Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Not to come off as a homer, but there is no way Winnipeg has four more top 100 prospects than us, three of which were second round picks.
They have three great skater prospects in Morrisey, Ehlers, and Connor. No doubt these guys belong in the top 30, no argument from me.
Four other guys appearing for them (Petan, Roslovic, Harkins, Armia) are at the same level as our guys like Klimchuk and Jankowski, who didn't make the list.
Petan is the most glorified among them, but considering he's an undersized Portland Winterhawk who, even adjusting for games played, as a 19 year old was outscored by 21 by Bjorkstrand I can't help but think of names like Rattie and Baertschi.
I could live with Harkins and Roslovic if there wasn't an implicit suggestion that they're better forward prospects than anything we have after Poirier.
Armia though? Guy was drafted from the same league as our Granlund, in the same year as Granlund, kept pace with Granlund for the first two years, and then came over here and hasn't done anything since while Granlund has continued to improve. He's going into his Draft+5 year just like Granlund (and Baertschi) but gets a bonus pass for not having earned any real NHL call ups. The amount he's actually proven in four years is on a similar level to Jankowski in three (unlike whom he hasn't shown a consistent trend of progression), with a year more of development than Jankowski, playing a less important position than Jankowski. And I bet you he doesn't have as much upside as Jankowski.
The fifth guy, Brendan Lemiuex is the total head-scratcher. Even his upside is like a 3rd liner and there's no guarantee he reaches that. Just feels like nepotism. We're talking about a guy who as a 18 year old forward was nearly outscored by 17 year old defenseman Rasmus Andersson on the same team. He doesn't have any real size advantage, nor is he known to be a defensive forward. He was a -9 (second worst) on a team that outscored opponents by 59 goals. I say this as someone who's said he doubts if Hunter Smith would ever make the NHL as a 4th liner - I would not trade Hunter Smith for this guy.
The over-hyping of the Jets prospect pool is on another level. They've drafted well, and good on them, but they certainly haven't drafted 2X better than us or Detroit.
Shinkaruk being on there is also wierd, considering he tanked like Kylington in his draft year, yet has done nothing since then to prove anyone wrong about that since.
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