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Originally Posted by Ziggy Lidstrom
I saw one game. He was a disaster in his own end. He’s improved from what I saw in the Q of him. He still is being irresponsible with his coverage. There are many dmen in the ahl that can score at that level but don’t get looks in the show because they can’t defend worth a lick. He’s got hands yes. His shot is ok. To me though he’s a product of a strong team with a lot of scoring depth. He didn’t do much on the PPs I watched.
Yes he is a decent or above average prospect with offensive abilities yet I don’t see the defending as being a strength or even average at this point. Mind you kyllington was accused of similar criticisms. However kyllington was an elite skater and was able to use that to be effective in his transistion and dzone coverage.
I hope poirier makes me look foolish and he becomes valuable. My point was that, after seeing Zary, I would have rather picked mercer or Schneider or even forester due to the rarity of their right handed ness and their size. Zary and porier don’t scream game breaking options. Although I will say that poirier could be a pp contributor as a ceiling if he figures out his coverage and strength issues.
I like Zary tho but I don’t think he’s a game breaker. I think he’s a player probably second liner center or third line center depending on chemistry with line mates. Forester could be a lethal shooting option with size. Schnieder is already looking like a solid top four two way dman. And mercer looks like a strong offensive player with size and shoots right and plays in the show.
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Zary lost some valuable development time but I think he's trending pretty good, and unless I'm missing something we had no shot at Mercer anyway.