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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
FDW - I respect your opinion and thank you for your argument, although I feel Klimchuk is far more capable defensively. I really love prospects who can pull their weight at both ends of the ice and, in addition, because I'm voting based upon NHL-readiness, my belief that Klimchuk is the Flames' most seasoned prospect makes me put him #1 on my list. I simply see him as the prospect most able to step right into the Flames' lineup next year in ANY situation and have success.
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I just don't really understand your approach. When ranking prospects I don't see why NHL readiness is the most important factor. It would be silly to have ranked Kulak over Valimaki last year in the poll based on NHL readiness since Valimaki is a much superior prospect. And yet if you emphasize only NHL readiness you get wacky results like that. Like getting a ricardoDW voting for Hathaway ahead of everyone else. Your voting of Klimchuk this year kind of resembles his Hathaway #1 last year to me to a slightly lesser extent. I dunno I just don't understand this method of prioritizing NHL readiness above all else. Like no publications do their rankings like that. Are people just trying to be different? Or do they misunderstand the exercise into thinking its supposed to be the most NHL ready? Pretty sure this was started years ago as a blend of NHL upside and NHL readiness. Not NHL readiness above all else. If anything slanting it more towards NHL upside makes more sense to me. I just don't see how Klimchuk is ever considered our top prospect at the moment. Valimaki is a clearcut #1 to me this year and I have trouble finding any strong arguments for anybody else. It's very debatable from #2 on IMO and strong arguments can be made for a variety of players.
But do whatever you want of course. Single votes mean nothing in an exercise this like with how many voters we have. It's just very curious and strange to have Klimchuk #1 this year IMO. He won't make my top 5. I do think some people underrate him. I do think he has the potential to play some NHL games this year. But yeah none of that adds up to him being our best prospect.
Who's the prospect other teams should want the most off the Flames? That's the question we should be answering in a poll like this IMO. Klimchuk is not the prospect other teams would covet the most. He's not our top prospect. We're trying to rank their worth, their value. Answering who is most NHL ready is a different set of polls entirely.