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Old 06-20-2016, 01:52 PM   #5556
Enoch Root
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A question for some of you that have watched more of the Finnish prospects than I have...

Is there a chance Puljujarvi is massively overrated? I'm far from a pro scout but every time I watch him he seems to have poor puck handling and fans on most of his shots. His numbers in his draft year also fall quite a bit short of what Barkov achieved in the same league.

I guess I'm just looking for someone to placate my fear that we move up for him and he disappoints. The good news is I usually get prospect projections completely wrong.
Fans overrate prospects every year.

But there is little reason to think the scouts have.

However, there is a risk with every prospect that they won't continue on the development curve that they have been on up to this point.
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