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Originally Posted by TheGrimm
it's simply not logical to use .ppg statistics as a basis for determination of success when talking about an 18 year old kid who switched leagues AND had a lingering groin issue throughout most of the abbreviated season.
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Why not, it's seems as logical as anything else to me. It's not like his low stats with the Spitfires represents some sort of amateur career aberration for him, he didn't put up much with the USNDT either. I mean, I suppose it's possible that league adjustment + health issues + maybe bad luck combined to suppress his overall performance... anything is possible but I wouldn't bet the farm on it.
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Originally Posted by TheGrimm
Not to mention the fact that Sieloff doesn't project to be a power play quarterback.
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Sure, but I don't think PP quarterback is the expectation. I mean even Robyn Regehr (almost the definition of a physical stay at home defensive defenseman in the NHL) managed to do significantly better then Sieloff did in his Draft +1 year. What skills did Regehr have at the time that allowed him to post decent numbers that Sieloff didn't?
The concern isn't that he doesn't put up the numbers perse the concern is that he may not possess the skills (even at the junior level) to do so and regardless of any other assets that he may possess you need a certain basic level of those skills to be an NHL player... a basic level that when deployed against amateur teenaged competition should probably have ended up producing more.
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Originally Posted by TheGrimm
We will be lucky if he's mobile and has a good first pass in addition to the other "assets" which he's already displayed in abundance.
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When you say that you're basically saying we'll be lucky if he ends up playing in the NHL (which to a certain extent is true of all non-bluechip prospects) really the only real "asset" which he's already displayed in abundance is a willingness/eagerness to collide with folk... that's not asset enough on it's own to make him NHL worthy.
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Originally Posted by TheGrimm
I am definitely curious to see how he performs this year as an adjusted, healthy player (assuming he doesn't end up playing pro).
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Me too, I really don't think they ought to have him play pro though. He's obviously not a complete player they ought to leave him where he is to work on his skills (all of them) before advancing to the next level. Contract slides so no risk in having him play another year in the OHL.