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Originally Posted by Papi34
Chose Sven,
Easy to pick bennett but Sven has played at a higher level and i feel that qualifies him as a more certain prospect to make an impact on the team. Bennett i believe will be a superstar in this league but right now Sven is the better prospect
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So, this begs the question about what posters see behind the purpose of the poll.
In my mind, a "prospect ranking" has everything to do with how respondents feel about potential. Because this is a measure of potential, then matters about who is "NHL ready" should not really factor into it, unless the situation involves a close tie-breaker between two very, very similarly rated prospects. I just don't think that Baertschi by any measure has even as remotely close a potential ceiling as Bennett, regardless of his presently longer track of development. Even if one plays in the NHL next year and the other in Juniour, it is highly probable that the latter will be a better player and a more valuable component to this team's success going forward.