karltonian
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Copying this from the other thread, since I did the work:
The top 10 skaters Eklund played with during his 1st two NHL seasons, in order:
This is what Smith has been dealing with, which oddly I didn't realize he played so much with Zetterlund. But this is absolutely abysmal:
Bonus work!
Hertl's first season:
Couture's first season:
Timo's first season:
So the idea that other Sharks top prospects had to deal with this is not true at all. We are not imagining Will's situation being terrible. Almost makes you wonder if a point is being made? I cannot think of any reason they would do this to their top prospect currently playing, assuming competence.
The top 10 skaters Eklund played with during his 1st two NHL seasons, in order:
| Tomas Hertl | C |
| Erik Karlsson | D |
| James Reimer | G |
| Logan Couture | C |
| Kaapo Kahkonen | G |
| Mario Ferraro | D |
| Adin Hill | G |
| Fabian Zetterlund | L |
| Rudolfs Balcers | L |
| Alexander Barabanov | L |
| Brent Burns | D |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | D |
| Kevin Labanc | R |
This is what Smith has been dealing with, which oddly I didn't realize he played so much with Zetterlund. But this is absolutely abysmal:
| Vitek Vanecek | G |
| Fabian Zetterlund | L |
| Luke Kunin | C |
| Barclay Goodrow | C |
| Mackenzie Blackwood | G |
| Henry Thrun | D |
| Cody Ceci | D |
| Jake Walman | D |
| Mario Ferraro | D |
| Jan Rutta | D |
| Matthew Benning | D |
| Klim Kostin | C |
Bonus work!
Hertl's first season:
| Antti Niemi | G |
| Joe Thornton | C |
| Brent Burns | D |
| Jason Demers | D |
| Dan Boyle | D |
| Scott Hannan | D |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | D |
| Brad Stuart | D |
| Justin Braun | D |
| Tommy Wingels | C |
| Matt Irwin | D |
Couture's first season:
| Evgeni Nabokov | G |
| Dan Boyle | D |
| Kent Huskins | D |
| Douglas Murray | D |
| Manny Malhotra | C |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | D |
| Dany Heatley | L |
| Torrey Mitchell | C |
| Rob Blake | D |
| Ryane Clowe | L |
| Niclas Wallin | D |
Timo's first season:
| Martin Jones | G |
| Chris Tierney | C |
| Brenden Dillon | D |
| Justin Braun | D |
| Brent Burns | D |
| Paul Martin | D |
| David Schlemko | D |
| Joel Ward | R |
| Marc-Edouard Vlasic | D |
| Joonas Donskoi | R |
| Aaron Dell | G |
| Joe Pavelski | C |
So the idea that other Sharks top prospects had to deal with this is not true at all. We are not imagining Will's situation being terrible. Almost makes you wonder if a point is being made? I cannot think of any reason they would do this to their top prospect currently playing, assuming competence.
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