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Originally Posted by Textcritic
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.
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I go by the ruling, "If you could only keep one player, which would it be..." with respect to what rank we are looking at, I chose Bennett because I think he has a higher ceiling and potential for the future and I'd rather lose Baertschi (3rd) over Bennett (2nd). To me that's how a ranking is supposed to be
That takes out the "... player X is more NHL ready than player Y..." typecasting for ranks.
I leave up to each persons preference though
