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Old 12-30-2013, 11:44 AM   #1045
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Originally Posted by Tinordi View Post
Well it's hard to say now with the benefit of hindsight but TT, Hertl, Girgensons, Laughton all have pretty high ceilings. As much as we like to hype Janko's toolbox there's basically nothing that exceptional there besides his size/hands ratio. I mean that's nice but those other players have similar or better skillsets to Janko.

And we were so bereft of talent THROUGHOUT the roster that focusing on center was just simply naive. Were we so blind to think that we would have 3 to 4 years of high picks to draft a center? Why were we drafting for position for a prospect that was 4 years away?
Thats pretty much it right, hindsight. If Feaster/Weisbrod could see in their crystal ball we probably would have the best prospect from every draft. Wouldn't that be amazing?

On the guys you point out:

Hertl is playing on Joe Thornton's line a guywho made Cheechoo a 56 goal scorer in the NHL. Of course Hertl is talented but would he be doing as good playing third line minutes with less talented players? Last year Hertl in the Czech league had 30 points in 43 games, looking at the rest of his team, they struggled to scre but Cerevenka put up 13 points in 9 games.

TT is playing in Finland 3 goals in 29 games. What's so amazing about that?

Girgensons, 4 goals and 14 points in 38 games. Getting plenty of time now under Nolan.

Laughton, in the juniors. Plenty of Junior players put up those kinds of numbers.

So the crystal ball still doesn't tell us who will be the best of the bunch.
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