[The Fonz]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

Quite the misleading statement. Clearly a lot of players must have done less than 9.

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

It is actually very misleading, because it shows only the top performers, not a representative distribution - making the bold above deliciously ironic

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

It's pretty misleading. To the best of my knowledge there was 120 players at the combine and the results only show the top few plus Ekblad and Bennett. Anyone with half a brain should realize that most of the rest of the 120 players fall under 9. It's either misleading or some really bad phrasing.

Did you miss the part where I said: "If they released the full list, and there were a dozen other players who only did 1, then no this would not be getting the attention it has."

I agree there would have been other guys who'd done less than 9, but since they don't release those numbers, and then they did decide to leak info/video of Bennett failing to do 1, it makes the situation look pretty pathetic.

Originally Posted by strombad

Ask yourself this:
If Bennett is apparently that much weaker than 120 other top prospects, why is he ranked #1?
Why was he able to physically assert himself in a very effective way against guys aged 18. 19, and 20?

The pull up thing is stupid. It tells you where he needs work, not that he suddenly won't be a top guy because of one failed test. If you look up the definition of the phrase "Making a mountain out of a molehill," there's probably a link to an article about Sam Bennett doing 0 pull-ups.

Out of the top 10 guys in pull-ups, anyone ranked top 5 by CSS? Top 10 even?

Why are you trying to make a point to me that this pull-up means nothing in regards to who Bennett is as a player? Did I ever suggest otherwise? .....

Originally Posted by The Fonz

I don't think anyone's suggested he shouldn't be in the top 3 of this draft class, based on his not being able to do a pull-up. I think we're all just talking about how strange it is.

Originally Posted by The Fonz

I don't believe it impedes his abilities as a hockey player... it obviously hasn't yet, and he will get stronger. But the fact he couldn't do one is pretty embarrassing and hilarious.

Originally Posted by The Fonz

...I don't look at Bennett any differently as a hockey player...

Originally Posted by The Fonz

it has no bearing on his abilities as a hockey player...

Originally Posted by The Fonz

Don't think anyone said he's not a top prospect because of this...

It's getting massive attention because relative to his peers (again, from what the public can see), Bennett did not measure up. He was not even in the same ballpark.

If Ho-Sang had cranked out 25, and the next best was that group at 12, there'd also be a lot of discussion over how Ho-Sang dominated that specific test, and was miles ahead of his peers.