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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I missed that year - but that was also 2 years post-draft. He was drafted by Buffalo in 2009. Not trying to knock Kassian down (he has been improving) as much as trying to show that Ritchie is a vastly superior prospect to what Kassian was at the same age, as Kassian seems to be the guy that always seems to get compared to Ritchie.
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Yeah Ritchie's ceiling is definitely higher so I'm not sure the comparison makes a ton of sense. Other than playmaking he's probably better in pretty much every way than Kassian was, which makes sense given that Kassian was taken in the mid 1st round while Ritchie is being considered for the top 5.
But I guess my point is that a better version of Kassian who progresses a little quicker could be a damned valuable player. If Kassian's best case scenario is a 20-25 goal 50-55 point guy, Ritchie's is probably a 30-35 goal 60-70 point guy which would be phenomenal for a guy with his size. He could be the kind of player all 30 teams would fall over themselves to get.