Prospecting Prospect - End of Season 18/19

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:AJ Jakubec
@TheSuperAJ
20 min
Talked to scouts/management from 4 NHL teams & 2 connected to DEL. I never said he’s 100% going to LA. But there’s a strong sense they take him at 2 IF he’s still available. There’s a belief some play-in teams have Stutzle & Byfield at 1. Thanks for coming out though #Credibility

Ev wrote:Laf is going 1. No question.

tim1_2 wrote:

Lagoon wrote:He said we are taking the BPA here. That’s absolutely what we are debating, not arguing. Unless we can all agree that the top 3 are Lafreniere, Byfield and Raymond.

You've made your thoughts clear.  You don't need to keep harping on the same point.  You will be proven wrong, and I look forward to that, but you don't need to keep repeating yourself right now.

wprager wrote:I may not agree with Lagoon but he makes a fair argument. Having watched Stutzle in those exhibition games I can't disagree with most of the points Lagoon identified. Where I disagree (of you can then call it that) is I think nearly all players his age have serious flaws to their game she that's where coaching comes in. The Germans aren't very good at hockey at this point in time, but they are improving; and I would argue that their coaching is further back than their skills, when compared to Canada, USA, Russia, Finland, Sweden.  I think when Stutzle comes here he will improve. It's too early to say there will be 7 players better than him in this draft.

That said, I certainly hope the Kings take him and we get gifted with Byfield.

Lagoon wrote:

tim1_2 wrote:

Lagoon wrote:He said we are taking the BPA here. That’s absolutely what we are debating, not arguing. Unless we can all agree that the top 3 are Lafreniere, Byfield and Raymond.

You've made your thoughts clear.  You don't need to keep harping on the same point.  You will be proven wrong, and I look forward to that, but you don't need to keep repeating yourself right now.

Thanks Wendy.

Flo The Action wrote:

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:AJ Jakubec
@TheSuperAJ
20 min
Talked to scouts/management from 4 NHL teams & 2 connected to DEL. I never said he’s 100% going to LA. But there’s a strong sense they take him at 2 IF he’s still available. There’s a belief some play-in teams have Stutzle & Byfield at 1. Thanks for coming out though #Credibility

I could only imagine a team not taking Laf because they would need a bonafide number 1C prospect.

wprager wrote:I agree with some comments on Twitter, that he's trying to do it all. I'm really thinking he needs better coaching.

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

wprager wrote:I agree with some comments on Twitter, that he's trying to do it all. I'm really thinking he needs better coaching.

He's by far their best player, he's 18, and he wants to be the best. I'm not surprised at all. On the back-checking goal, he was probably gassed. I'd still prefer if we got Byfield but I won't be terribly upset if we end up with Stutzle.

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:

wprager wrote:I agree with some comments on Twitter, that he's trying to do it all. I'm really thinking he needs better coaching.

He's by far their best player, he's 18, and he wants to be the best. I'm not surprised at all. On the back-checking goal, he was probably gassed. I'd still prefer if we got Byfield but I won't be terribly upset if we end up with Stutzle.

Lagoon wrote:At 3, I absolutely would. At 5, with Rossi still available, I would be as well. Rossi is a buzz saw, on and off puck.

DefenceWinsChampionships wrote:All I know is there seems to be a lot of arguments that support LA taking Stutzle over Byfield:

1. LA's prospect depth at center highly outweighs their depth on the wings
2. Button and other scouts ranking Stutzle ahead of Byfield
3. Marco Sturm's ties to Germany
4. Stutzle is more NHL ready than Byfield and LA may look to start competing next year if their success towards the end of last season was any indication.

The only argument for LA taking Byfield is that his ceiling is higher and his size/speed combo is a rarity in the NHL. That said, he's more raw and will need more polishing.

I think Byfield slides to us at which point I would be over the moon if we end up with him and Raymond