Pepper said:
Did I ever say that Klein is *not* above those two? If I did, where did I do that? Again, don't put words in to my mouth.
I'll put words in your mouth whenever I deem necessary as long as it's within board rules. If you don't like it, take it somewhere else. I merely made an assumption based on all the information given to me, that you would rather have the Duck over the Pred. I may have been wrong, though this is only because the difference in talent between Klein and the Duck pair is too much for even you to rationalize. If you want to talk about how much more knowledgeable of Predators prospects you are, don't be suprised to see it thrown back at you in a roundabout way.
Pepper said:
No, I took a full 5-man unit simply because every team has one on ice in normal situations. Talent level drops both with Ducks and Preds at that point, Ducks with goal & D and Preds with forwards.
And why would you do this? Is that what makes a prospect core great? These prospects rarely pan out. To limit it to such a figure is foolish. Especially considering that a good bit of NHL players would likely have been ranked outside of that top 5 prospect status at several points in their careers. Glance at this for a second.
http://www.hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=106557
The top 5 rarely pan out, the only way to get an accurate picture is to include the prospects as a whole.
Pepper said:
No, the same talent level did not continue for SEVERAL more NAshville prospects (I'm assuming you're talking about defense here as you mentioned Klein?). It would have been very beneficial for Ducks to continue listing forwards as Ducks have advantage over there.
It doesn't continue for several more players if you are looking it like a plateau. There is dropoff, but there is almost always dropoff from one prospect to the next (or they would all be ranked #1). My point, and I should have worded it better, was that the dropoff the Preds have is not as severe as most teams. Klein, Stehlik, Sulzer, Mukhachev, Hutchinson all have a legit shot at making it, some (Hutchinson, Mukhachev) moreso than others. Now, most won't. But I like their odds of being solid NHLers better than Rome, Foster, Malec and the Ducks group.
The forward example works, though not as well. Players like Radulov and Shiskanov, neither of whom you like, are top tier offensive prospects. But outside of our top 3, we have Glazachev, Soin, Shafigullin, Segal, Pivko (who would have played in the NHL this year), Meidl. I don't pretend it's superior to the Ducks. But I do think it's not a great enough disparity to outweight the sizeable advantage on Defense and the breakeven in net.
I have nothing against the Ducks group (though you cannot say likewise with Nashville). I am not trying to bring them down. I have no personal vendetta against Duck fans (ditto the previous parenthetical statement) and I don't let it jade my opinion.