Button has always been and continues to be all over the map with his rankings in terms of consistency and has incredible recency bias especially in relation to international events.
For example he had Pelletier and Robertson within 4 picks of one another in his final draft rankings just six months ago, and now all of the sudden Robertson is the 17th rated prospect in the NHL while Pelletier fails to crack the top 50 list despite being the more productive player to date this season. The difference? Robertson played in the WJC's and Pelletier didn't due to injury. Another example would be Button having Kravstov as his top NHL prospect just a year ago and this year has him at 37. If he can't value and stick by his own evaluations, why should we? Not that these "rankings" mean anything.
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