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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
I think the pool is good but not great. Prospects tend to get over-valued based on potential. Statistically, most of these guys will not be NHL regulars and the one's that are will not be impact players. I think the only guys that have the opportunity to become impact players are Valimaki, Parsons, Dube, Kylington and maybe Gillies (goalies are weird and sometimes take 10 years to find their game). Of those five, it's likely only 1 will be an impact player. We may get lucky and see more than that but it's unlikely.
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Better to have a prospect pool that you can consider a lot have potential to become full time NHLers, even though most won’t, than have a prospect pool full of players you can be sure most wont
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