flyercanuck Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 You knew someone was going to go there after the WJHCs, it was just a matter of who... I have to admit the Fin outplayed Auston Mathews in the big games. I just have a hard time taking a winger over a centre when they are so close. We'll see how this pans out the rest of the way...I'd just be glad for my Flyers to get either one. http://www.mckeenshockey.com/prospects-blog/mckeens-2016-top-30-nhl-draft-rankings-jan-2016/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 35 minutes ago, flyercanuck said: You knew someone was going to go there after the WJHCs, it was just a matter of who... I have to admit the Fin outplayed Auston Mathews in the big games. I just have a hard time taking a winger over a centre when they are so close. We'll see how this pans out the rest of the way...I'd just be glad for my Flyers to get either one. http://www.mckeenshockey.com/prospects-blog/mckeens-2016-top-30-nhl-draft-rankings-jan-2016/ Plus there were stories, admittedly over a year ago, of Laine having a pissy attitude, not very coachable, bit of a prima dona. Maybe he's grown up a bit, but I never like to hear stuff like that. He's certainly a talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbulb Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I wonder how much of that decision was made to get attention for Mckeens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 1 hour ago, Podein25 said: Plus there were stories, admittedly over a year ago, of Laine having a pissy attitude, not very coachable, bit of a prima dona. Maybe he's grown up a bit, but I never like to hear stuff like that. He's certainly a talent. He certainly played well. And hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 45 minutes ago, fishbulb said: I wonder how much of that decision was made to get attention for Mckeens? For sure...but if you're one to be swayed by a short tournament like the WJs (and some are) then there's some weight behind their opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 For those of us too lazy to click on link.... (have to admit, the new upgrade does wonders for copy and pasting of tables ) RANK PLAYER POS TEAM HT/WT DOB GP-G-A-PTS 1 Patrik Laine RW Tappara (Fin) 6-4/210 19-Apr-98 26-8-9-17 2 Auston Matthews C ZSC Zurich (Sui) 6-1/195 17-Sep-97 25-18-12-30 3 Jesse Puljujarvi RW Karpat Oulu (Fin) 6-4/205 7-May-98 34-6-8-14 4 Michael McLeod C Mississauga (OHL) 6-2/190 3-Feb-98 40-17-29-46 5 Olli Juolevi D London (OHL) 6-2/185 5-May-98 30-4-20-24 6 Alexander Nylander C Mississauga (OHL) 6-0/180 2-Mar-98 35-23-28-51 7 Jakob Chychrun D Sarnia (OHL) 6-2/215 31-Mar-98 37-6-19-25 8 Matthew Tkachuk LW London (OHL) 6-1/195 11-Dec-97 32-15-47-62 9 Mikhail Sergachyov D Windsor (OHL) 6-2/205 25-Jun-98 42-11-18-29 10 Charles McAvoy D Boston University (HE) 6-0/205 21-Dec-97 20-1-11-12 11 Tyson Jost C Penticton (BCHL) 5-11/190 14-Mar-98 34-26-41-67 12 Jake Bean D Calgary (WHL) 6-0/175 6-Sep-98 43-15-25-40 13 Pierre-Luc Dubois LW Cape Breton (QMJHL) 6-2/200 24-Jun-98 41-26-35-61 14 Logan Brown C Windsor (OHL) 6-6/225 5-Mar-98 34-6-30-36 15 Julien Gauthier RW Val d’Or (QMJHL) 6-3/225 15-Oct-97 31-30-8-38 16 German Rubtsov C Team Russia U18 (Rus) 6-2/180 27-Jun-98 20-9-11-20 17 Kieffer Bellows LW NTDP (USA) 6-0/195 10-Jun-98 34-26-18-44 18 Max Jones LW London (OHL) 6-3/205 17-Feb-98 36-19-17-36 19 Libor Hajek D Saskatoon (WHL) 6-2/185 4-Feb-98 44-3-15-18 20 Tage Thompson C Connecticut (HE) 6-5/185 30-Oct-97 22-9-9-18 21 Clayton Keller C NTDP (USA) 5-9/170 29-Jul-98 33-21-43-64 22 Dante Fabbro D Penticton (BCHL) 6-0/190 20-Jun-98 30-10-36-46 23 Riley Tufte LW Blaine (USHS-MN) 6-5/205 10-Apr-98 12-22-15-37 24 Sam Steel C Regina (WHL) 5-11/180 3-Feb-98 45-15-27-42 25 Rasmus Asplund C Farjestads (Swe) 5-11/175 3-Dec-97 29-4-2-6 26 William Bitten C Flint (OHL) 5-10/170 10-Jul-98 41-20-23-43 27 Luke Kunin C Wisconsin (B1G) 6-0/195 4-Dec-97 19-8-9-17 28 Tyler Benson LW Vancouver (WHL) 6-0/200 15-Mar-98 28-8-18-26 29 Markus Niemelainen D Saginaw (OHL) 6-5/190 8-Jun-98 41-1-21-22 30 Carl Grundstrom RW MoDo (Swe) 6-0/195 1-Dec-97 30-3-5-8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Another thing to take into consideration with this ranking is that Mathews was two days short of last years draft, while Laine is 7 months younger. That's almost a years difference in hockey development. And in head to head (playing the same competition) in international play over the last 3 years, Laine has outscored Mathews 29-19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyer4ever Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Podein, the uncoachable prima donnas with the pissy attitudes at the WJC were from Canada! (Marner, Vertanen, Strome, Lowry). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Just now, flyer4ever said: Podein, the uncoachable prima donnas with the pissy attitudes at the WJC were from Canada! (Marner, Vertanen, Strome, Lowry). It was hard to tell whether Strome and marner were ignoring the coach or just taking as long of shifts as they felt like as per the coaches orders...it sure seemed like the latter. Virtanen was just plain bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPuk Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Who is McKeen? LOL. Most of these kids are over-hyped anyway. I think Aho is better than him. And, yes Mathews was not his best in the world juniors'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 @BluPuk Steve McKeen....he was in Bullitt and The Great Escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 1 minute ago, flyercanuck said: @BluPuk Steve McKeen.... and The Great Escape. Ahh.. I see what you did there. Nicely done. The Great Escape is an excellant choice for movie goers. Nice long movie also. Will definitely keep Umberger busy serving pop corn to Snider and company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 4 hours ago, BluPuk said: I think Aho is better than him Than Laine? Aho is a year older, half a foot smaller, and 40 lbs lighter. He is a very good player, I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 @Podein25 Speaking of Ahos....where's Jackstraw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 @flyercanuck Dunno. I see others asking in the shoutbox. When's the last time he was here? Not like him. Maybe he's not liking the new look or has some technical issues? I hope he's ok. EDIT: his profile page says he last visited the site 3 hours ago. So he's alive I guess, or his dog is at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPuk Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 2 hours ago, flyercanuck said: @BluPuk Steve McKeen....he was in Bullitt and The Great Escape. Oh, THAT Steve McKeen! Well, alrighty then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Actually, Aho has been eligible for the 2014 and 2015 drafts and everyone passed. Having said that, a good chance somebody spends a mid round pick on him this time around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podein25 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 15 hours ago, jammer2 said: Aho has been eligible for the 2014 and 2015 drafts and everyone passed I think you may be mistaking him and the other "Sebastian Aho," the Swedish one who plays D. 'Cause the one you are talking about was drafted by CAR in 2015 (2nd round) EDIT: that's a lot of Ahos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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