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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I have hopes Reinhart will fall to us. I think he's the best forward prospect as IIRC, he's been ranked as the top prospect in his age group since he first joined the juniors. There's something to be said for holding onto that ranking until now, when some shiny new toys come around.
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But there is also something to be said about trajectory. The ability to learn and show improvement is a good quality to have as we should be more concerned with where these players will be in 5 years and not at the moment.
I know for players consistently near the top, it is hard to show drastic improvement sometimes as they are already where they needed to be, but I don't think players that climb should be downplayed.
Just like if the situation was reversed. Say a player was near the top for a long time and slid through out the last year, I don't think the downward trajectory should be overlooked when trying to predict where they will be in 5 years.