Quote:
Originally Posted by burnitdown
When you're drafting late in the first, you're not getting a stud. I would always gamble on a guy who lacks "high end compete" and can still score 50 goals against his peers...hoping you can get his head screwed on right. True, boom or bust...but if a guy like Kaliev had "high end compete", he'd be a top 5 pick!
|
I don't think I have seen too many players learn how to compete at this level. At the OHL level you can still out skill players, but that's not going to happen at the NHL.