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Post by lalalaprise on Mar 2, 2010 20:09:47 GMT -4
What team does Lafontaine play for, and what kind of numbers did he put up this year? Im too lazy to look it up. Also what's the scouting report on him? Gatineau AAA, hes small, 5'09 163, but hes born in December, so he is very young. 42-gp 19-goals 26-assists 45-points 10-pim His speed and energy are his 2 biggest assets, hes kind of like an energizer bunny out there, seems to go full out every second of every shift. He reminds me of a smaller, more skilled Gabriel Desjardins. |
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Post by Sébastien on Mar 2, 2010 22:33:31 GMT -4
From what I have heard, Fraser has a real attitude problem. Whether it's sceaming at his teamates during practices, breaking stuff in dressing rooms when he's mad or getting a 5 game suspension right before the playoffs (will have missed the first 4 games of probably only 5 playoff games for his team), I have heard some pretty nutty stories. However, who knows. Maybe someone or an organization will be able to straighten him up. BIG gamble, but could be a huge reward out of this one. To me, you don't make that gamble at first overall ... at some point it becomes an attractive gamble, but not at #1. I am not sure I would take a d-man #1 overall in the QMJHL draft. In the NHL you win with horses on the blueline, but you get to keep your players longer than in junior. Plus, d-men often take a bit longer to put it all together, meaning their junior career may come and go before they put all the tools together into a consistent package. If you go back and look at all the drafts in recent history in the Q, can you find even one where in hindsight, a defenseman turned out to have the best QMJHL career of all the players drafted? I bet you would be hard pressed ... guys like Grant, Despres, Sauve, Roussel (even Gormley is headed that route) have all had solid Q careers, but the true superstars to emerge from the draft have been forwards. To me, if you want to snag a d-man in the first round, you should trade down out of the top 5 and possibly out of the top 10 ... better bang for your buck. Oh, completely agree. You do not take this type of player 1st overall. However, there does come a point where his talent will be much higher than the other guys available and that's where the gamble will take place. |
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Post by Fryar on Mar 5, 2010 21:36:50 GMT -4
On radoter, it was mentioned that Matteau is giving early indications that he plans on pursuing the NCAA route ... He is going to Halifax for sure then. Perrault's a girl! |
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