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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Yes, 3 to 4 games is plenty. Heck, all I needed was 2 exhibition games to realize James Neal was going to be a failure here, or a couple rookie tournament games to see how good Mangiapane was going to be or 1 period to know Gaudreau was going to be a ppg player. 1 game still contains 20+ shifts and I think a lot can be gleaned off even just 1 game. It’s actually funny, that third link I provided is the exact game I watched after the Chris Tanev signing to see how good he was.
So if I can tell off 1 game or 2, imagine what an NHL coach or an NHL scout can learn.
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Not when Bennett and Tkachuk were getting 11 minutes a game, that is more like 16-18 shifts. I suspect in recent history, Sam got the least amount of time with legit top line forwards of any top 5 pick between 2012-2017 in his first 3 NHL years
Less than Galchenyuk, less than Yakupov, less than Lindholm and Drouin. Less than Barkov who looked fairly pedestrian in his first 2 years. Less than Reinhart,
Less than Marner. Probably about the same as Strome got in Arizona. Less than Puljaarvi and Dubois.
Point is, most organizations actually try to develop a guy who is picked that high. There is generally a reason they are picked that high. It is rare to throw up your hands after 3 games and say you tried. Only special organizations like Calgary and Arizona seem to do that.