View Single Post 12-01-2011, 04:01 PM Minister of Offence
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picked a guy at ranked in the 50s at midterm and compared him to
Pageau who wasn't even ranked.  It's not hard to drop a lot as a
player in the 2nd round when you have those factors working
against you. Especially when the times they do see you, you have
skating issues.  If you're a 1st round prospect and get a mid
1st rounder, you may drop to the 2nd or mid 2nd if you're out
for extended time and buried...or you may not drop much because
everyone knows about you.  But if you're a 2nd or 3rd rounder
you can drop quite a bit if you miss extended time.  All I'm
saying is of course size matters, but the biggest factor in
making it nowadays is actually combination of things....and the
X-factor is almost always hockey sense. Big, fast player A has
4th line upside because he has no IQ, big fast player B has 2nd
line upside because he's smart.  Corey Locke had little chance
because his skating s