There was a Penguins poster who came and visited after the trade and gave us his assessment on these two prospects. He thought Agostino and Hanowski were Pittsburgh's 2nd & 3rd best forward prospects respectively. He went on to say that was more of an indicator that their forward prospect pool is rather poor.
It's going to be the fashion amongst certain types of fans and journalists to claim that these are nobodies with absolutely no potential, and that is simply because of the superstar who they were traded for. There will be spin doctors who are happy to scrutinise the return for Iggy & at every opportunity will scream from the rooftops "SEE, WE'VE BEEN FLEECED!!!!"
Say what you will about their upsides (or supposed lack thereof) but what we have acquired are 2 forward prospects who are much further along in their development than anyone we have in the pipeline. Within a year both will be pro hockey players either in the AHL or NHL, and one of them is the leading scorer on an NCAA championship team.
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