vadim sharifijanov
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from the 2008 draft, stamkos has the numbers but none if the substance. he eventually will get in as the shooter version of thornton but he will have to hit 600 goals before it’s a foregone conclusion.
karlsson is awfully close already, i think. 10 seasons, two norrises, two runners up, that’s a very high bar. but even though he’s played about as many games as bure and lindros and is just about as memorable as they were, i have a hard time with him never leading his team to the finals, though obviously he was tantalizingly close in 2017 and that was one hell of a signature run for him. but i still think, given how long bure and lindros had to wait, that he isn’t 100%.
but doughty is 100%. he only has 95% of karlsson’s regular season resume but could/should have won two conn smythes and was one of canada’s two best defencemen for two olympic golds. he’s a lock.
karlsson is awfully close already, i think. 10 seasons, two norrises, two runners up, that’s a very high bar. but even though he’s played about as many games as bure and lindros and is just about as memorable as they were, i have a hard time with him never leading his team to the finals, though obviously he was tantalizingly close in 2017 and that was one hell of a signature run for him. but i still think, given how long bure and lindros had to wait, that he isn’t 100%.
but doughty is 100%. he only has 95% of karlsson’s regular season resume but could/should have won two conn smythes and was one of canada’s two best defencemen for two olympic golds. he’s a lock.