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Originally Posted by druetetective
I think Marner and Srome are being underrated here. These guys just had the best statistical season by CHL players since Kane. Much better than Hall/Seguin/Bennett/Reihart/Mackinnon/Drouin etc...(Not counting Mcdavid)
Should that not count for more than a 2 week tournament? I mean Laine wasn't even in the top 5 earlier...
Like I said their stats in Finland are nothing special. I think they are extremely overrated at this point.
Time will tell.
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Strome. He's pulled a total disappearing act in last year's OHL playoffs when the checking got tight. He's a player who's really good at beating bad junior defensemen. I'm sure he'll be effective in the NHL in time. But I see him as being that kind of player who disappears in crunch time. We saw that in the World Juniors this year too, Strome fading as the going gets tougher and tougher. Hall was a much better playoff performer in Junior, same with MacKinnon. As a 2C to Connor McDavid Strome should have taken advantage of the extra space he was getting, instead he was more invisible. I don't even think Strome was as good a prospect as Draisaitl, stats be damned. The mental makeup isn't there, and the World Junior performance with Strome as the top center resulted in the worst showing Canada has had in over a decade.
Marner's different. He's an
impressive player. But there's no way he's a better
NHL prospect than Laine/Puljujarvi. The same question marks about every sub-190lb / 6'0" player applie to him - translating his game to the big leagues. He has a high ceiling but his floor is the same as Jonathan Drouin.
Size matters.