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Originally Posted by The Fonz
You can't put absolutes like that on guys who are not in the league.
At worst, Jankowski never plays an NHL game.
You did the same thing a few days ago in saying "at worst, Poirier becomes a Cogliano/Lombardi/Glencross". No, he does not play 500+ NHL games at worst. There's a chance he never manages to play a full season.
We had this conversation at the beginning of the season, so I didn't say anything after your Poirier comment. But you just continue to do it.
I'm don't want anyone to be a pessimist, but to say that worst case scenario, any NHL prospect becomes an NHL player, is just bizarre.
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I have said that in the past. Yes. And looking at how each of them has progressed, something would have to go seriously wrong for them to not hit the low end water mark that I said. Nothing is guaranteed. Sam Reinhart could be the next Alexandre Daigle. Gaudreau could suffer a career ending injury tomorrow. Who knows. However, watching thousands of players and how they've progressed, the two guys (Poirier and Jankowski) should be what I said.
I never said that Janko would be a long term NHLer. I don't know if Colborne is going to be in the NHL in 5 years. However, players that are big, play center, and are fast for their size will always be given the benefit of the doubt because if they hit, they are great pieces to have.
With Poirier, someone that's as fast as him and plays as defensively responsible as him will be a long term NHLer even in a primarily PK role as he has breakaway speed and can be a weapon on the PK. Just because someone is trending towards being an NHLer doesn't mean that they will be a great player. Also, predicting a 1st round pick to be an NHLer in some capacity isn't really much of a reach, especially in a very deep draft like last years'.
If I was saying Eric Roy or Ryan Culkin are guaranteed to be NHLers, then I could see the criticism. Saying that our 3rd/4th and 8th best prospects are going to be in the NHL at some point is not really a reach. It would be shocking if they don't.