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Originally Posted by IgiTang
People talking about Shore being a fringe NHL'er at the moment. Sure. Most 22 year olds are fringe NHL'ers at this point in their career.
We have been spoiled with our prospects as of late and I think people are losing sight of that. Gaudreau, Bennett, Monahan and to a lesser extent Ferland and Granlund are really exceptions to the rule.
Most guys are not NHL ready until they are 25 or so unless they have elite ceilings.
Meat and Potato guys like shore are the "long term" commitment type players that when they stay in the system and develope with the organization, they tend to be quite servicable bottom 6 guys or sometimes jump out to be exceptional talents.
It scares me to think of how people will view guys like Porier and potentially Klimchuk in a year or two. If they arent ready by 22 and 23, they are busts?!..
Not every player that comes through the pipeline are going to be fulltime NHL'ers by 23 and if they arent, they shouldnt be considered a bust.
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22? He's 24 years old. He's older then Hathaway to put things in perspective. He's played a full season worth of NHL games and hasn't shown enough to stick around full time.
And that is a flat out lie that most non-elite NHLers aren't established until 25. If they aren't established by 24-25 then they will more than likely never become regular NHLers. Do you consider Ferland, Bouma, Byron, Colborne, Jooris, Backlund to be elite talent?
He is the definition of fringe NHLer. I cannot believe the level of homerism I'm being subjected to right now.