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Originally Posted by Itse
But now you're comparing likely impact vs. highest remotely possible impact.
Highest remotely possible impact of Pribyl is career 1st line winger. Wotherspoon most likely will be a bottom pairing / bubble defenseman.
(Plus I think calling mid-6 wingers "dime a dozen" is silly, considering how much you have to pay for good mid 6 wingers as UFA's (4M+) and how hard they are to develop. (Currently the 2 guys we have, Bouma and Ferland, are both going to need a bounceback year.)
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I think Wotherspoon is more likely to be a top 4 dman than Pribyl is to become a 1st line winger. Top 4 dmen are more valuable commodities than 2nd line forwards. Pribyl is nowhere near guaranteed to become an NHLer whereas Worherspoon has looked like a capable NHLer in several years. Wotherspoon is the safer bet and closer to the NHL. Upside is similar IMO.
Pribyl is a massive question mark. I'm surprised so many are sold on him without him having played any NA games. I'm not sure he'd make my top 15. Maybe I'm underrating him. But I think some are underrating players like Kulak, Pollack, McDonald and Parsons