And the NHL is showing being just an OFD is quite difficult.

Add in small frame/ size and your odds of hitting is even lower.

You have to be an ELITE offensive talent (passing/ play creation and chance generation/ shooting) to excel at OFD. And if you aren’t you have make up in size or other areas/ transition your game to more two way which isn’t easy.

Guys like Brannstrom are currently struggling - not because he’s bad. But because he’s so extremely talented offensively that it would be shocking if he never lands a full time role. He shows it off every now and then how good he could be.
But at the same time… ever year Brannstrom seems to be trending into that direction of flopping.

Smaller forwards have it easier (in a different way, not saying it’s actually “easy” to be a small forward).

if you look at a guy like krug for example. or a tony d. those guys need to be incredibly sheltered in their own end. once playoffs come around those types of players get beat up and abused its frustrating to watch your smaller dmen get ragdolled and then you just want 6 paraykos out there at once.

Joshua Roy was the steal of the 2021 nhl draft. Convince me otherwise.

Hes up there along with guys like Voit

Still cant believe he was a 5th round pick

So many steals in 2021 thanks to some guys not playing lul

Roy was picked 3 picks before voit.

I still think Roy is having a better year than voit tho.

I think it has a lot to do with their playstyles. Voit is more of a pass first playmaker who can set up scorers really well. Roy is more of a goal scorer with the ability to make a smart pass from time to time.

Roy is a great TWF also.
He was outstanding in training camp. In th ehabs scrimmage game, he had 3 points. He really impressed.

Yeah he can play both ends well. Voit also has that ability as well similar to marner

Forgot to mention that lul

I think it has a lot to do with their playstyles. Voit is more of a pass first playmaker who can set up scorers really well (kind of like Mitch Marner). Roy is more of a goal scorer, offensive minded guy with the ability to make a smart pass from time to time (Getzlaf like player)

How is Getzlaf a comparable for a goal scorer? He barely ever shoots and has one of the lowest Goal to Assist ratios of any top line forward in recent memory

At the beginning of Getzlaf's career 20+ goal scorer. And in a lot of his seasons never stayed 100% healthy and could have been a consistent 20 goal guy.

He was the biggest name on the list next to Larkin but because Getzlaf is retiring wanted to honour him. Also 2007 cup champ

In general if you hit 20 goals for multiple seasons you technically can be labelled as a goal scorer but to be an elite goal scorer usually its 30+ goals for multiple seasons.

Getzlafs play style is the farthest thing from a goal scorer/shooter. Him and Backstrom are like the prime examples of pass first playmakers

Like multiple 20+ goal seasons is good for the majority of players but for an elite 1C it's on the low end, I just thought it was weird to make that comparison

Joshua Roy was the steal of the 2021 nhl draft. Convince me otherwise.

Is it normal for a 20 year old in the qmjhl to be just under 2 ppg?

Joshua Roy was the steal of the 2021 nhl draft. Convince me otherwise.

There are plenty of players from the 2021 draft who look like steals/busts but it’s still a bit too early to tell. Roy did fall in the draft and he’s looking like he’ll make teams regret it, same for guys like Matvei Petrov, Sasha Pastujov, Stanislav Svozil, Raty, etc

Joshua Roy was the steal of the 2021 nhl draft. Convince me otherwise.

Sleeping on Zellweger, the kid is fantastic. But he's probably not as much of a "steal" as others since he went 34th, but he'd easily be a Top 10 pick in 2022 if he were born a few days later.

There are plenty of players from the 2021 draft who look like steals/busts but it’s still a bit too early to tell. Roy did fall in the draft and he’s looking like he’ll make teams regret it, same for guys like Matvei Petrov, Sasha Pastujov, Stanislav Svozil, Raty, etc

Mhmm, and the some of the former best OFD;

Karlsson Burns

Each very different but elite in their own way, Burns has more size and aggressive shooting style and excelled whereas Karlsson was chance and play generation.

But you see even now still being quite “good/ elite” they clearly fall off in their own end and more and more as they age (this year tho they’ve been very good overall compared to their other down years).

And guys like Makar (the new elite OFD) still need a really good partner to help support their style. OFD require some of the most dedication and “asset commitment” and the ROI isn’t always great. But I still love watching OFD; they’re so exciting.

I mean Roy is leading the QMJHL points scoring race at 18 and the production is coming from him (not the result of another elite player feeding him points) How many other prospects can you say this about from that list you mentioned? Genuinely curious, not trying to be a ****