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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
A quick search for the last 10 American WJC captains:
Jake McCabe
Jason Zucker
John Ramage
Derek Stepan
Jonathon Blum
Brian Strait
Kyle Lawson
Nathan Davis
Mark Matiera
Mark Stuart
I know there's still time for some of these guys, but it looks like being a team USA captain isn't much of a predictor of NHL success.
(I didn't go back any further because Im on my phone and couldn't find any easy to browse source further back than that)
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Jury's out on Ramage, but I think he can be an NHL player. Stepan is looking pretty darn good. Blum is a serviceable dman in Nashville. Mark Stuart has moulded himself a decent niche.
But to be honest, no one is really going to convince me of anything concrete with any of these players. I'm just happy because I feel like there are enough good prospects in our system that we're going to see some unexpected players come from late rounds in the next few years. I'm honestly pretty game to just sit back and watch what happens. A lot of people seem convince about a lot of players and I feel like it's all so random. I know its not, and higher picks tend to be better players, but not always. And there's a lot room for improvement in any player from the age of 17-25.