While you may be right and I honestly haven’t looked too closely, recency should probably prevail in these types of lists. The guys from last year’s list that really crushed it, or even some that just maintained their projections, are now ineligible as eventually they become NHL players.
Said another way - every year the most recent draft class should probably be the most represented on the list, because they haven’t had anyone a) graduate or b) bust off of the list yet. At the very least that should be true at the top of the list, where last year’s high draft picks just finished their rookie years and have left their open spots for this year’s high draft picks.
Said yet another way - every year you’re on this list is a year you didn’t break into the NHL, and this year’s draft class is the only exception to that.
