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Originally Posted by Bingo
Totally hear you.
To me though its where a player tops out. Klimchuk is a given and will get my vote soon. But I think he's likely a third line guy. A good one hopefully, but a third line guy.
Guys taken at the end of the first round are usually in that Klimchuk mold.
Kylington dropped like a stone this year, but was as high as 3/4 in the past draft a year earlier because of his talent. If the Flames get him on track he could be a top pairing defenseman.
The warts of his fall kept him out of my top 7 but this is the point in the prospect rankings where guys start to have issues ... either upside, or attitude, or skating, or size, etc.
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Why did Kylington drop like a stone?
What needs fixing?
If he actually was in the top-2 or 3 D-men to be drafted January 2015 then based on the draft picks of the following the past 3 years he should almost be ready to step into the NHL.... Seth Jones , Ekblad, Ristolainen, Nikita Zadorov, Mirco Mueller or at most a year or a year and a half away.
Has there ever been someone rated to go in the top 10 at mid-season drop to the end of the 2nd round?
I thought that Cam Fowler was a similar drop in 2010 but looking it up he dropped from Central scouting 3rd N/A at midseason to 5th North American to being picked #12 in the draft. McKenzie had him a #5 overall in his final rankings
The other big drop was Angelo Espositio getting picked #20 overall in 2007.
Just pre-draft Mackenzie had him ranked #8. ESPN had him at #5 Central scouting had him at #11 for the final but was #1 N/A skater at mid season.
Are there any other players that dropped so much as Kilington in 3 months of hockey? Was the evaluation a blip or with hind-sight some career limiting insight found over the 3 months or just some sort of group panic among the NHL GMs?