Prospect Poll 3

Lappy is 23 and hasn't scored a goal so far in any game/league this season. It's end of January out there. Let go of the idea that he's anywhere near the top-3 in these rankings.
 
Comparing a player still in juniors to someone who was the best player in a playoff series in the NHL and won AHL playoff MVP is ridiculous
 
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I went with Cristall.

Regarding Lapierre, I hadn’t followed since he went down, but no goals is no good. No one was a bigger fan of this kid than me, but he’s pulling a Syd Barrett.
 
AC's crazy high ceiling - even acknowledging pretty low floor relatively - takes this spot for me fairly easily.
 
Protas 2.0 is a better prospect than Lapierre at this point in time.

Cristall again
 
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Comparing a player still in juniors to someone who was the best player in a playoff series in the NHL and won AHL playoff MVP is ridiculous
Can't care less if he has been a world beater a year ago, this is a poll right now. You want to excuse somebody for sucking because he's too old for juniors? Yeah not sure what's more ridiculous here but definitely not 0 goals in 4 months. Another season like this and the dude might as well be packing for Europe.
 
I went Cristall because IMO he has by far the best odds of becoming an impact player.

Lapierre doesn't even really register with me as a potential impact player. He's almost 23, which is generally the start of a player's prime years. If he is a fringe NHLer now, at age 23, what are his most likely outcomes?
 
This is where it gets fun!

I like Lapierre here. I think he has good potential. Bake another year. He has speed and can carry the puck. Hope he develops that in Hershey this year and is a ready call up and full timer next year. If he isn’t ready next year I’ll worry. But nothing wrong with his arc. I think Cristal is going to need a lot of development to play with men.
 
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Cristall/Hutson/Miroshnichenko cluster, Cristall alphabetic vote.

All three have potential to be really good-to-great.
 
I went with Cristall.

Regarding Lapierre, I hadn’t followed since he went down, but no goals is no good. No one was a bigger fan of this kid than me, but he’s pulling a Syd Barrett.
He took so much acid he’s lost his mind?! Does the Caps FO know about this?!

Anyways, I guess I’ll go Cristall. But I’d like it to be Miro.
 
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