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Originally Posted by Bingo
I'm an optimist for sure, but what draft years in particular are you disagreeing with me?
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I think you need 6 years after a draft to be able to assess if it was successful or not as a whole. Gives enough time to cylce through most ELC's and where the players are at 24.
So from 2018 and forward I would say those are more in the could be good or really good state, but still conditional.
So the last 5 you can close the book on are 13 to 17. I'd peg 15 as very good than great. Anderson was a nice find, and Mangiapane is a definitel NHL'er. Kylington...still a bit undecided. But none of them is a true top line player. Anderson can play in that spot, but the other two are more mid roster.
Neither 13 or 14 were very good after the high top pick.
Dube from 2016 is an example of how up and down a player can be within the time frame. 2 years ago looked like a very astute pick. Today he's all but finished. It's hard to put that on the scouts. But it is a results driven business and the end result on him will be a bit of meh.