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Originally Posted by Da_Chief
The difference with NHL players is that most have seen them play a game or two. You can see the traits. I agree you can't tell whole lot in a highlights package.
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I disagree, you can't tell how their NHL career will pan out but you can see such things as dexterity, hand eye coordination and hockey sense/vision. Johnnys highlight reels from when he was in college accurately portrayed his physical skillset, as did Baertschis highlight reels.
Baertschi will always have incredible skill, it's what's inbetween the ears that we can't see that holds him back. Kanzigs highlight reel isn't going to be making offensive plays, it'll be annihilating forwards with hits and fights (still a good representation of his playstyle). You can speculate on Jankowskis career path all you want but what we've seen recently is very very promising in terms of basic skillset.