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Old 07-28-2016, 10:27 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root View Post
2013 does a good job of illustrating what I was trying to say with respect to Hathaway: even though he only has 4th line potential, there is still some value in that, and his likelihood of getting there is high, which should increase his total value relative to players with higher upside but very low likelihood of getting there.

Look at Bouma at 21 and Ferland at 26. They were ranked below guys like: Knight, Horak, Agostino and Granlund, Reinhart and Arnold because they didn't have the upside of those guys.

But they have both become solid bottom 6ers, and as a result, are more valuable than any of those other guys mentioned.
Ferland isn't really a great comparable for Hathaway as some of us feel Ferland has top two line potential. Jooris would be better comparables for Hathaway. Bouma has 3rd line 20 goal upside which I feel is higher than Hathaway's potential as well.

Ferland is more comparable to Tuulola IMO. IMO both Ferland and Bouma were underrated by the board.

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