Please Help Me Understand Reid
This is not meant to be who should we draft post.
Being entirely honest, seeing the potential in defenseman is soemthing I struggle with. I played both forward and goalie for a good stretch and watched these positions closely to help adapt my game. So seeing promise in forwards and goalies is something I am capable of.
I can clearly see that Reid is a offensive and transitional threat. His skating is possibly the best in the draft. But I am not seeing his ability to defend. The times I have seen Reid play and the highlights I have watched actually concern me some. When I watch him I see many near giveaways, blown coverages, and some lack of defensive awareness.
This could very well be just the games and clips I have seen and/or the fact I am missing something or maybe I am not reading the plays and assignments right. A lot of the analysis videos gush over his positives but barely touch on his defensive abilities.
As it stands, Reid scares me and I want to be as excited about the prospect of adding him as I am about the prospect of adding Stenberg.