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Originally Posted by Caged Great
The main reason why my scouting report of Nick Ritchie varies so much from the "consensus" is because I am looking at different things than what most scouts look at. They look at his size and ability to crash the net to generate offense as a good thing. It really is not, because he's not that big (6-3 is good, but it's not like he's 6-5), and because he's not exceptionally tall, he would need speed to be able to beat defenders. Problem is that he's not that fast. He is exploiting the fact he's going up against teenagers instead of men. If you look at his raw shooting and passing ability, he's going to have a hard time translating as a top 6 forward. A lot of scouts thought Hugh Jessiman (Huge Specimen according to Pierre Mcguire) was going to be awesome back in 03, same thing with Benoit Pouliot in 05. If they don't have the high level talent to back it up, they are not going to succeed no matter how big they are.
I also do not read about what other opinions on a player are, because I do not like to have confirmation biases about them. It wouldn't really be my opinion if I go into a situation with a list of "expectations". And additionally with that, it's just my opinion, which I could be wrong.
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I never read any scouting reports on Richie either before seeing his highlight video but I saw things a lot different then you and I feel I'm being impartial as well as you don't see me following the party line unless that's how I feel. I apologize for getting a little personal with you, you're probably a great guy but lay off making your declarative statements and your opinion will be easier to swallow.
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When I make declarative statements, like I think he's trending to be a 2nd line winger/3rd line C, that's because I'm taking an impartial view on players and comparing him to dozens of players that had similar talent at a similar age and where they ended up.
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It's not like your assessments have the only book on impartiality.