not quite yoda
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I was wondering what you guys thought of the quality of the upcoming 2005 draft.
When we were getting ready for the 2003 draft, I remember everyone raving about how good that class was. It was mentioned in the Hockey News Draft preview that the 2005 crop might turn out to be about as good. Naturally there seems to be alot of depth coming from Canada, it is also an above avg. year IMO for American players. However the weaker European crop is making it pale in comparison to 2 years ago.
The 2002 crop was considered to be very strong in the top end (Nash, Lehtonen, Bouwmeester, Pitkannen) but lacked depth after them.
So what do you think of the overall quality of "2005"?
When we were getting ready for the 2003 draft, I remember everyone raving about how good that class was. It was mentioned in the Hockey News Draft preview that the 2005 crop might turn out to be about as good. Naturally there seems to be alot of depth coming from Canada, it is also an above avg. year IMO for American players. However the weaker European crop is making it pale in comparison to 2 years ago.
The 2002 crop was considered to be very strong in the top end (Nash, Lehtonen, Bouwmeester, Pitkannen) but lacked depth after them.
So what do you think of the overall quality of "2005"?