I don’t think my expectations are too high, it’s just a fact that our prospects have been disappointing as a whole this year. If they don’t improve each year then it seriously reduces their chances of making the NHL.
Show your work.
Seriously, "as a whole" is a pretty wide reaching statement. Should be able to rhyme off more than half of our top 15-20 guys and show how they've disappointed relative to your expectations.
Edit: Will add my own.
From our pre season poll
1.
Rasmus Sandin - 53.2% - Made the Leafs out of camp
2.
Nick Robertson - 50.9% - injured, N/A
3.
Timothy Liljegren - 56.9% - made the Leafs out of camp
4.
Rodion Amirov - 90.6% - injured , N/A
5.
Topi Niemela - 62.1% - shredding Liiga
So out of the top 5, 3 fantastic starts to the season, 2 injuries, no disappointments
6.
Matthew Knies - 45.4% - strong start to freshman season
7.
Roni Hirvonen - 61.1% - offensive stagnation (fair to call disappointing)
8.
Mikhail Abramov - 47.5% - slow start to pro career (fair to call disappointing, but reactionary)
9.
Mikko Kokkonen - 44.7% - steady eddie in Liiga
10.
Veeti Miettinen - 49.4% - hasn't taken the step to dominance we hoped for (Fair to call)
this group has more of a case. No doubt we we were all hoping for more from Hirvonen/Abramov/Miettinen, but it's still early
11.
Nick Abruzzese - 40.2% - killing it
12.
Pontus Holmberg - 27.2% (
tiebreaker - 57.1%) - not quite picking up where he left off, but well ahead of where he started last season, playoffs weren't a blip.
13.
Dmitri Ovchinnikov - 27.2% (
tiebreaker - 42.9%) - I'm not personally disappointed, disagreed with this placement and had low expectations
14.
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev - 29.6% (
tiebreaker - 53.8%) - not lighting the world on fire, but solid transition to pro NA play
15.
Pavel Gogolev - 39.5% - big time slow start
For me, 1/4 disappointing, 1 that shouldn't have been there
16.
Filip Kral - 57.6% - great camp, steady start with the Marlies, better than when he came over last season
17.
Mike Koster - 48.8% - injured, but good start before hand
18.
Alex Steeves - 17.2% (
tiebreaker - 74.5%) - great rookie camp, fantastic start to season
19.
Axel Rindell - 40.5% - can't comment, similar to Ovchinnikov for me
20.
Artur Ahktyamov - 34% -disappointing
Again, maybe 1-2 out of five
21.
Mac Hollowell - 23.1% - meh
22.
Ty Voit - 26.5% - producing well and justifying the pick
23.
Ian Scott - 33.3% - injured
24.
William Villenueve - 39.4% (
tiebreaker - 57.1%) - can't comment
25.
Ryan Tverberg - 39.4% (
tiebreaker - 42.9%) - killing it
This far down the list Hollowell/Scott/Villeneuve could be permanently healthy scratched and Voit and Tverberg would outweigh that.
