Highlander
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What a bone cruncher for Oshawa. Great comeback and mostly due to Cowan's playherman said:
Ranking Prospects 2023-24
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herman
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https://twitter.com/kpapetti/status/1790902724243927075
The Generals don?t appear to have any answers now
Edit: add another PP goal to Cowan?s tally
https://twitter.com/londonknights/status/1790909894104678872
Pimpin? the celly in Oshawa
Edit: Cowan is headed to the Memorial Cup
https://x.com/koshtorontosun/status/1790922783175873012
The Generals don?t appear to have any answers now
Edit: add another PP goal to Cowan?s tally
https://twitter.com/londonknights/status/1790909894104678872
Pimpin? the celly in Oshawa
Edit: Cowan is headed to the Memorial Cup
https://x.com/koshtorontosun/status/1790922783175873012
louisstamos
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In hindsight - how was this guy projected to go in the 3rd round by some people!?!?
Guru Tugginmypuddah
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Bender said:
He seems to have matured physically and mentally over the last year. Looks more like a young man than boy.
Guru Tugginmypuddah
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cabber24 said:
I read an article comparing him to Marner, but more physical and willing to go into the corners.
herman
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This wasn't so much an issue of Cowan not being noticed, but a function of the timing of his opportunities and rise to prominence. As mentioned above, his playoff performance that first season was largely omitted from most public scouting evaluations due to publication schedules.
He was playing in the GOJHL most of his D-1 season, so there wasn't much real data going into his D year to anchor to (especially with the lost Covid season). Most of his draft year was spent in depth roles until the latter stretch of the season when Dale Hunter started giving him more minutes and responsibility. He went over PPG in the playoffs.
This is similar to Matthew Knies, who had an injury and Covid in the first half of his draft year led to him going a bit under the radar, unless you had eyeballs deeper into the season and took a bet that the spike in performance was not luck-driven. Brock Otten indicates that other teams had him rising on their own rankings as well and maybe hoping he'd slip. With no teams willing to budge with trade ups, the Leafs just got their guy.
Lots of easy comparisons to Marner (OHL MVP, OHL Championship MVP, winger on a stacked London squad), but Cowan is a different flavour; same size but sturdier and thicker (farm boy build) and can play both bottom-6 or top-6 styles, with a lower skill ceiling than Marner (he went 44 pts in 18 GP, while Cowan has 34 in 18 GP) but a more direct style of getting pucks on net for rebounds, or off the wall and into the slot. He has added more shooting this season, but still largely a playmaker who thrives on the rush and causing turnovers off the forecheck. He is very annoying on the forecheck.
He was playing in the GOJHL most of his D-1 season, so there wasn't much real data going into his D year to anchor to (especially with the lost Covid season). Most of his draft year was spent in depth roles until the latter stretch of the season when Dale Hunter started giving him more minutes and responsibility. He went over PPG in the playoffs.
This is similar to Matthew Knies, who had an injury and Covid in the first half of his draft year led to him going a bit under the radar, unless you had eyeballs deeper into the season and took a bet that the spike in performance was not luck-driven. Brock Otten indicates that other teams had him rising on their own rankings as well and maybe hoping he'd slip. With no teams willing to budge with trade ups, the Leafs just got their guy.
Lots of easy comparisons to Marner (OHL MVP, OHL Championship MVP, winger on a stacked London squad), but Cowan is a different flavour; same size but sturdier and thicker (farm boy build) and can play both bottom-6 or top-6 styles, with a lower skill ceiling than Marner (he went 44 pts in 18 GP, while Cowan has 34 in 18 GP) but a more direct style of getting pucks on net for rebounds, or off the wall and into the slot. He has added more shooting this season, but still largely a playmaker who thrives on the rush and causing turnovers off the forecheck. He is very annoying on the forecheck.
dappleganger
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Rob said:
So the Leafs have their Marner replacement in house.
Highlander
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plug and play! And at 850K a year.Dappleganger said:Rob said:
So the Leafs have their Marner replacement in house.
Guru Tugginmypuddah
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Highlander said:plug and play! And at 850K a year.Dappleganger said:Rob said:
So the Leafs have their Marner replacement in house.
$935,833
Less than 1/10th of MM16.