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Originally Posted by Acajack
So Martin Leclerc from Radio-Canada has gone over all of Montreal's draft picks since 2009, and counted all of their games played and points they've logged.
As most of you know, the NHL has a central scouting bureau that ranks players in anticipation of each upcoming draft. Leclerc took that report and simply took for granted that Montreal would pick the best available player based on the NHL's basic list, each time it was their turn to pick.
The difference is almost staggering.
If Montreal had simply followed the NHL list, available online to any hockey fan sitting on his couch in his jammies, beer in hand, they would have gotten 602 more games and 456 more points out of all of their picks since 2009.
The Habs also could have saved all the money they spend on their scouting department and spent that on salaries to hold onto and attract better players!
Full article for those who can read French:
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/1...ses-recruteurs |
Such as pointless article.
Basically he’s saying the Habs should’ve picked the best of the Central Scouting in every draft, which the Habs have mostly done, then says the Habs didn’t pick the best ranked
European-ranked player by Central Scouting. He himself says in the article that the only times the Habs have really messed up based on his system is taking Tinordi over Kuznetsov and McCarron before Zykov... I'm all for scrutinizing Habs management but every team has similar draft mistakes you can look at in hindsight.
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Originally Posted by JHikka
Mete would have had the chance to dominate in the OHL and to finetune his game, learn how to be a key element on a good team, and grow more at that level. Forcing him into the NHL (again, due to asset mismanagement) rushes that development. Perhaps it stunts his offensive game, or his physical game. Either way he could have used another season in junior developmentally, IMO.
If he's not an offensive defenseman then....what is he? A small defenseman that moves the puck out of his zone? If he's paired with Weber he has to be the puck mover and distributor out of the zone but there are plenty of guys who are bigger that can fill that role. Mete's there for his offensive upside as well. Either way, he could have had a chance to put up a great OHL season and gone on a long playoff run which would have been very good experience for him, but instead he was rushed onto an NHL team. We'll have to see what the future holds.
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1st bolded: He did that last year, he was the Knights best D ahead of Juolevi and was also top 10 in the league. Even then he wasn't an offensive force (he lacks a good shot and raw skills).
2nd bolded: He could be a very good two-way puck mover that plays on the second powerplay and second pairing. Similar to a Jared Spurgeon with less offense.
Btw, London was a middle of the pack team that was rebuilding this year. He probably would've been traded like Robert Thomas but I really, really doubt that would've taught him anything he doesn't know yet at the Junior level as he was one of the best Dmen in that league last year. He's much better learning from NHL defensemen and coaching.
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