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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
Except Cundari has already shown he can play in the AHL and quite successfully. That's a huge step in any prospects progression. Wotherspoon may crash and burn in the AHL like many of our promising D prospects before him.
Thus Cundari is the better prospect at this point.
I think FN is just rating the prospects differently. Doesn't make it bad. Just different priorities.
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As for Wotherspoon, of course he could crash and burn - like any prospect.
And yes, FN's rates their prospects differently, that is the whole point.
But I think FN - and you - seem to lack an understanding of the word prospect, and what it references with respect to young players.
MacKinnon has not played a game in the NHL or in the AHL - so Cundari is a better prospect than him?
There are two major variables to consider when rating prospects, IMO. One is progression, or NHL-readiness. The other is potential.
How you weight those variables is completely subjective.
But it appears, by the sheer fact of their outlying position relative to all others, that FN puts too much emphasis on the first, and not enough on the second.