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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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For me it's all about trajectory.
Gaudreau at #1 makes perfect sense as he has upped his game at every subsequent level and every subsequent year. Bennett at second, to me, would be based on a very different set of criteria than the one people used to rate Gaudreau at 1. I think that if we're being consistent on the criteria, Bennett can't be #2.