2023 Prospect Poll #4
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It's crazy - as recently as Spring 2018 we were still voting for Bailey, Baptiste, and Fasching - over Casey Fitzgerald who has I'm sure played more NHL games (though Fasching may pass him) and Brandon Hagel! Maybe Botts wasn't the only one who saw enough in him - he only got one vote for #20! Props to @sincerity0 !
Spring 2018 Prospect Poll: #20
All prospects who fit the HF prospect criteria are included. ELIGIBILITY -In his Age-24 season, or younger, with fewer than 65 NHL games played for a skater (or 45 games for a goalie). -If signed out of Europe or the NCAA at age 22 or older, fewer than 65 (skaters) or 45 (goalies) NHL games...forums.hfboards.com
No one on that list had anywhere near the upside of Laaksonen lol
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Gerstmann 3:16
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We have a more elite and deeper pool of prospects than when the three most named were Bailey, Baptiste, and Fasching - in my opinion. However, you may disagree.
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Gerstmann 3:16
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I’d agree with that. But graduating half your top 15 to NHL regulars is still a pretty good track record. And if I’m remembering correctly that’s a top 5 with fairly high ceilings. I think Larson may have been more board effects than ceiling but the other 4 are all top line/pairing projects. What we do have is a NHL roster that needs a lot less of those players to pan out. If the current crop of prospects sees a similar development curve to those guys we aren’t doomed like we’d be heading into the reinhart/eichel drafts. But I’m much less of an optimist when it comes to prospects and development than most people on these boards. If we graduate 1 Star and 6 NHL regulars out of the current crop I think they will have done a decent job. It’s also why I’m willing to trade most of them and why I rate actual performance higher than projected ceilings in the rankings. I think sometimes what gets lost in these is that no matter much you love the prospect pool and no matter how successful a team is at drafting talent many if not most will never become nhlers. Graduating Benson, Savoie, and Kulich to close to their potential will still be a draft/development triumph if it happens and probably shouldn’t be expected.
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I too appreciate what the scouting and analytics guys have going on, and the support they have received.
