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Originally Posted by Bingo
Why jump on a prospect that soon any way? What's the end game?
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I never understood people writing off Honzek so quickly. He is still only 19 and the way some people talked about him, it was as if he was draft 5 years ago and wasn't showing progress, and not just drafted last year. Not to mention that he was injured most of the year.
I get being worried about losing development time to injury and below expected production when he did play (likely because he was still recovering), but some people really hated on him. I suspect there is a correlation between people who didn't like the pick a minute after it was made and people who ragged on him since then.
It's still important to keep expectations in check. I am am sure there will still be some ups and downs considering how young he is, but it's nice to see him proving the doubters wrong at the moment.