Zil
Shrug
- Feb 9, 2006
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Never been more excited for Ranger prospects than now. This is probably the most skilled and talented bunch in history. Which means they haven't done anything yet because they are prospects but the cupboard is deep and apparently with two high end toys leading the pack.
In history is going a bit overboard. The Ranger farm system once produced Richter, Leetch, Amonte, Weight, Zubov, and Kovalev basically in succession. It wasn't too long ago that Stepan, McDonagh, Kreider, and Hagelin were all prospects at the same time. None of our young defensmen are of McDonagh's caliber, and I'm a huge Brady Skjei fan. I'll be shocked if any of our young centers are anywhere close to Stepan's level. Maybe Buchnevich or Duclair will be as good or better than Kreider, but we're a long, long way from knowing. I like our system a lot and think it gets a bum rap from the national writers, but let's be realistic.