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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Well its not as if Woodlief is Redline's only scout, they have regional scouts. Their one liners are definitely sensational but did you have a big problem with the paragraph long descriptions? Thats really why anyone would buy the Redline report. The rankings are interesting to some extent but the player descriptions are usually quite good. In a real draft issue they'd have those paragraph long descriptions for the top 100 players, not just the top 15 or so and it is obviously the meat of the issue. Not surprising they don't reveal the whole thing to people who haven't paid, that PDF must be a "teaser" of sorts.
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Their scouting report on the OHLers is pretty poor. Hodgson's comparable is Brad Boyes ? Seriously? While he certainly can score like Boyes, Hodgson brings so many more aspects that make him a complete player.
To be fair their Q scouting seems pretty solid, however, this doesn't take away from the fact that Woodlief is all about hype and dumping on one prospect he loves to hate every year (Cherepanov was his whipping boy in his draft year). Earlier this year he was wondering if Kane's skating was going to be good enough to play in the NHL.
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Originally Posted by North East Goon
Wahl lacking toughness is a concern, but this is something that can improve as he matures into his body, puts on some muscle, and starts to play against bigger bodies in the AHL before reaching the NHL.
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Wahl's lack of toughness is the kind of BS perpetrated by Redline. The guy always stands up for his team mates and, contrary to what has been reported, doesn't shy away from the danger areas.