroit was because he was spending all his time in Plymouth Michigan scouting the top players in the US development program.

I tend to agree with you. I think tattoos are cool, but I'm glad I don't have any. The tattoo I would've gotten at 18 is vastly different from the one I would've gotten at 20, 23, 25, 28 etc etc. At the end of the day there's just not anything meaningful enough that I feel I need to tattoo it permanently on to my body. And I agree the Military probably would've been the only exception. If I had served and my boys were getting matching ones, damn right I would've gotten it too. I remember an old friend of mine got a big ass flaming skull tatted on his thigh when we were 21. Smart guy too, has a beautiful wife and great career now. His logic was the thigh is pretty hidden so it wouldn't affect his career, and flaming skulls are cool. It just looked dumb. And he was right, it's very hidden, no one ever saw it unless he took his pants off, so why even bother at that point? In all fairness though, if I had f*** you athlete money like Green at the age he probably got those, in the career he's in, I probably woulda got a buncha meaningless dumb roses and tribal s*** too.

HSJ saying Yzerman hasn't heard from Kronwall yet, but would bring him back if he wants to play.

Gustav Lindstrom is a nice comparison and all, I just don't put that much stock into it. Plenty of players score a lot in their draft year and go on to be nothing. Likewise, plenty of players score much less by comparison, and go on to become NHL offensive contributors. I don't think you can point at Lindstrom and say that's what Broberg is. I also do not think we will be taking Broberg at 6, but I wouldn't care if we did. I agree with you here. I think it's the wild west after Hughes and Kakko, and I would make a similar statement about almost all drafts. Broberg could be as high as 5 on some teams draft charts, and I think he could low as the 2nd round on others. I don't know, and I don't think Craig Button knows either. What I think scouting reports are useful for is determining what kinda player you're getting. If I recall correctly Lindstrom came to us described as a two-way Dman who makes a smart first pass, thinks the game well, and needed to improve his skating. Broberg by every description I've read is an offensive Dman with great hands, likes to carry the puck up ice, blows by people with his speed, but is prone to defensive lapses and needs to work on his game in his own zone. Similar stats in their draft years sure, but two very different players. When it comes to Broberg I've seen some calling into question his hockey IQ, which is to explain why he hasn't produced at times. But nobody seems to disagree that he has the raw talent and toolbox to score and produce points. Based on all that I'd be much more concerned about Broberg's actual defensive play than his stat sheet in the SHL when drafting this player. When I see comparisons, I again think style of play, not end result. I remember Jarnkrok being compared to Zetterberg and Tvrdon being compared to Hossa. I didn't take that to mean they'd end up with the success of either of those players, just that Jarnkrok was a smart playmaking two-way centerman, and Tvrdon was a defensively sound winger who could score. Broberg reads to me like a boom/bust prospect. Could be really good, could be really bad. And I agree that because he didn't have a better year this year he'll likely fall outside of the top10 or even top15. He still may very well be the 2nd Dman taken though, and for good reason.

I certainly don't have a hard on for Broberg, or any player for that matter. I trust the scouts more than I trust my own opinion. I just find your take on Broberg bizarre. From what I've seen and read he's arguably the most offensively talented Dman in the draft, but he has "limited offensive upside" in your opinion. All the knocks on him I've read are because of his defensive lapses and shakiness in his own zone, yet you call him a "shutdown down Dman". His production was limited in the tier 1 Swedish mens league, but you can say the same for most all euro Dmen. Broberg is nearly a ppg Dman with players his own age. What're you reading that I'm not?

You must not like Podkolzin very much either

Tag Bertuzzi

I'm trans-progressive, I identify as progressive when it suits me, much like a politician or shape-shifting reptilian Which leads me to the obvious question, which one of your dads did Broberg f***?

"Like Oscar Klefbom" ... "Shutdown defender" Kipwinger hurt itself in confusion!

Trevor Zegras reminds me of Nikita Filatov s*** we better not draft him

Noticed the tin too Chaw is literally a performance enhancing drug

"Once we had the lead we knew we were gonna ******* get it"

That face when you hop off the ice to avoid the -1 Brett never disappoints