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Rejoint: juin 2018
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Why in the world would anyone consider the unproven Jiricek more valuable than Trevor Zegras?!?!?
Jiricek and Zegras were rated as the same level of can't-miss prospect when they were drafted and I hope that no one is going to contend that Jiricek was rated more highly than Zegras. Jiricek now has 40 games' NHL experience of no particular distinction. Having been drafted three years earlier, Zegras has 200 games at almost 3/4 of a point per game under his belt, including two 60+ point seasons. In short, Zegras is a proven top-line forward and Jiricek is a most-hoped-for prospect. Moreover, it's Jiricek who's the disgruntled youngster intimating he wants a trade, not Zegras, so the malcontent factor is on only one side.
Unsigned A prospect Cutter Gauthier got an actual NHL defenseman drafted 6th overall (like Jiricek) AND a high 2025 second-round draft pick. Anyone who thinks an NHL-proven top-6 forward is worth less than an A-prospect freshman defenseman plus a similar second-round draft pick is simply ignorant.