“I was wrong about this player”

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Re: “I was wrong about this player”

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donlever wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 6:14 pm
Cornuck wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 5:47 pm
I've been wrong about a few - pretty much every young player that shows some potential on this team has me engraving the Calder for them.
...you'll drive yourself off the deep end doing that.

I stopped doing this around Jere Gillis and Derlago....
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Pettersson and Hughes

I thought they were both too frail, but they've survived this long.
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Ronning's Ghost wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 6:44 pm Pettersson and Hughes

I thought they were both too frail, but they've survived this long.
You’re that draftsman who is drafting the Billy Beane’s and Nolan Patrick’s 10 times out of 9, perfect specimen’s in all facets who score well on scouting reports, but you ignore the X-Factor as it don’t jive with analytics
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McDavid. I didn't think he had this battle level in him
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I did ent troll nobuddy...
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Re: “I was wrong about this player”

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My biggest miss was Rene Vydareny.
How didn’t he become the next Bobby Orr, I’ll never understand.
Jason Herter and Olli Juolevi too I guess.
I’m beginning to think my judgement about superstar defensemen may be questionable. :cry:
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Carl Yagro wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 4:56 pm The Sedins, everybody thought they were awful busts by their 3rd year but we know what happened.
Well poster Potatoe and I always believed Sedins would get there eventually.

"They'll be point-per-game players" we said.

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Re: “I was wrong about this player”

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Oh alright...

We all get our hopes up about prospects and we've all been wr... errr we've all been wrooooo...

Okay, we've all been wrong, yours truly more than most only because yours truly posts so damn much.
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Re: “I was wrong about this player”

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Strangelove wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:32 pm Oh alright...
We all get our hopes up about prospects and we've all been wr... errr we've all been wrooooo...
You spelled "Woo" wrong. ;)
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Kesler.

When he held out back then I thought efff him. Didn’t prove anything and he I thought he was being just a punk.

Then he went on to be an important part of the cog to several president trophy’s and SC run.

Sedona as well, really didn’t see that career come out like they did. We were applied with that team and 1-2 min cycle in the opposing end.

Good time back then.
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Strangelove wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:32 pm we've all been wrong, yours truly more than most...
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You’re never wrong, you were just given the wrong information which is why adjustments are acceptable
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Cherry Picker wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 7:12 pm
I’m beginning to think my judgement about superstar defensemen may be questionable. :cry:
You may be qualified for a job in the Canucks scouting dept! :lol:

The first (chronologically) that comes to mind on this site is Mathieu Schneider. I thought he'd be an Ehrhoff replacement on the PP
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Re: “I was wrong about this player”

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Chef Boi RD wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 8:06 pm You’re never wrong, you were just given the wrong information which is why adjustments are acceptable
I like this philosophy.
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Re: “I was wrong about this player”

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Chef Boi RD wrote: Mon May 23, 2022 8:06 pm You’re never wrong, you were just given the wrong information which is why adjustments are acceptable
Micky ?

Seriously, start a new thread.
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