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Flames Draft Watcher · 04-10-2016, 07:14 PM

One more quick point on Tkachuk. I think because a lot of what he does that you like is on a shift by shift basis, highlight films of him don't really capture that. Who's going to put out a highlight of him keeping possession of the puck along the boards on the cycle? Who's gonna put the highlight of him maintaining a good screen in front of the goalie to let Marner pick the top corner? As a result the 5 min youtube videos of him are underwhelming. He's not the flashy, deke 3 guys and then pick top corner type player like Nylander. Youtube scouting inherently favours these flashy prospects and downgrades guys who do the little things on a consistent basis that you aren't going to highlight. I'm guessing that's the main reason he isn't as well liked on a place like HF as compared to where the scouts have him.

If anybody wants to watch a full game of Tkachuk from a year ago I linked a video many pages back to the World U18s from last year that had Tkachuk, Matthews, Laine, Puljujarvi, Keller and MacAvoy all in the same game.

04-10-2016, 07:14 PM	#2080
Flames Draft Watcher In the Sin Bin Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	One more quick point on Tkachuk. I think because a lot of what he does that you like is on a shift by shift basis, highlight films of him don't really capture that. Who's going to put out a highlight of him keeping possession of the puck along the boards on the cycle? Who's gonna put the highlight of him maintaining a good screen in front of the goalie to let Marner pick the top corner? As a result the 5 min youtube videos of him are underwhelming. He's not the flashy, deke 3 guys and then pick top corner type player like Nylander. Youtube scouting inherently favours these flashy prospects and downgrades guys who do the little things on a consistent basis that you aren't going to highlight. I'm guessing that's the main reason he isn't as well liked on a place like HF as compared to where the scouts have him. If anybody wants to watch a full game of Tkachuk from a year ago I linked a video many pages back to the World U18s from last year that had Tkachuk, Matthews, Laine, Puljujarvi, Keller and MacAvoy all in the same game. Last edited by Flames Draft Watcher; 04-10-2016 at 07:22 PM.