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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Burke is an idiot when it comes to players under 6'0, he's probably the only reason they didn't draft him.
Pre draft report:
“Point is a very good skater. He has good top end speed, very good acceleration and a quick first step. His agility and edgework are both very good, and his balance and strength on the puck is surprising for a player his size. He skates with a low centre of gravity and is very tough to take off the puck when he has it, and he can be gritty and win board battles due to this good balance. He plays bigger than his size as a result, throwing hits and being gritty in all three zones.”
This is why Burke didn't want him.
"It’s an absolute shame that Point’s stature – 5’9″ and 160 pounds – will reduce him from being an absolute slam-dunk first round selection into being a really smart depth move a team makes in the second or third round. His size will make it tougher to translate his game to the NHL level, and he’ll need to add some muscle to insulate himself against playing a rough-and-tumble game against the giants in the NHL."
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Hard to take the rest of your post seriously if you open with calling someone an idiot. But let’s say he is, despite his decades long career in pro and international hockey, Stanley cup ring, and Harvard law degree, what does that say about the the 29 other GM’s who passed on him? Even Tampa had picked three times before they picked Point.
My advice, cool it on the idiot talk. It doesn’t help your argument.