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stecher and hutton both won best dman award their rookie year. they were/are clearly legit nhlers and obviously "ready" by most conventional standards

NCAA is far below the CHL don't kid yourself.
They hardly have more experience in fact its less.
They r older & more mature is the only plus & at that they still r unlikely to make the jump. Very few in NCAA ever make the jump.
- Nighthawk

nah

age lifts the competition immensely imo. maybe not as much high end, but overall i reckon its tougher

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stecher and hutton both won best dman award their rookie year. they were/are clearly legit nhlers and obviously "ready" by most conventional standards
- BobBot

Clear to some, I guess.

NCAA is far below the CHL don't kid yourself.
They hardly have more experience in fact its less.
They r older & more mature is the only plus & at that they still r unlikely to make the jump. Very few in NCAA ever make the jump.
- Nighthawk

Not anymore. We are seeing a steady shift over the past 4-5 years where NCAA players are commonly being drafted and even Junior A players like Makar are going way ahead of some good players out of the CHL.

Sure NCAA players play less games but it doesn't appear to curb a lot of the NCAA talent that have been able to jump right to the NHL as the likes of Boeser and so on.

CHL-OHL-WHL-QMJHL are great leagues and all but there is a shift going on towards NCAA and even Junior A.

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stecher and hutton both won best dman award their rookie year. they were/are clearly legit nhlers and obviously "ready" by most conventional standards
- BobBot

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- Codes1087

You have a stalker.
Don't worry, he was not invited to this year's picnic.

You have a stalker.
Don't worry, he was not invited to this year's picnic.
- Marwood

Most first liners do have stalkers ....comes with the territory I guess

Most first liners do have stalkers ....comes with the territory I guess
- Redmile247

Most first liners do have stalkers ....comes with the territory I guess
- Redmile247

lol codes is bottom 6 at best...sometimes a tour of the press box would be good for him...

lol codes is bottom 6 at best...sometimes a tour of the press box would be good for him...


- LordHumungous

- Codes1087

Nucker enters in 3, 2, 1 ...

Not anymore. We are seeing a steady shift over the past 4-5 years where NCAA players are commonly being drafted and even Junior A players like Makar are going way ahead of some good players out of the CHL.

Sure NCAA players play less games but it doesn't appear to curb a lot of the NCAA talent that have been able to jump right to the NHL as the likes of Boeser and so on.

CHL-OHL-WHL-QMJHL are great leagues and all but there is a shift going on towards NCAA and even Junior A.
- LordHumungous

At the top end, aka first round picks, youre getting a high quality player regardless of what league they come from. Undrafted players from CHL still spend 2-4 years in AHL, whereas undrafted NCAA grads come out at age 22-24 instead. Big difference I notice is that inflated overage CHL point totals infer better talent over the shorter schedule/smaller production of NCAA but is rarely the case

lol codes is bottom 6 at best...sometimes a tour of the press box would be good for him...


- LordHumungous

i like picnics.
i will bring the triangle sandwiches.
if i recall, i was a bottom pair dman. if i don't step it up i may get put on waivers soon.

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stecher and hutton both won best dman award their rookie year. they were/are clearly legit nhlers and obviously "ready" by most conventional standards
- BobBot

..... or.... we have a season ticket base that doesn't appreciate the game. That can't see that Edler is our most used and useful defenceman and tanev is our most stable and defensive defenceman. A fickle fan base that loves shiny objects and new toys but lacks any depth of intelligence or critical thinking.

Or Hutton and stetcher are our best defensemen, you decide?

..... or.... we have a season ticket base that doesn't appreciate the game. That can't see that Edler is our most used and useful defenceman and tanev is our most stable and defensive defenceman. A fickle fan base that loves shiny objects and new toys but lacks any depth of intelligence or critical thinking.

Or Hutton and stetcher are our best defensemen, you decide?
- Pres.cup

I feel like you're also suggesting the best players don't always get voted into All Star games either, as if fan awards are just popularity contests with zero credibility

lol codes is bottom 6 at best...sometimes a tour of the press box would be good for him...


- LordHumungous

First line all the way ....he's earned it

First line all the way ....he's earned it
- Redmile247

you are a worse GM than Milbury and Sakic

you are a worse GM than Milbury and Sakic
- CanuckDon

lol easy Donny. I know 30 other GM's that would take me as their first line winger!

I have a full NTC though sooooooo

now that we have a better D coach, certainly with a better plan than the previous fool we should see better from certain players.
Otherwise Id agree, play the rookie with an experienced NHLer
- SMBDragon

This is all yet to be seen.

I'm hoping Gudbranson is 100% healthy and has a better showing this season along with Hutton, and if they can find some chemistry together, that would be great because they often didn't look good playing as a pairing last season.

Anyway, I am feeling some optimism, like you too, but have to check that against other teams also getting better.

I feel like you're also suggesting the best players don't always get voted into All Star games either, as if fan awards are just popularity contests with zero credibility
- WhiteLie

You are not allowed to talk about All Star games!!

lol easy Donny. I know 30 other GM's that would take me as their first line winger!

I have a full NTC though sooooooo
- Codes1087

Classic MG

Classic MG
- SRam19

- Codes1087

LOL...Kesler the douche...maybe if that goof would have shown up for game 7 we'd have our cup...

Oh by the way codes you are a damn good poster!

Classic MG
- SRam19

Ha! Raymond-Ballard-3rd for Codes?

- Codes1087