Any opinions on the Bruins 1st round pick?

Question

The Bruins took Joe Colborne with the 16th pick. I haven't heard much on him other than the fact he is big, but doesn't play big. Was this a good choice? It seems as though they already have a couple of power forwards in Lucic and the unofficial acquisition of Blake Wheeler. Has anybody followed this kid at all? Thanks!

Answer 1

One guy said he's comparible to Joe Thornton..and nothing wrong with that. I heard he has real soft hands, and has a great amount of quickness for a big guy. I like the pick. I like there 4th round pick..think it was a steal.

Answer 2

http://www.mynhldraft.com/2008/NHL-Draft...

and also

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?fid=11473

read it.

it's kind of funny that he's being pegged as a "soft" kid who doesn't have a work ethic when i'm sure that being who he is and playing hockey and understanding what he needs to do to get to the nhl period, means that he has some kind of work ethic. some of these kids ie. drew doughty don't do fitness/extra training because it's not something they're used  to (outside of their own teams), but they're adaptable and they can all change. colby is going to grow into his own and he's already such a decent person with a great head on his shoulders that he's gonna do well in everything he does wherever he is. i watched him play in the world junior a challenge (same with those on the hf board) and you immediately noticed how good of a skater and how good this kids hands were. he can score, he can make plays, his hockey vision is pretty solid, what more do you want?

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=440...

type his name in at google and this comes up

http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/brui...

http://www.hockeyforum.com/entry-draft-p...

http://www.dobberhockey.com/component/op...

read them and figure out your own opinion. he's a solid top 20 pick and it's good he got in instead of dropping down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af_i9AsVL...