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Originally Posted by Sandman
RW Jake Chiasson,6'1"165lbs (Brandon, WHL): 23gp/9g/11a/20pts,4PIM, 6th in scoring for the Wheaties. I haven't written about him yet, as I find him to be quite vanilla. Power-forward who battles in all the greasy areas, and plays with some physicality. He's got a ways to go in his development, so he's by no means a finished product, but it sounds to me like he looks to a background complimentary player, who right now is making a living riding the coat-tails of two talented line-mates in Ben McCartney and Ridly Greig. He doesn't seem to have any dynamic skills, or attributes, other than his hard shot, and ability to score in-tight. Decent straight-line skater, but all other aspects such as lateral quickness, agility, and acceleration, are lacking. Not high-skill in any area, and not particularly creative. I would say maybe take a flyer on him if he's still there in the 6th round, but otherwise-stay away. Just my opinion, of course.
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It would be interesting to know what his point per 60 minutes played is.
Sometimes it's actually impressive when skaters can put up good numbers while playing below so many others in the depth chart.
Chiasson might excel when McCartney and Grieg are no longer in the picture. It'll be interesting to see how he does next year.
But a lack of strong skating and high end skill isn't a good combination. So I agree with you there.