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Old 05-10-2013, 10:03 AM   #159
Oil Stain
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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina View Post
Sure but Brodin isn't a prospect anymore is he. I take Sven over those other 92s easily, it's about more than stats it's about skill evaluation and projection. Murray is valid but I've never been a fan, I think the leafs got the best dman from the draft
Brodin is still pretty unproven. He's only played 20 more games then Baertschi. I guess it depends on what your own personal cut off is in terms of games played. They were both taken in the same draft.

Six months ago probably 95% of hockey fans would have picked Baerstchi over Brodin, but now Brodin has surged ahead.

In terms of projection. Well its a hard thing to predict. I think basing career projections on current play is just as fair as anything else. Not sure I would say Sven is easily ahead of the other 92's.

If Oleksiak becomes a 6'7" shutdown D-man that plays 25 minutes a night and chips in a bit of offence, then he is worth then Baertschi if he ends up being a Eberle/Pierre-Marc Bouchard level player.
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