Quoting: exo2769
My Man... You're saying "not an NHLer" and also at the same time trying to justify being a "Top Line Center" in the NHL for a guy that was knocked to the #3C on his college team and beat out by freshman. How is his ceiling an NHL top line center??? AND how is any of that accurate?
Okay, let’s try to explain some concepts to you.
Let’s liken prospects to lottery tickets. That’s kind of what they are. Each of them have some sort of floor, ceiling, and probability to fulfill potential. Usually the top picks have very high ceilings, and a high likelihood of fulfilling that potential. They don’t always pull through. There’s a nail yakupov and all that. As you get further from the top of the draft, two things tend to happen. The ceilings get lower, and the probability of fulfilling the potential gets way way way lower. The two aren’t always correlated. Seems like the majority of the time teams are either picking a more certain future, or higher potential.
So, my man, i am not trying to say he’s not an NHLer and saying he’s a top line center, and i can’t really understand how that’s what was pulled out of my post.
I think he has the tools to be a high end NHL player…..and at the same time, i think it’s highly unlikely that he puts it together to the point where he even makes the NHL. High ceiling, low probability of fulfilling his potential….just like 95% of late first round picks.