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Originally Posted by kehatch
I am not trying hard to rain on anyone's parade. But the post is to match fans expectations with the current set of prospects.
When people like me suggested we mange expectations RE Baertschi we were sneered at. When we suggested a reality check RE Nemisz we weren't real fans.
Gaudreau has a LONG way to go to prove he can be an NHL player let alone a Kane level player. Monahan isn't Toews yet.
The point is simple. We have done a GREAT job in improving the prospect pool. We have players to be excited about. I am on board. But my expectation (RE the purpose of the post) is we are at the start of a rebuild and have a long ways to go.
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You are under-selling Gaudreau. Everyone in the business has him making the NHL. He doesn't have a long way to go, he's riding an NCAA record 31-game scoring streak (previously set by Paul Kariya). He's leagues above the rest of his competition and he comes from a school that regularly produces NHLers.
Whether he becomes elite or flickers and fades in the bigs is yet to be seen, but he's proven he's ready for the NHL and then some.