biturbo19
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I don’t think management should make decisions bases on whether Mynio gets hit by the same car that hit Yann Sauve.
Anyways, my point is that I am going to assume that management likes Mynio and given the way he plays and the way he projects there isn’t going to be much that changes management’s mind over the next year or two. They could have certainly waited to sign him and that’s the same whether he is a 1st round pick or 3rd round pick.
I am not sure if Brew’s offensive game is more “developed” than Mynio’s defensive game but again they are different defensemen. If Brew struggles defensively at the AHL level it wouldn’t matter if is advanced offensively. Whereas a defensive Dman who can process the game quick enough and make a good first pass can get away with offering little offensively.
I don’t agree. I don’t see how Mynio developmentally behind. I see him as being advanced offensively.
So I do see it as whether you like the player since he seems to be a polarizing pick among fans here.
I think you're just kind of latching onto this idea that Mynio is much closer to "developed" than he realistically is (or at least, hopefully is).
Even guys who are tracking as "no offense, conservative stay-at-home" AHL defencemen, tend to track as more productive than Mynio has shown thus far. Much less guys who are tracking as NHL depth guys. Fundamentally, guys who have the smarts, vision, puck-moving ability to play even a steady stay-at-home no offense role at the NHL level, tend to stand out and pick up significant point totals at the CHL level. Just by virtue of having the skill and vision to move the puck at a level that stands above the typical Juniors player.
Like Ashton Sautner was a "no offense" AHL fringe defenceman, but even a guy like that was posting easy 50pt seasons by the time he was finished with Juniors. Mynio has a ways to go still, to enter even that sort of territory. You hope he does get there, or even exceed that. But he currently hasn't established that he's got anything like an "advanced game offensively" at that level.
I do like his chances of getting there. He has some projectable traits that could take off and get him there with more strength/speed/assertiveness and the bigger role he's slated to take on in the coming years. But it's just that. Projection. He hasn't actually done it...yet. So having that kind of certainty about him, is really just about you really liking the pick/player and imparting a bias, rather than gauging concretely on what he's actually put down on the ice thus far, relative to the way typical player development trends usually look.
It's not like, "booo i don't like the pick and he'll never amount to anything". It's just..."why couldn't they wait to watch him flourish next year and then sign him when he's really established his trajectory on that sharp upward trend you want to see"? What's the rush?