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Originally Posted by dammage79
And yet with all those short comings to overcome they all still perform on par or better than Chabot. This is still not a convincing argument aobut any of these players upside.
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On par? There's not a single defenseman who's had a season like Chabot did last year.
World Junior MVP - literally the best player out of his peers.
CHL Defenseman of the year - despite playing minimal games
QMJHL Playoff MVP - Leads his team to President Cup.
The guy really had a historic season. There's not a single defender who can say they did what Chabot did.
He's a poised puck mover who doesn't have the defensive hole or size issue (although he needs to fill out more), who's pretty much unanimously considered a top prospect not in the NHL. Considered a Calder candidate, already talks of him playing on the top pairing with Karlsson. Yet somehow the Flames have four defensive prospects just as valuable, and that's not even talking about Jankowksi and Parsons (who Flames fans voted in as better prospects).
Sure, they played in the AHL and College, but again, this isn't about our players. It's about Chabot. He's one of the highest touted prospects not in the NHL for good reason, the Flames do not have 6 prospects that could be considered a top 5 prospect...