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Originally Posted by Table 5
Can we stop with the over-rated/hype accusations with every single pick? Seems like we've been "overrating" every single guy as we work our way down the list. Perhaps these are just the prospects that people think are the best based on what they've seen or read, and that's that.
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We should all just sing coom-by-ya instead of providing an honest opinion on prospects?
I can't speak for other threads, but nobody trashed or said anything super negative about Granlund. He has just recently become a guy that is being widely talked about and it would be naive to think that that noise isn't influencing his position on a public internet pole.
I think guys like Agostino, Brossoit, Reinhart, Culkin, etc are all arguably better prospects but don't have the chatter right now. You could argue a player like Arnold has a similar offensive upside, is much better defensively, and has the ability to play a bottom 6 role. (For the record I actually have Granlund ahead of some of those guys).
Granlund has a good skill set and it is great to see him excelling at the WJC and in the Flames development camp. But he is a small player with limited defensive upside. He saw his production drop last season which is never a good sign for a developing prospect (granted his team got worse). He doesn't have the skill set to be a bottom 9 player so he is top 6 or bust. He will have a heck of a time transitioning his game to the NA ice (as his much more skilled brother is finding out).
I like him but the Flames still have better prospects on the list (which is a good thing btw).