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Originally Posted by VilleN
It's the top 25 under 25, high end prospects don't really matter unless they deserve to be considered in that group... the 3 bolded definitely don't belong on this list over your HMs... unless you're creating a different type of list than the top 25 under 25.
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Those three do belong on my list. Could they fall off from where they are now? Maybe but Gaudreau could also go the way of Eberle, nothing is set in stone for any of these guys.
I'm especially not going to take away from them their accomplishments just because they're not twenty yet. Hischier for example had arguably the most dominant WJC for a skater since McDavid, as a freshly turned 18 year old. Guys like Marner and Ehlers played in that tournament at older ages and never made as much impact, while playing a lesser position.
Dahlin was a 16 year old 6'3" man-child with high-end offense and a mature two-way game... even if you value maturity, teams would strongly consider trading a guy like Ehlers for the 2018 #1OA.
Svechnikov has been called the highest-end Russian prospect since Ovechkin/Malkin. He just tore up the USHL at 16 with Gaudreau type numbers.
Sometimes prospects are just prospects, and sometimes they are in fact worth more than established young NHLers.
ANYWAYS - this is all subjective.