Drouin impresses at Lightning Development camp

[LiquidX]

Originally Posted by moon

And yes the stupid if so and so were bigger argument is true her if Drouin was 6'4 240 with his skills he would be better than any prospect ever. Maybe Lindtos would be close but doubtful.

I have to admit, this is a strange thing to say.

You may as well be saying that if Fata had hands and IQ like gretzky he'd have done the same. It's an equally stupid statement.

Maybe I'm taking it out of context though as I didn't read the entire thread.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by flamesfan6

So you're laughing so hard at saying drouin would be a great prospect if 4 inches taller.. is all of a sudden different from this:



but apparently 4 inches is enough to make him go from 104th overall to 1st

it's the same argument.. but you laugh at his claim, but a couple posts up you did pretty much the same thing, even using the same number.

There is a huge difference between saying 4 inches would make somebody the #1 pick in a single draft and 4 inches would make a guy the greatest prospect ever. They are not even remotely the same argument.

[cral12]

Originally Posted by tempz

This site had Drouin 22 and Huberdeau 21 in Late August / Early September of the year before their draft.

http://thehockeywriters.com/prelimin...l-entry-draft/

http://thehockeywriters.com/2011-nhl...0-anearlylook/

So yeah the comparison is a good one.

The 2013 link was by one of our OHL based prospect writers, Brendan Ross.

For the record, our official rankings - The Next Ones Prelimary 2013 Rankings had him 7th overall (before he morphed into our #1 ranked prospect since December).

[cral12]

Originally Posted by The Swedish Flame

Human highlight-reel sounds about right.

I trademarked that nickname back in February

Drouin - The Human Hockey Highlight Film

(obviously a spin off Dominique's nickname back in the day)

Drouin's in depth prospect profile in The Next Ones format, if interested.

[PlayfulGenius]

Originally Posted by bubbsy

wow, though shouldn't be surprised.

Almost everyone called him one of the higher pure skill prospects this draft. If it wasn't for him being a winger, and his smaller stature, pretty sure he'd be a #1 pick most years.

He would be a 1st pick most years, no need to qualify it.

[foshizzle11]

He definitely has some slick moves out there. He is very impressive to watch. Will be interesting to see what he can do with Stamkos. The lightning will be fun to watch this coming season.

[Enoch Root]

So, who thinks that we will see enough, from either Drouin or MacKinnon, for either (or both) of them to make the Olympic team?

It's a long shot for teenagers, but these kids are talented.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Drouin is a good prospect, but he is no Lindros, no matter how much size he gains. Lindros was a generational talent. The best talent to come along since Lemieux. Crosby isn't even in the same class as Lindros in my opinion. Lindros was dominating in every facet of the game, like no one since Howe. Drouin has top line talent, but he is no franchise or generational talent.

[Roof-Daddy]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

So, who thinks that we will see enough, from either Drouin or MacKinnon, for either (or both) of them to make the Olympic team?

It's a long shot for teenagers, but these kids are talented.

I don't think either will make it, there are just too many high level, seasoned Canadian forwards ahead of them on the depth chart. Even Crosby never made the 2006 team (although that was a dumb decision).