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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
People seem to really like these obscure feel-good stories or new things that were just drafted.  Yelesin should have been 4th or 5th on this list because he is actually an NHL defenseman today based on pedigree. All the rest of these guys are probably long shots to play more than 5 NHL games. |
Which obscure, feel good stories are you referencing?
Yelesin has potential, but it's impossible to say he is an NHL defenseman right now and her certainly shouldn't be 4 or 5 on the list.
As someone alluded to earlier plenty of very good KHL players haven't been able to sustain an NHL career. Dawes, Cervenka, Nakladal, Shipachyov, etc. Not to mention he has has 2-4 more years of development time than a lot of these prospects.