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Originally Posted by YyjFlames
Canucks' Athletic beat writer Thomas Drance did a piece on the Penticton prospect tournament highlighting a few of the intriguing prospects. He talked about how difficult it was to evaluate Vilmer Alriksson, who's a big 6'6 player.
Interesting comments that might shed a little light on why really tall players are tough to project and peg down:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/577...ers-prospects/ |
That’s an interesting take on exceptionally tall centres. I could see that being a physical limitation for them that opposing players could take advantage of. The common concern I’ve typically seen in drafting big, power forwards that have dominated in junior is one of two things:
A) He’s only dominating because he’s so much bigger and developed than the other kids he’s playing against. Won’t be able to use his size as effectively in the NHL.
B) He doesn’t use his size enough to his advantage (i.e. he isn’t physical enough).
It’s funny because it’s two ends of the same spectrum but you see both criticisms of big power forward prospects. Can anyone think of the last time a 6’5” (or taller) player was a legit #1 or #2 center in the NHL? There might be a few in the league right now… I’m not sure.