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Originally Posted by Sandman
I think some of our prospects don’t get recognized for how good they are, even by us. I really believe that Chechelev, for example, has really solid potential to become a #1 goalie in the NHL-like Sorokin and Shesterkin. More could be said about guys like Solovyov, and Nikolayev too. I also really think that Kinnvall is criminally underrated. Perhaps our prospect base as a whole is being underrated.
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Criminally underrated compared to what? Almost every team has better. Those Russians you named don’t even get invites to the junior team camps so they clearly aren’t very highly regarded in their own countries in terms of “how good they are”. I think an objective look at our pool would put us in the 20-30 range amongst other franchises. As for root causes I think it comes down to:
- GM trading a lot of high picks for players that don’t work out
- Poor overseas scouting (when was our last good pick out of Europe?)
- Best pick of the last 5 years didn’t want to sign unfortunately