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Originally Posted by ricardodw
So I picked the 2nd most successful prospect 1st rather than 2nd?
Hathaway 59 games 11:32 min/game +3 Tied for 4th best on the team. Led the team with 2.6 hits / game.
His .22 ppg is not that far off from Jankowski's .29 ppg that Jankowski had before his 4 goals in the last exhibition game of the season.
In 20/20 hindsight Hathaway was the Flames 2nd best prospect on the list
by a large margin last year.
even in Stockton he was a prospect monster 11 goals in 18 games.
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That's not how hindisght works - in 20-20 hindsight Jankowski, a first round draft pick who made the team and played third line centre all year and scored way better than Hathaway, or Kulak, who made the team and played all year, or Rittich, who played backup goal successfully (not as successful as a starter), were all better picks.
You literally used +/-, (a notoriously useless stat) and hits (a notoriously inconsistent stat) as the basis for your "hindsight" justification. Matt Stajan had a higher +/- than Hathaway (against possibly better competition given road line matchups and his position).
BTW, that ppg that Hathaway had was worse than Troy Brouwer's.