Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld
Bean was a 1st round pick and sparks is 25 with 3 times more echl games than nhl. Delusional
- but Sparks
WAS the best goalie in the AHL last year (by a significant amount).
- and Bean
WAS NOT the best defense-men in the WHL last year (even though he's 20 and was playing against most 17 - 18 year olds).
- Bean definitely
WAS a 1st round pick in 2016....but clearly
HASN'T lived up to expectations thus far (he wouldn't have been in junior this year if he had).
- There are
PLENTY of high draft picks that didn't pan out (the Leafs drafted
Gauthier in the middle of the 1st round....is Gauthier still a top prospect?).
Sorry but if a player doesn't keep improving, they don't magically keep their 13th Overall value.....Bean is 20 and has 2 men's pro-leagues between him and the NHL.
He can't even dominate the boys in junior at the moment (meanwhile Sparks was by far and away the best goalie in the AHL .... for reference the AHL > ECHL > NCAA > WHL).
When and if Bean starts dominating the AHL .... he'll get some of his value back.
As a comparison....Liljegren was a 16th overall pick in 2017 .... and was a top-pairing D-man in the AHL this year .... at 18 (youngest D in the league) .... so he's retained a lot more of his 1st round value than Bean has. Meanwhile .... Panarin wasn't even drafted .... and remarkably .... has more value than Yakupov .... who was drafted 1st overall.
And unfortunately .... that's a knowledge check mate.