Sam Cosentino

Now you're looking at Stenberg and McKenna being available.

And I think those are two really highly coveted players.

Of course, National Athletic Central Scouting thinks each of those are the top two rated players, one in North America and one in Europe.

I think Reed's just more of a dynamic player.

I think Chase Reed is more of a...

more of a safe bet to run a PP1.

And I don't know if Verhoff is as safe a bet to run a power play one.

So that's a really important position, right?

When you look at their size, okay, so Verhoff is what, 6'4", 210.

Chase Reed is 6'2", 180, I believe it is.

So you're giving a little bit away on size.

But to me, Reed is a superior skater to what Verhoff is.

And again, but the difference is Verhoff's one of the youngest guys in this draft class.

So it's almost a full year between when he was born and when Chase Reed is born.

So on one hand, I'd say that Chase Reed has more developmental runway because he hasn't played in the top league, but essentially he's a half a year older.

So Verhoff has additional potential.

developmental runway in terms of just pure time because he's a younger player.

And I think that's something that's very interesting in this scenario because you're saying, all right, he needs to improve on the skating.

Well, yeah, he's a year behind, you know, essentially.

So that plays a part in it.