Ed Ned and Leddy
Brokering the Bally Sports + Corncob TV Merger
...You realize Seider was ranked the number one prospect earlier this year, right?
... yes, on a list from Craig Button, which left off Trevor Zegras and Jaime Drysdale because they were playing NHL hockey at the time. Not exactly an ironclad piece of evidence that Seider is far ahead of Zegras.
And is a nominee for top defenseman in the SHL? And won the Eliteprospect award in the SHL? And helped carry his team to the SHL finals?
It seems you're under the impression that I don't rate Seider highly or something, which is not the case. Both Seider and Zegras have had two excellent years following their top 10 selections, I don't think you could realistically ask for much more than they've both shown. Obviously Trevor Zegras isn't competing for awards in the SHL. He's playing pretty phenomenal hockey in an analogous league though. When looking at Zegras' performances this year I don't think it's unreasonable at all to suggest he'd have a similar impact to Seider had he played SHL hockey this year.
I'm not sure why folks are so defensive to admit that there it's simply too early to say who is the better player here, and that reasonable people could prefer Trevor Zegras.