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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
One person's opinion does not make it a fact.
All the GMs that picked ahead of TO, and every other list out there disagree.
He was picked 8th a couple months ago (no hockey since). Add in at least 10-20 (probably more) superior prospects from the prior couple years and your precious little boy sits somewhere in the 20-50 range.
But keep fapping to that ESPN article if it does it for ya!
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Was going to say the same. From what I'm reading on HF, Pronman has a huge hard-on for Nylander. Inflated or not, his opinion is fair. But it is only one man's opinion.
NHL.com's writers, for instance, rank Nylander 15th in their top-60:
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=729391
No other Leaf prospect made the list.
Johnathan Willis of Bleacher report ranks Nylander 20th:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...4-draft/page/1
again, no other Leaf prospect made the list.
Last Word On sports has Nylander 21st:
http://lastwordonsports.com/2014/08/...nhl-prospects/
But good news, BigTuna! They rank Finn 51st!
Seems obvious that Pronman's opinion is a significant outlier. Most everyone else seems to put Nylander in the 15-20 range. But hey, that still ain't bad.
(as an aside, check out who
TSN Ranked as its top affiliated prospect in 2012. Craig Button is no good.)