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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
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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Indeed projection is always tricky - but I think basing it on current play is quite narrow. I try to view a player in the sense of what their skills are and how I think they will translate to NHL levels of play. I mean really that's the game right - not just looking at what players are doing today - but trying to predict who they will be 3-5 years from now.
As for Brodin - even if we include guys like him who made it through an entire NHL season - I think Sven is still in the top 10.
Good discussion.