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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Bennett was ranked in the 70s, Pulijujarvi was ranked 18th. Wee bit of a difference.
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Well I don't have access to the list. I'm just trying to explain why a scout might have a player ranked above established NHLers because of upside. You might prefer the established NHLer, a scout or GM might prefer the upside of a young player, who knows.
It's like TB trading Drouin for Sergachev. Drouin is an NHL proven forward. Sergachev hasn't proven he's an NHL at all. And yet they were traded for each other. TB is projecting Sergachev to be a top 3 defenseman and a very valuable player when he's fully developed. They were confident enough in their projection of Sergachev to deal Drouin who likely is a star forward. Pronman is projecting Puljujarvi to be a 1st line star winger. You may disagree with the projection because you hate the Oilers or w/e but that was Puljujarvi's projection at the draft and nothing has changed that. He hasn't busted. His upside didn't disappear because he struggled to adapt to North America.