http://www.nicholsonhockey.com/worthreading/2014/9/12/mcguire-draws-bergeron-horvat-parallel
Pierre McGuire was on TSN 1040 Friday afternoon.
On if he worries about the highly-valued prospect not dominating at these prospect tournaments and if he ‘demands’ to see the Vancouver Canucks’ Bo Horvat, as an example, dominate in these situations:
“No. Because I’ll use a player that made the NHL as an 18-year-old and he was a second round pick – Patrice Bergeron. I was there. I watched him all through Boston’s camp. I watched him play in junior. I mean, I watched this kid grow up as a player. And he never dominated anything. But if you knew how to evaluate hockey players, you could see great faceoff player. Awesome presence on the penalty kill. Really good forechecker. Excellent in his own zone. Wasn’t intimated by matchup situations. So while he maybe didn’t dominate and numbers weren’t his thing, he dominated a lot of other things. And I think Bo will be similar to that. But what you want to see from Bo is aggressive forecheck, domination with the puck. Ability to get to the net. Those are the things that are his personality and really what he’s good at. And if he does that, then you know you’ve got a player.”
As nerdy as he is, Peirre McGuire knows the game as well as anyone.
Thinks Bo Horvat the Canucks youngster will be as good as Bergereon.
Im gonna keep one eye on this kid throughout the season.
Shit...I should have keeped this info privy till after our fantasy draft.
Pierre McGuire was on TSN 1040 Friday afternoon.
On if he worries about the highly-valued prospect not dominating at these prospect tournaments and if he ‘demands’ to see the Vancouver Canucks’ Bo Horvat, as an example, dominate in these situations:
“No. Because I’ll use a player that made the NHL as an 18-year-old and he was a second round pick – Patrice Bergeron. I was there. I watched him all through Boston’s camp. I watched him play in junior. I mean, I watched this kid grow up as a player. And he never dominated anything. But if you knew how to evaluate hockey players, you could see great faceoff player. Awesome presence on the penalty kill. Really good forechecker. Excellent in his own zone. Wasn’t intimated by matchup situations. So while he maybe didn’t dominate and numbers weren’t his thing, he dominated a lot of other things. And I think Bo will be similar to that. But what you want to see from Bo is aggressive forecheck, domination with the puck. Ability to get to the net. Those are the things that are his personality and really what he’s good at. And if he does that, then you know you’ve got a player.”
As nerdy as he is, Peirre McGuire knows the game as well as anyone.
Thinks Bo Horvat the Canucks youngster will be as good as Bergereon.
Im gonna keep one eye on this kid throughout the season.
Shit...I should have keeped this info privy till after our fantasy draft.
