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Originally Posted by nik-
I was starting to see Wotherspoon as a second pairing guy based on the second half of his season starting at the WJC, not immediately obviously, but eventually. Did I totally blow that projection?
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Definitely not, I tend to take the lowest possible ranking while projecting them to be NHLers. I could easily place Sven on the first line without anyone saying that's nuts, but he at worst looks like a 50-60 point 2nd line winger like Hudler.
Wotherspoon, Cundari and Sieloff all look like NHL D-men, it just depends on exactly what they do when they get there. I don't think anyone would have expected TJ Brodie to replace Bouwmeester without a huge step down in performance, but we all were pleasantly surprised. At best I was hoping that he'd be would become a slightly taller Andrew Ference. It's that kind of pegging that I did with Wotherspoon and Sieloff. It's hard to tell exactly what they will be as a lot of D-men usually don't show consistency in their abilities until their 3rd pro season.