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Originally Posted by Sandman
There was a rumor that he told teams in his pre-draft interview not to draft him if they expected him to change his style. Maybe it was true.
There was also somebody who posted some things a rival GM said about our draft picks last summer, and he hinted that a few of the kids we picked had attitude problems. Wonder if that was him?
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This is correct, it was specifically about Parekh.
His confidence can come off as egotistical to some apparently, but when I listen to him speak I don't see it.
He's a confident kid, who speaks his mind and isn't afraid to call a spade a spade. As I said before, lots of scouts/teams/GM's aren't used to kids speaking their mind, they're used to that rhetorical "agent" speak that most kids use these days with all the usual clichés etc.
Parekh much like Tkachuk does, shoots straight from the hip.
He's very confident in his abilities and knows what he needs to do to succeed and that's generate offense.
I think its safe to say he's quite elite at it, I get that we always want guys to be good on both sides of the puck, but PP time + sheltered minutes with an elite defensive partner would be what he needs to start in the NHL.
Much like a bunch of offensive D-men did: Karlsson, Bouchard, Q.Hughes his first 2 years, Makar and most recently Hutson.