Funny how one media article on Johnson and a Dubas interview about Gauthier can completely swing a poll. Yesterday Bracco, Dermott, and Percy were the only three getting any significant amount of votes.
Voting against high-risk high-reward prospects like Bracco and Dermott (my pick) is understandable. But choosing Gauthier over Percy makes no sense to me. Percy has a better ceiling, a better floor, and a better expected projection. He's just better in every regard.
Any players who haven't been with the Marlies yet will probably have far less exposure to most here. Being that i watch every Marlies game, i can say i have seen Percy or Brown play dozens of times. (i am very high on Percy and Brown both)
I've only seen Johnson play maybe a half dozen?
I've seen Gauthier play a couple dozen times because i've made special exception with my time to follow him more closely.
But i've never seen Bracco play even once.
The article has nothing to do with my voting Gauthier. I vote him here because i have seen him play and truly believe his impact on the team winning games for many years will be very high, and i do believe he will show up on the scoresheet.
Still, no doubt that what professionals in the organization have to say will influence the votes. Even having seen him play i am influenced by them.
I'm high on Loov because i have seen him play so much, but really have not enough knowledge about Dermott.
I always look forward to these polls though. It's a lot of fun to look back on what people felt about players before we found out what they actually were.
