The basement blogger set strikes again! Let's rank prospect depth by draft position and who has the supposed generational talent! Get serious. I mean, Edmonton, top three? McDavid suffers an injury, or pulls a Daigle, and their prospect pool is garbage. To be honest, the Edmonton prospect pool is almost as shallow as the gene pool at an Edmonton wedding, and should show in ratings. You look at the composite and the ratings are highly reliant on who has the most top 100 draft picks more than evaluation of talent in each prospect pool. These writers are the same ones that are shocked to see a TJ Brodie or Johnny Gaudreau as star players in the NHL. I mean, anyone making an impact in the NHL not drafted in the first round is just not possible! The whole exercise is a trip to HockeyDB.com and evaluating the number of picks made in first round rather than an actual evaluation of talent, a thing called development, and then what the potential for opportunity to even make a team looks like. I love articles like this because the writers end up with egg on their face in quick order, and smart fans come to realization these sites have no real insight to offer.
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