Thomas Drance
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Yeah, it won't.
And in fact, the super high scoring undersized guy is so much better at the actual sport of hockey.
that their lack of tools probably makes them a much better bet to be Alex Dabrinkit than the guy, you know, XYZ guy who's taller or faster or can do all these other things, but just fundamentally can't play the game in his island.
In his draft plus one, 67 and 61 in the dub, right?
My favorite example that I like to bring up is Paul Gostad.
Right.
Paul Gostad in his draft plus two, 80 points in 72 games for the Portland Winterhawks.
And he was truly like a face-off specialist, right?
Like he had one season over 30 points in a long career in which he played 725 games.
And as I used to like to joke, but no one ever finds it funny, and fathered lots of ghosts.
Because he's a ghost dad?
Yes, I get it.
Okay.
No, you're the first person who ever laughed at that joke.
Anyway, I wanted to come back to examining this because I think it's important to remember, like,
There are evaluators.
Let's take the Logan Stankoven example.
On scoring profile, Logan Stankoven was an incredibly obvious pick where the Canucks drafted... Klimovic.
Danila Klimovic in what, 41 or something?
Yes, I believe that's right.