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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Tanking in your draft year mean a need to prove people wrong about your shortcomings in your Draft+1 / Draft+2 years if you want to continue to be considered a top 100 prospect at that point in time. That is only fair and it applies to Kylington, he has to show progress in Draft+1 and then Draft+2 not just stagnate.
Examples:
Cam Fowler (made NHL in Draft+1)
Ryan Getzlaf (increased production 57% in Draft+1)
Brandon Saad (increased production 85% in Draft+1)
Filip Forsberg (earned NHL callup in Draft+1, longer callup in Draft+2, was calder candidate in Draft+3)
Anze Kopitar (transitioned well to SEL in Draft+1, High-level NHLer by Draft+2)
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Cam Fowler had a great draft year --- he was the 3rd D-man picked. He was projected higher by TSN but #12 pick is not falling to the end of the 2nd round.
Brian Getzlaff was chosen #18 in the 2003 draft... Brent Burns, Corey Perry, Ryan Kesler, Mike richards got picked after him in the 2003 1st round.
Kopitar was chosen #11 overall .... out of a freakin' Swedish Jr. league. In his 5 games for Sovenia at the U20 WJC he had 10 goals and 13 pts as a 17 year old. He was a physical phenom. To say that he he had a bad draft year.... like Kylington is preposterous.
Saad is a story where he looked to have an attitude problem in his draft year that bumped him down to the 2nd round and he straightened out.
For each player that had a "sub-par" draft year and rebounded in the following years there will be 20 guys like Angelo Esposito that had poor draft years and basically that was as good as they got.