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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
This is why 'potential' is so dangerous and precarious as an asset.
It was not wrong at the time to say that Phaneuf was better, or that he had a hgiher ceiling. But his growth stopped dead, while Weber continued to improve.
No one - NO ONE - would have claimed that Chara had more potential or a higher ceiling than Phaneuf. Chara was down right awful as a defenseman for quite a few years. Now look at him.
Potential is great. But projecting ceilings for players is dicey at best.
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Yeah, wow did potential ever flop indeed. I still remember in the WJC where he was dynamite in between the goal line and the blue line. I thought he had fantastic hockey sense, but maybe it was just that he was physically dominant over his others. I still remember the game against the Russians where they were getting tired of getting hit when gaining the zone, so they dump the puck in and dog it so they wouldn't get hit. Even in juniors, out playing Woywitka/Lynch as a 17 yo and showing great hockey sense and mobility.