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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Cautious optimism is always prudent but there's a big difference between a prospect like Howse and one like Coronato.
Howse had one attribute that he was elite in - his hands.
But he was a poor skater, not a good two way player and generally had poor hockey sense. So he exceled in junior at doing the one thing he could do - score goals. But it didn't translate because he was weak in virtually every other area of the game.
In contrast Coronato has great goal scoring ability, high end hockey sense and adequate skating (that can be improved and hopefully does). It's early days but he's got a lot more of the attributes you look for.
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Of course. One is a first round pick, the other was a 3rd. I wasn't comparing the two prospects, but talking about using stats as a measuring stick. Of course with hindsight Howse was a dud, but what was his NHLe after his overage year?