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Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire
Kind of surprised to see Hanowski that high. Should Hanowski really be higher than Agostino? Shouldn't Agostino be on the board... somewhere, even in the honorable mentions?
Can't believe he ranked Rafikov over some of our other prospects like Agostino or Breen.
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Well, I've never seen Agostino play, so I can't say anything from that end.
But Hanowski has played in the big show, so we've seen him play with and against the real deal. And in my opinion, he reminded me of a legit depth NHLer, who has had his skates replaced with those two bladed bob-skates you strap over little kids' boots.
His foot speed was simply not acceptable for an NHLer. It was so bad that I highly doubt he will ever be able to overcome it.
HOWEVER, the flip side of that is that Hanowski has ONE shortcoming preventing him from being an NHL roster player. That's a lot closer than most of the other prospects (many of whom probably have very few, if any, skills that are NHL level right now).
If Hanowski finds a whole new gear, AND uses it, he can be an NHLer.
I doubt he'll do it, but I can see why you'd have him ranked highly given that he only needs to improve one aspect of his game to drop right in to a roster spot.