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Chimaera said:I don't think he's that much overrated. If anything, it's finally swung back, because he didn't get a whole lot of it till a few months back. If anything, Semin's put out production at all levels, something that other prospects can't say.
And to respond to the Malkin being ready for this coming year, I am pretty sure the Penguin Organization will want him to come, and he definitely will play adequately, but development wise, he could still use a year of seasoning and growth. This strike year benefits him a whole bunch, because he definitely wouldn't have made the jump. But, I still feel that in a NA game, where the ice isn't as wide, and there's a lot more clutching and grabbing (for the time being) he's not going to be as effective as he could be in two or three years. Yeah, he should do well. I've said before that a traffic cone could look alright on Mario's wing, which probably will be where he will play. So any strength deficiency could be masked a bit being next to a guy like Mario. The debate on whether a year more of RSL or AHL or whatever would be better is for another time.
Define "put[ting] out production. I don't think Semin has proved anything conclusively, at least at the NHL level.