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Post by jacksalmon on Jul 25, 2021 10:56:44 GMT -6
I'm liking the picks so far, people can't say Bowman doesn't draft from the CHL and only drafts small guys anymore. But, just like all the other drafts. Very few make it from these rounds. Especially for Scambo. He hasn’t hit on many, and it looks like he must have watched at least one playoff game this year. There’s a lot of size in the playoffs. The small so called skilled dmen experiment failed. Miserably. So I wouldn’t put to much into these later draft pics too much, just like every year!!! The percentage of drafted players that never even get to watch a game from a sky box is extremely high. I want to say like 80%, but I don't trust my memory. However, you can trust this much-----the percentage is very, very high. So, as said, don't get too excited about all these draftees. |
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Post by jacksalmon on Jul 25, 2021 11:02:33 GMT -6
I just didn’t understand how he didn’t understand the game of hockey? The guy avoided size, toughness and Canadians pretty much for the last 5 years. I mean, you can do that, but it won’t pan out. Imagine having a GM that won’t draft Euros? I’m sure that doesn’t end well. I think he needs to be fired. He’s still trying to learn on the job, and his work as a whole is rancid. His Jones trade reminds me of a desperate GM trying to hold onto his job. I really do think one more bad year and he’s gone. Or he’ll be moved to sit with his old man as a special advisor!!! He went through the US fad in the first round with Schmaltz and Hartman(both gone)and the Euro fad with TT,Joker and Boqvist(all three gone)and now somebody told him to draft CHL kids with size.......let's hope they're the right CHL kids with size and not just another fad. bleacherreport.com/articles/2946290-2021-nhl-draft-live-round-1-grades-for-every-pickHa, ha, Stan gets a D for his first round pick. It's just too bad that this idiot has completely ruined the franchise. Altho, having said that, there is a part of me that looks at this coming year's team with Toews, Kane, DCat, SJones and a few others and believes that they have the potential to be half-way decent. Not elite, but half-way decent. In other words, most likely to simply delay the real rebuild. Still, I conclude that Bowman has ruined the franchise. |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Jul 25, 2021 13:02:33 GMT -6
But, just like all the other drafts. Very few make it from these rounds. Especially for Scambo. He hasn’t hit on many, and it looks like he must have watched at least one playoff game this year. There’s a lot of size in the playoffs. The small so called skilled dmen experiment failed. Miserably. So I wouldn’t put to much into these later draft pics too much, just like every year!!! The percentage of drafted players that never even get to watch a game from a sky box is extremely high. I want to say like 80%, but I don't trust my memory. However, you can trust this much-----the percentage is very, very high. So, as said, don't get too excited about all these draftees. Not many will make it but it's nice to see their strengths and weaknesses and see how they progress over the years. Bonus when long shots far exceed expectations. |
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Post by acesandeights on Jul 25, 2021 15:02:59 GMT -6
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Post by tincup on Jul 25, 2021 16:53:09 GMT -6
He’s definitely a big dude but he’s way outside the rankings. Hard to find anything about him. |
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Post by BigT on Jul 25, 2021 16:58:32 GMT -6
He’s definitely a big dude but he’s way outside the rankings. Hard to find anything about him. Just like Logan Stanley, I think Harding will be a solid 4 years out before he sniffs the National League. Stanley is the same size and he played 2 more years of Jrs and 2 years of AHL. Now Stanley looks like a top pairing dman!!! |
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Post by tincup on Jul 25, 2021 17:14:37 GMT -6
He’s definitely a big dude but he’s way outside the rankings. Hard to find anything about him. Just like Logan Stanley, I think Harding will be a solid 4 years out before he sniffs the National League. Stanley is the same size and he played 2 more years of Jrs and 2 years of AHL. Now Stanley looks like a top pairing dman!!! Four years down the road I’m going to hold you to that! |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Jul 25, 2021 21:58:04 GMT -6
Allan probably would've fell to the 3rd round but some later picks could've been taken in the 2nd round or 3rd, like Stjernborg, Hawks 4th round pick, scouts had him going in the 60's, not 100+.
At 17 he played in the SHL, mostly on the bottom lines getting around 6mins a game but that's impressive for someone his age to get any playing time. He was also a captain of their junior team and had 9g-8a=17pts in 19gms.
He turned 18 in May he's over 200lbs at 5'11". Sturdy kid, could be a future bottom 6 forward. Sounds like he has a Danault type of work ethic.
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Post by nighbor on Jul 25, 2021 22:18:59 GMT -6
honestly, and I know this might not be popular here, I'd rather not give up Boqvist just yet either. he is still only 20 and has a lot of time and room to grow. that being said, if we can get Jones for he and Strome I think I'd have to make that trade. highly doubt cbj would settle for that, though... You’re reasoning is why I think the BJs may want Boqvist. I do agree he’s young and still has some hope. But he’s nowhere near ready to be a top pairing Dman. Without Keith, or another Norris caliber dman, Boqvist will never develop because we have people with global mental delay running this thing. JC will waste half a year trying a kid where they don’t belong right now. So I think the kid will be wasted here regardless. If he goes elsewhere, I don’t doubt the kid could be pretty awesome. But he definitely needs a coach to tell him the truth rather than massage his ego!!! I am surprised because this is the first time I remember reading you claim Boqvist is anything but a bust. Boqvist has been given the royal treatment since coming to North America. Seabrook has taken players into his home to mentor but Boqvist had his own personal defensive coach both with London and Rockford. Brian Canpbell a high level NHL d-man shared his knowledge both on ice and video review. . With all this attention Boqvist is behind the curve. |
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Post by nighbor on Jul 25, 2021 22:26:22 GMT -6
I guess LA kept their pick, Clarke at 8 is a good pick for them. I really hope Stan is trying to get a pick in the upper 1st. And if the Hawks get the 1st or 2nd overall pick in 2022 the BJs get the Hawks 1st in 2023, should've made it top3 but it's better than nothing. Losing the second didn’t help, it should have been someone off of Rockford instead. unless Bowman thinks every prospect is a diamond or Columbus saw nothing there they like. The 2nd round pick #44 was more than likely the cost of protecting the lottery pick. |
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Post by Tater on Jul 25, 2021 22:44:52 GMT -6
He’s definitely a big dude but he’s way outside the rankings. Hard to find anything about him.
I recall that's how it was when Buff was drafted. Just sayin'. 
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Post by nighbor on Jul 25, 2021 23:12:15 GMT -6
Yeah if central scouting had other leagues included he'd probably be in the 80's. He probably would've been there with the 2nd pick on day 2 but maybe they seen something's in his limited games and interview. I don't mind this pick. He’s a decent prospect but I’d rather they take Raty or Chibrikov there and see if Allan was there later. It’s interesting how Chicago is going big on their defence prospects after years of drafting small. New philosophy or just chasing trends. I would like to know who their target would have been if the Jones trade hadn’t happened. Q's fast paced up tempo offensive system required the defense to be quick mobile and offensive minded rather than hulking put you opponent on his ass type (Brent Seabrook). After the loss to Nashville Stan made it clear he wanted a more phyical team. Firing Kitchen,hiring Samuelsson, trading Panarin for Saad, signing Fransen, Bouma and the player we traded to Boston. The first trade after Q was a small forward Schmaltz for two 6'3" forwards. One of those forwards turned into Regula a 6'4" 200+ lb junior defenseman. I would say the move to big strong defensive d-men was Stan putting his brand on the team. |
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Post by tincup on Jul 26, 2021 4:51:11 GMT -6
Allan probably would've fell to the 3rd round but some later picks could've been taken in the 2nd round or 3rd, like Stjernborg, Hawks 4th round pick, scouts had him going in the 60's, not 100+. At 17 he played in the SHL, mostly on the bottom lines getting around 6mins a game but that's impressive for someone his age to get any playing time. He was also a captain of their junior team and had 9g-8a=17pts in 19gms. He turned 18 in May he's over 200lbs at 5'11". Sturdy kid, could be a future bottom 6 forward. Sounds like he has a Danault type of work ethic. This site grades the Hawks a C- overall but does call Stjernberg the best pick, they liked del Mastro as well where he was picked. |
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Post by galaxytrash on Jul 26, 2021 5:09:26 GMT -6
Allan probably would've fell to the 3rd round but some later picks could've been taken in the 2nd round or 3rd, like Stjernborg, Hawks 4th round pick, scouts had him going in the 60's, not 100+. At 17 he played in the SHL, mostly on the bottom lines getting around 6mins a game but that's impressive for someone his age to get any playing time. He was also a captain of their junior team and had 9g-8a=17pts in 19gms. He turned 18 in May he's over 200lbs at 5'11". Sturdy kid, could be a future bottom 6 forward. Sounds like he has a Danault type of work ethic. This site grades the Hawks a C- overall but does call Stjernberg the best pick, they liked del Mastro as well where he was picked. "No grade" for montreal was a bit chintzy. You can pile on them for picking mailloux but at least grade the other picks. Anyways...i love lists like this. |
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Post by jaty84 on Jul 26, 2021 7:08:18 GMT -6
Allan probably would've fell to the 3rd round but some later picks could've been taken in the 2nd round or 3rd, like Stjernborg, Hawks 4th round pick, scouts had him going in the 60's, not 100+. At 17 he played in the SHL, mostly on the bottom lines getting around 6mins a game but that's impressive for someone his age to get any playing time. He was also a captain of their junior team and had 9g-8a=17pts in 19gms. He turned 18 in May he's over 200lbs at 5'11". Sturdy kid, could be a future bottom 6 forward. Sounds like he has a Danault type of work ethic. This site grades the Hawks a C- overall but does call Stjernberg the best pick, they liked del Mastro as well where he was picked. One would anticipate that the best graded teams would be the ones who finished worst during the season. Like for instance CBJ who got the best mark for their selections. However, imho, their ranking is hugely affected by 3 choices they had in the first round. But needs to be emphasized that all 3 first round selections are marked as great choices. This unfortunately cannot be said about CHI. Something apparently went wrong when your best marked selection comes from the 4th round. IMHO, it appears to me that the succes of this year's draft is vastly influenced by the selection in the 1st round. Since Chicago's selection was considered as a not very good, it explains the C- grade. We shall see. Unfortunately for the drafted players, Chicago's players development in the recent years speaks for itself. |
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Post by acesandeights on Jul 26, 2021 7:57:52 GMT -6
He’s definitely a big dude but he’s way outside the rankings. Hard to find anything about him. You're right; there's little out there about him as far what kind of player he is. I'm sure all I could find is the same that anyone else could; he's 19, went undrafted last year and is going to play NCAA hockey at Providence next season. At his size, I'm betting everyone would have the same questions; what kind of skater is he and how well will he be able to adapt to the speed he'll see playing in the Hockey East conference next season. He'll get to try and score against Drew Commesso. I guess we'll have to trust that the Hawk's Western Canada scouts must have seen something in him to trade a 3rd rd. pick for next year to get a 3rd rd. pick this year so they could draft him. |
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Post by LordKOTL on Jul 26, 2021 9:30:35 GMT -6
Wow, Habs took the photo buff. I was thinking if the 'habs didn't take him, he'd fit right in with the 'hawks what with the Aldrich fiasco... ...but then again wasn't Bergevin on the 'hawks at the time? Too soon or not soon enough? |
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Post by BigT on Jul 26, 2021 9:36:48 GMT -6
You’re reasoning is why I think the BJs may want Boqvist. I do agree he’s young and still has some hope. But he’s nowhere near ready to be a top pairing Dman. Without Keith, or another Norris caliber dman, Boqvist will never develop because we have people with global mental delay running this thing. JC will waste half a year trying a kid where they don’t belong right now. So I think the kid will be wasted here regardless. If he goes elsewhere, I don’t doubt the kid could be pretty awesome. But he definitely needs a coach to tell him the truth rather than massage his ego!!! I am surprised because this is the first time I remember reading you claim Boqvist is anything but a bust. Boqvist has been given the royal treatment since coming to North America. Seabrook has taken players into his home to mentor but Boqvist had his own personal defensive coach both with London and Rockford. Brian Canpbell a high level NHL d-man shared his knowledge both on ice and video review. . With all this attention Boqvist is behind the curve. I don’t understand this post? I didn’t say anything about liking him? I just said “your reasoning is why I think the BJ’s may want Boqvist”. I also said that he still has hope. But I still have said he’s been awful here. And that could literally just be coaching with the Hawks as every has sucked on the Hawks blue line. Are you now saying he’s a bust and he received “royal treatment”? I don’t understand this at all. I mean, you may be on to something but it doesn’t sound like you’re saying he’s a bust, but you’re alluring to it. Anyways. The org wasn’t very happy with him, I think they were hoping to see much more outta him. He’s offensive minded but at a a very big cost defensively. I think he has hope, but there’s not much. He’s gotta start producing. I’m not sure Columbus is the place this happens!!! |
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Post by nighbor on Jul 26, 2021 12:24:58 GMT -6
One would anticipate that the best graded teams would be the ones who finished worst during the season. Like for instance CBJ who got the best mark for their selections. However, imho, their ranking is hugely affected by 3 choices they had in the first round. But needs to be emphasized that all 3 first round selections are marked as great choices. This unfortunately cannot be said about CHI. Something apparently went wrong when your best marked selection comes from the 4th round. IMHO, it appears to me that the succes of this year's draft is vastly influenced by the selection in the 1st round. Since Chicago's selection was considered as a not very good, it explains the C- grade. We shall see. Unfortunately for the drafted players, Chicago's players development in the recent years speaks for itself. Unfortunately defensemen are valued more for their offensive stats than their defensive ability therefore low grades. Stjernborg was ranked 64th slipped to 108 because of his lack of scoring touch when he played among men at 17. Your best pick being 108 sounds bad but is it. Ottawa 123, TB 126, Calgary 141 and Vancouver 201. It is impossible to rate the majority of our latest picks because they are defensemen who take longer to develop. Reichel has yet to appear in a Blackhawk training camp. If Kirby Dach is any indication of the quality of our picks then we are in great shape. |
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Post by bigbarn27 on Jul 26, 2021 18:39:03 GMT -6
He’s a decent prospect but I’d rather they take Raty or Chibrikov there and see if Allan was there later. It’s interesting how Chicago is going big on their defence prospects after years of drafting small. New philosophy or just chasing trends. I would like to know who their target would have been if the Jones trade hadn’t happened. Q's fast paced up tempo offensive system required the defense to be quick mobile and offensive minded rather than hulking put you opponent on his ass type (Brent Seabrook). After the loss to Nashville Stan made it clear he wanted a more phyical team. Firing Kitchen,hiring Samuelsson, trading Panarin for Saad, signing Fransen, Bouma and the player we traded to Boston. The first trade after Q was a small forward Schmaltz for two 6'3" forwards. One of those forwards turned into Regula a 6'4" 200+ lb junior defenseman. I would say the move to big strong defensive d-men was Stan putting his brand on the team. Hell yeah and they have gotten worse defensively every year. |
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Post by hsbob on Jul 26, 2021 21:23:05 GMT -6
He’s a decent prospect but I’d rather they take Raty or Chibrikov there and see if Allan was there later. It’s interesting how Chicago is going big on their defence prospects after years of drafting small. New philosophy or just chasing trends. I would like to know who their target would have been if the Jones trade hadn’t happened. Q's fast paced up tempo offensive system required the defense to be quick mobile and offensive minded rather than hulking put you opponent on his ass type (Brent Seabrook). After the loss to Nashville Stan made it clear he wanted a more phyical team. Firing Kitchen,hiring Samuelsson, trading Panarin for Saad, signing Fransen, Bouma and the player we traded to Boston. The first trade after Q was a small forward Schmaltz for two 6'3" forwards. One of those forwards turned into Regula a 6'4" 200+ lb junior defenseman. I would say the move to big strong defensive d-men was Stan putting his brand on the team. Didn't SB put his brand on the team when he drafted four D-men in the first round a few years back........this is a a rebrand......another one. It's surprising how the overwhelming failure of those picks that were our future just two short years ago are just glossed over with a few new picks. |
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Post by nighbor on Jul 26, 2021 21:53:09 GMT -6
I am surprised because this is the first time I remember reading you claim Boqvist is anything but a bust. Boqvist has been given the royal treatment since coming to North America. Seabrook has taken players into his home to mentor but Boqvist had his own personal defensive coach both with London and Rockford. Brian Canpbell a high level NHL d-man shared his knowledge both on ice and video review. . With all this attention Boqvist is behind the curve. I don’t understand this post? I didn’t say anything about liking him? I just said “your reasoning is why I think the BJ’s may want Boqvist”. I also said that he still has hope. But I still have said he’s been awful here. And that could literally just be coaching with the Hawks as every has sucked on the Hawks blue line. Are you now saying he’s a bust and he received “royal treatment”? I don’t understand this at all. I mean, you may be on to something but it doesn’t sound like you’re saying he’s a bust, but you’re alluring to it. Anyways. The org wasn’t very happy with him, I think they were hoping to see much more outta him. He’s offensive minded but at a a very big cost defensively. I think he has hope, but there’s not much. He’s gotta start producing. I’m not sure Columbus is the place this happens!!! This is the first thread where I can remember you using the word hope or anything positive to describe Boqvist. Every player learns at their own pace and to accelerate his pace and help Boqvist get accustomed to the NA game Boqvist was given his own personal coach Brian “Soupy” Campbell. Expectations for Boqvist were way too high as Stan hoped he would be the next Eric Karlsson. Ironically in 2008 when we drafted at 11 the aforementioned Eric Karlsson could have been a Blackhawk. |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on Jul 26, 2021 22:29:19 GMT -6
One would anticipate that the best graded teams would be the ones who finished worst during the season. Like for instance CBJ who got the best mark for their selections. However, imho, their ranking is hugely affected by 3 choices they had in the first round. But needs to be emphasized that all 3 first round selections are marked as great choices. This unfortunately cannot be said about CHI. Something apparently went wrong when your best marked selection comes from the 4th round. IMHO, it appears to me that the succes of this year's draft is vastly influenced by the selection in the 1st round. Since Chicago's selection was considered as a not very good, it explains the C- grade. We shall see. Unfortunately for the drafted players, Chicago's players development in the recent years speaks for itself. If Allan turns into a Hjalmarsson type of player I'd be ok with that, his lack of offense hurt him with scouting reports but they all raved about his skating, hitting, and being very smart in his own end. He said he'll work on his offensive game next season, that C- rating could go up someday. Pretty good when both 4th round guys were ranked to go late 2nd early 3rd, can't remember where Colton Dach was projected, 80 to 100 I think, he could be a steal. |
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Post by galaxytrash on Jul 26, 2021 22:35:14 GMT -6
One would anticipate that the best graded teams would be the ones who finished worst during the season. Like for instance CBJ who got the best mark for their selections. However, imho, their ranking is hugely affected by 3 choices they had in the first round. But needs to be emphasized that all 3 first round selections are marked as great choices. This unfortunately cannot be said about CHI. Something apparently went wrong when your best marked selection comes from the 4th round. IMHO, it appears to me that the succes of this year's draft is vastly influenced by the selection in the 1st round. Since Chicago's selection was considered as a not very good, it explains the C- grade. We shall see. Unfortunately for the drafted players, Chicago's players development in the recent years speaks for itself. Pretty good when both 4th round guys were ranked to go late 2nd early 3rd, can't remember where Colton Dach was projected, 80 to 100 I think, he could be a steal. c. dach's various rankings. Ranked #86 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM Ranked #95 by FCHOCKEY Ranked #61 by TSN/BOB McKENZIE Ranked #57 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY Ranked #19 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (NA Skaters) Ranked #84 by RECRUIT SCOUTING Ranked #50 by DRAFT PROSPECTS HOCKEY Ranked #73 by SMAHT SCOUTING Ranked #53 by THE PUCK AUTHORITY www.eliteprospects.com/player/413126/colton-dach?sort-total=tp |
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Post by jaty84 on Jul 27, 2021 1:45:14 GMT -6
One would anticipate that the best graded teams would be the ones who finished worst during the season. Like for instance CBJ who got the best mark for their selections. However, imho, their ranking is hugely affected by 3 choices they had in the first round. But needs to be emphasized that all 3 first round selections are marked as great choices. This unfortunately cannot be said about CHI. Something apparently went wrong when your best marked selection comes from the 4th round. IMHO, it appears to me that the succes of this year's draft is vastly influenced by the selection in the 1st round. Since Chicago's selection was considered as a not very good, it explains the C- grade. We shall see. Unfortunately for the drafted players, Chicago's players development in the recent years speaks for itself. If Allan turns into a Hjalmarsson type of player I'd be ok with that, his lack of offense hurt him with scouting reports but they all raved about his skating, hitting, and being very smart in his own end. He said he'll work on his offensive game next season, that C- rating could go up someday. Pretty good when both 4th round guys were ranked to go late 2nd early 3rd, can't remember where Colton Dach was projected, 80 to 100 I think, he could be a steal. I get your point. Just wanted to comment on our front office. Only future will tell whether these players are NHL worthy and if so, at what level. My point was that in the recent years we had only two top ten picks. Dach and Boqvist. While Dach has shown flashes and gives us optimism going further, with Boqvist it was very confusing. Although he cannot be marked as a bust, his flashes were very rare. Other prospects who got into the lineup the last 2-3 years (except Dcat), were looking better suited for a bottom six roles. Therefore I'm not saying that Allan will not be a great player, but from the reviews nothing shows that he'll be a difference maker. Should he be another Murphy or Cernak clone, then surely I'll take it. Such players are necessary, but not the top notch. |
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Post by acesandeights on Jul 27, 2021 9:46:58 GMT -6
Pretty good when both 4th round guys were ranked to go late 2nd early 3rd, can't remember where Colton Dach was projected, 80 to 100 I think, he could be a steal. c. dach's various rankings. Ranked #86 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM Ranked #95 by FCHOCKEY Ranked #61 by TSN/BOB McKENZIE Ranked #57 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY Ranked #19 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (NA Skaters) Ranked #84 by RECRUIT SCOUTING Ranked #50 by DRAFT PROSPECTS HOCKEY Ranked #73 by SMAHT SCOUTING Ranked #53 by THE PUCK AUTHORITY www.eliteprospects.com/player/413126/colton-dach?sort-total=tpIt's always interesting to see such big differences in player rankings once you start getting beyond the higher level guys. For Dach the Younger, it makes you wonder what Draft Prospects Hockey and The Puck Authority was seeing to rank him #50 and #53; as compared to FCHockey and EliteProspects who had him at #95 and #86. We don't know where the Blackhawks themselves actually had C. Dach ranked but they were obviously more in line with Draft Prospects Hockey and The Puck Authority, and TSN/Bob McKenzie. |
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Post by jaty84 on Aug 16, 2021 6:09:39 GMT -6
On another note. Did not know where to put it, but this might be potentially the proper place for it...
Recently there was held a Hlinka/Gretzky cup which is considered as the best place to showcase players for future drafts. From Slovak point of view nothing to report in the past few years, but this year we've dominated the round robin group beating USA, Germany and Sweden, then Finns in the semifinals and then loosing to Russians in the finals.
Although this group of players cannot be considered as a success of new approach in Slovak hockey, because they were merely tuted out of Slovakia and Slovak junior system, future looks promising. Out of of the top ten most productive players, 4 were Slovaks (https://hlinkagretzkycup.cz/eng/statistiky.asp). 2 or 3 of them even represented Slovakia during the recent World Cup. And I have to say, they were not lost. Maybe there is next Hossa among them. If so, I hope he'll bring next SC to the city of Chicago and then to Slovakia.
Only future will tell :-)
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Post by galaxytrash on Jul 10, 2022 0:32:24 GMT -6
On another note. Did not know where to put it, but this might be potentially the proper place for it... Recently there was held a Hlinka/Gretzky cup which is considered as the best place to showcase players for future drafts. From Slovak point of view nothing to report in the past few years, but this year we've dominated the round robin group beating USA, Germany and Sweden, then Finns in the semifinals and then loosing to Russians in the finals. Although this group of players cannot be considered as a success of new approach in Slovak hockey, because they were merely tuted out of Slovakia and Slovak junior system, future looks promising. Out of of the top ten most productive players, 4 were Slovaks. 2 or 3 of them even represented Slovakia during the recent World Cup. And I have to say, they were not lost. Maybe there is next Hossa among them. hlinkagretzkycup.cz/eng/statistiky.aspOnly future will tell :-)Good call! |
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Post by jaty84 on Jul 10, 2022 15:14:14 GMT -6
On another note. Did not know where to put it, but this might be potentially the proper place for it... Recently there was held a Hlinka/Gretzky cup which is considered as the best place to showcase players for future drafts. From Slovak point of view nothing to report in the past few years, but this year we've dominated the round robin group beating USA, Germany and Sweden, then Finns in the semifinals and then loosing to Russians in the finals. Although this group of players cannot be considered as a success of new approach in Slovak hockey, because they were merely tuted out of Slovakia and Slovak junior system, future looks promising. Out of of the top ten most productive players, 4 were Slovaks. 2 or 3 of them even represented Slovakia during the recent World Cup. And I have to say, they were not lost. Maybe there is next Hossa among them. hlinkagretzkycup.cz/eng/statistiky.aspOnly future will tell :-)Good call! Want another bold prediction? Dalibor Dvorsky will be top three in next year's draft! |
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Post by irmaks on Jul 10, 2022 15:32:14 GMT -6
Want another bold prediction? Dalibor Dvorsky will be top three in next year's draft! Will be hard to do it next year considering top 3 are already set as Bedard, Michkov and Fantilli |
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