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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
Uneducated fans are criticizing this pick?
http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=9424
ISS had him ranked 79th. Are you more educated on this player thanthey are? How many games of his have you watched?
Nhlcs had him 39
Hockey news 47
I will admit i havent seen him play, and i suspect most here have not. I also suspect that the reason ISS has him ranked so low is that they have seen him play.
The criticism that the organization takes on this pick is because at least three of the "educated" had him ranked low.
So dont sit there with a couple of you tube clips and a handful of cheetos and call yourself an expert, with those who make their living evaluating the talent and analyzing the sport as "uneducated". Your argument fails on so many levels.
And by the way, i dont mind the kid - he reminds me of Steve Begin from the sounds of it. He will have a place in the league. Opefully he can agitate as well. |
I haven't even seen a YouTube clip of the player, and I haven't called myself an expert, in fact my point is the exact opposite. I have no opinion on this pick, because I readily admit I'm not qualified to have one, just like 90% on this board. My only opinion is people that have extreme reactions to a 22nd overall pick (good or bad reactions) have nothing concrete enough to base it on.
Nice that those lists have him where they do. The point is, even for those so called experts, the margin for error, and the margin for differential development outside the top 10'picks at best is so high, it's almost impossible to think a pick is so good or so bad with any kind of certainty. So rather than call for Feasters head like a fool or give yourself a heart attack over the 22nd overall pick, how about you play the wait and see game and see how it works out and make some comments when you can actually have an educated opinion on it. There is no way, regardless of pick that the 22nd overall would be a slam dunk win or failure at this point, so lets see how it pans out.