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Originally Posted by VilleN
I don’t know about that. I’d say it’s pretty unlikely for any of the remaining players to become regular NHLers. At least Gillies has actually been to the show and not looked completely out of place (underwhelming performances for the most part, I’ll admit).
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Not that unlikely. Looking back at past years, there have been players who showed up later than this on the list that made it as NHL regulars every year.
In 2013 we had Granlund at 12, Brossoit at 17, Bouma at 21, Kulak at 25, and Ferland at 26, all of whom had NHL careers. Everyone but Bouma is still going in 2019. And Ortio had 37 NHL games over 3 years as well, and he was 30th.
2014 had most of the above at 9 or less, and also had Jankowski at 11 and Jooris at 35.
2015 had Kylington, Andersson, Kulak, Mangiapane, Hathaway all at 10th or below.
2016 has Mangiapane, Kulak, Fox, Dube, Hathaway, Rittich (at 31!), all 9th or less
So there is a very good chance of players still on this year's list making it to the NHL. There will also be players we've already picked that will not make it.