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Quit dodging the question and try answering it.
To your question, yeah, Pronman has Kylington ranked highly, but he also had Kabanov as his #4 prospect a couple years ago and had Gaudreau down at 44. Speaks volumes as to his ability to see talent.
Okay, so Pronman doesn't have a clue? I think that has been established. He easily falls in love with certain players and doesn't budge off of them. If Pronman is such a genius when it comes to player evaluation why isn't he the most sought out scout by every team in the league? Scouts get hired all the time, and Pronman hasn't been offered a gig. Maybe he isn't that well respected for his opinions?
On Kylington, and your desire to blow him up into some great future player, well ahead of many players who have already proven they are capable of taking the next step in their development, consider that every team in the NHL passed on him TWICE. The Flames picked him at 60! Says a lot.
Yup, only 6 people thought Kylington was worthy of a selection at that point. Again, that speaks volumes. Kylington fell like a rock the last year, and for good reasons. The kid has talent, but he is a long shot. Consider where the Flames took him, that was great time to pick a project with home run potential. The key word there is potential. He's got all the skills to be Paul Coffey, but he also has the head and work ethic to be Bryan Fogarty. There odds of him becoming a NHL pro are stacked against him, and every team in the NHL made that evaluation by passing on him.
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Even in the context of this page where Goodlad correctly identifies that I am not on the Kylington bandwagon you have totally misunderstood my mocking the prospect ratings.
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Any comment on that after railing against how high he was ranked on CP's list?
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I am not on the Jankowski bandwagon. I do not think he will ever be signed by the Flames as a 2nd round compensation pick will be better OR if he has some sort of Hobey Baker year he will just wait a couple of months and sign with a team where he won't be in competition with Stajan/Arnold to be the #4 centre.
In my opinion Pronman rating Kylington in the top 100 is a totally grandstanding move that I can not at all understand or find a modicum of hockey logic in it.
At least Red Menace and Dammage79 have the built in illogical reasoning of being Flames Fanboys...
Pronman is just putting out a ridiculous long shot that might show him superior to the NHL scouts that make a reasonable living by evaluating young hockey talent.
I guess I can identify a bit with Pronman that as I have put down $20 in Vegas on Flames winning the SC in 2013 and 2014. The payout being 500 to 1. I like Pronman knew that the penalty for such an outlandish wager/prediction would not be severe.