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Originally Posted by Walter Reed
In my admittedly limited knowledge, Winnipeg would seem worthy of their 1st place ranking. The Jets drafting has been pretty outstanding IMO.
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Without getting into goaltending, which is tricky because random goaltending prospects can become elite pros and vice-versa, I would say Winnipeg has a good, but not guaranteed elite player at each position (W - Ehlers, C - Connor, D -Morrissey).
... but I feel they neither they have a
true top-end prospect:
Eichel
McDavid
Reinhart
Bennett
Marner
Larkin
Provorov
Hanifin
nor do I think their depth at any single position is the best.
I hate to give the Leafs credit, but along with Marner they've got two game-breakers that are on par with Ehlers/Connor (Nylander/Bracco), plus add Kapanen who should be a great pro, and while they don't have a defenseman as good as Morrissey but they've got a few - Dermott, Finn, Percy, Harrington - that would all be Winnipeg's #2 D prospect easily. Their prospect pool isn't as positionally balanced, but I would say it's a better prospect pool than Winnipeg's in terms of pure raw talent.
(And I'm a Flames fan, you KNOW I think WE have the best prospect pool.)