Dont forget that Cristall is playing near 30 minutes a game as a forward….its insane. So this is a deception when you're seeing him losing races, its often because is completly tired or at the end of a shift. Same thing for his lack of defensive awareness.
From ''the art of scouting'' book: Craig Button inherited his belief that defensive play can be taught from his father, NHL Central Scouting founder Jack Button. He cites Mike Bossy as an example of a player who proves it. “When Mike Bossy was going into the Draft, people were saying, ‘He can’t check and he can’t do this.’ It came down to the New York Islanders’ pick, and Bill Torrey came over to my dad and asked, ‘What do you think about Mike Bossy?’ Dad said, ‘He’s an unbelievable player. I know his family well and he played on a junior team that was not very good. He has an unbelievable skill set and you have nothing to worry about!’ So Bill went back to Al Arbour and said, ‘We have a choice here, Al. We have a guy who could score 50 goals in the NHL. Now, he doesn’t check very well and doesn’t play defence at this time. We have this other guy who doesn’t have the high offensive skills, but he works really hard and has pretty good defensive awareness.’ Al said, ‘You give me the 50-goal scorer and I will teach him how to play defence.’ And the rest is history.”
yeaaah finally hehe super talented kid only big concern he has a lot to work on but he could a major steal if he drops far in the draft nice clips as always man
WHAT POSITION DOES HE PLAY??? Watching those clips I seriously can't tell. He's at the point, he's at the right post, he's at the left dot, he's in the slot , he's in the corner then the other corner….does this team not have positions? Watch the video again and just focus on his positioning. He's not dogging the puck but he's just wondering around everywhere.
Why are all these guys (many of them) SO RIDICULOUSLY small AAAAAAHAHHHHH! I have SERIOUS reservations about how these skills are going to translate in higher level leagues, for a lot of them. They say this is such a deep draft, but… maybe for AHL pint-sized super-skills guys; for NHL'ers? That's a different story. There have not been many Theo Fleury success stories in The NHL over the years, while there have been a lot more "busts", when looking at 5'9" players. Good luck to them, but these reviews are getting concerning, that so many of these "prospects' are smaller than my 3 year old daughter! 🤪
I think he falls to chicago 2nd first round pick because of size and skating. Hes friends with bedard and hawks will definitely want to make bedard happy. Those 2 can be lethal together. As a wings fan id hate to see this become true lol.
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Dont forget that Cristall is playing near 30 minutes a game as a forward….its insane. So this is a deception when you're seeing him losing races, its often because is completly tired or at the end of a shift. Same thing for his lack of defensive awareness.
The Hockey News knows there shit.
From ''the art of scouting'' book: Craig Button inherited his belief that defensive play can be taught from his father, NHL Central Scouting founder Jack Button. He cites Mike Bossy as an example of a player who proves it. “When Mike Bossy was going into the Draft, people were saying, ‘He can’t check and he can’t do this.’ It came down to the New York Islanders’ pick, and Bill Torrey came over to my dad and asked, ‘What do you think about Mike Bossy?’ Dad said, ‘He’s an unbelievable player. I know his family well and he played on a junior team that was not very good. He has an unbelievable skill set and you have nothing to worry about!’ So Bill went back to Al Arbour and said, ‘We have a choice here, Al. We have a guy who could score 50 goals in the NHL. Now, he doesn’t check very well and doesn’t play defence at this time. We have this other guy who doesn’t have the high offensive skills, but he works really hard and has pretty good defensive awareness.’ Al said, ‘You give me the 50-goal scorer and I will teach him how to play defence.’ And the rest is history.”
Great one as always !
I'm wondering, how many videos you want to do this year? How deep in the prospect pool you wanna go?
It looks like he has the goods, but can he bring this to the pros ??? I would rate him between 15 – 25
He can litterally be Mitch Marner. Wow
yeaaah finally hehe super talented kid only big concern he has a lot to work on but he could a major steal if he drops far in the draft nice clips as always man
He’ll be the Caufield is this years draft.
WHAT POSITION DOES HE PLAY??? Watching those clips I seriously can't tell. He's at the point, he's at the right post, he's at the left dot, he's in the slot , he's in the corner then the other corner….does this team not have positions? Watch the video again and just focus on his positioning. He's not dogging the puck but he's just wondering around everywhere.
Sounds good, but will he best fit in Vancouver? We have a lot of wings already 😢
Why are all these guys (many of them) SO RIDICULOUSLY small AAAAAAHAHHHHH! I have SERIOUS reservations about how these skills are going to translate in higher level leagues, for a lot of them. They say this is such a deep draft, but… maybe for AHL pint-sized super-skills guys; for NHL'ers? That's a different story. There have not been many Theo Fleury success stories in The NHL over the years, while there have been a lot more "busts", when looking at 5'9" players. Good luck to them, but these reviews are getting concerning, that so many of these "prospects' are smaller than my 3 year old daughter! 🤪
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Ryan Leonard
Matthew Wood
Colby Barlow
Quentin Musty
Gabe Perreault
Dmitri Simashev
Samuel Honzek
Riley Heidt
Jayden Perron
Gavin Brindley
would pettersson like a distributor like him?
I hope he falls on the boards and Seattle grabs him at 21. Need wingers, for Beniers, Wright. (or a Top D like Pelikka, Reinbacher)
he skates and shoots like patrick kane
I think he falls to chicago 2nd first round pick because of size and skating. Hes friends with bedard and hawks will definitely want to make bedard happy. Those 2 can be lethal together. As a wings fan id hate to see this become true lol.
Dangerous player on the right team.
great video. keep doing these! my fav draft prospect video format that i've seen so far.
As a Flyers fan I'm interested to see where he actually gets drafted. Some people have him at high as #5 some have him out of the he top 20.
He reminds me of a Claude Giroux type of playmaker