A Stats Machine Likes Pickard and Hishon.

Puck Prospectus using their statistical formulae rates Pickard as a possible goalie with a 'Martin Brodeur' like career and the best prospect in the draft (!). Also, Joe(y) Hishon is ranked 12th by their system.

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Hm.

Nice find.

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by Tempestuous Binary on Jun 28, 2010 8:02 AM MDT reply actions

Interesting….look a little further down and Rutkowski ended up #20 on that list, while Bournival rounds it out at #50.

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by Americanario on Jun 28, 2010 9:37 AM MDT reply actions

So according to this system we had the best draft ever.

by avalanchejef on Jun 28, 2010 12:18 PM MDT reply actions

I find the comment about last year’s arguments over which would go first – Tavares or Duchene (or Hedman, whom he left out) – being a smokescreen humorous, especially given there are current discussions still going on about how those rankings would be changed in retrospect. Yeah, no basis for those conversations last year at all. lol.

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by Cheryl Bradley on Jun 28, 2010 1:51 PM MDT reply actions

Pretty clever smokescreen to be carried out for an entire NHL season so far, eh? LOL.

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by Bob in Boulder on Jun 28, 2010 2:02 PM MDT up reply actions

no kidding

"Being called an off-the-board pick, I love it. I can’t wait to prove everyone wrong and show that’s where I belong to be drafted." - Joey Hishon

by Cheryl Bradley on Jun 28, 2010 2:23 PM MDT up reply actions

I don’t think it was so much as “Which one will be a better player” but “which one will be chosen first”.

Last year it was obvious to all involved that the Isles were going to take Tavares. There was very little doubt, yet (as what happens every season) when it got close to draft time there were articles about how "duchene could be #1) and how Tavares was slipping on some people’s boards, even though there was very little chance Tavares was going anywhere but #1. That was the smokescreen they were talking about, I think, in that there was never any actual doubt on who was going where.

I don’t think they are actually comparing how Duchene and Tavares will be as players, but rather the debate about where they were going to be drafted leading up to the draft.

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by Jibblescribbits on Jun 28, 2010 3:24 PM MDT up reply actions