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Old 02-13-2025, 04:18 PM   #929
Jiri Hrdina
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Sorry, are you saying they are examples of players that fell but turned out great? Kucherov was ranked 17th amongst European Skaters, so 58 isn't far off. Point was ranked 31st, so he did drop, but my point was more toward players that at one point were considered top 10 prospects. Ebert, for example, started out the year #1, iirc.
Fowler is a good example. Was supposed to go at the top of the draft and dropped to 12. Not huge but way later than expected. Probably would go top 3 in a re-draft

At some point the potential of those guys outweighs the concerns and they go. But my general instincts would be the same as you - that "fallers" generally don't work out well.

I might be wrong though.
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