Two prospects in the Top 50 and three in the Top 100? Bonerific! Who cares if it doesn't include prospects already playing in the NHL (obviously Elliott was called up after it went to publication). Perhaps the only concern is how low Jim O'Brien has fallen on that list? Or maybe it's indicative for how strong management drafted last year.
Looks like the Senators have climbed all the way to mediocre in terms of prospect depth. Picking near the top of the draft this year, and the returns from departing players at the trade deadline should put the Senators solidly in the top 3rd going forward. I'd rather have a top team than top prospects, but if you can't have the first then the second is a step in the right direction.
It is important to keep these sort of rankings in mind even if they're pretty subjective... we as Senators fans get excited about the upside of players like Karlsson, Zubov, Wiercioch and O'Brien, but at least half the teams in the league have better prospect depth or higher prospect upside. It's just important to keep things in perspective, especially considering 80% of prospects will never contribute in any meaningful way to this hockey club.
ReplyDeleteThat being said I haven't been as excited about a prospect like Karlsson since the development of Havlat and Spezza.
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