I don't disagree in principle, but my point is that we are kind of scraping the bottom of the barrel and I think at this point people tend to equate younger/unknown with upside, which is what I disagree with.
Like we haven't seen Toropchenko at the AHL level and, less one playoff run, nothing about his production indicates he has much scoring upside. But he is big and people say he is a good skater and he is Russian and we haven't seen him in the AHL, so we don't KNOW the scoring upside isnt there. He is currently 2nd in voting, does he really have more scoring upside than everyone else (sans Alexandrov) on this list?
Compare him with someone like Walman, who played on Championship teams in the NCAA, has been highly regarded around here in previous seasons, who has 'upside' because there is a lot of value in puck moving/offensive defensemen. He wasn't very good in the AHL his first two years there (but neither were the teams that he was playing on), but something could click or an opportunity could open up or he gets the right defensive partner or the team around him simply gets better, and he could be in the NHL by the end of the year. Likely? Probably not, but upside is upside, right? The voting indicates otherwise, and probably with good reason, because the LIKELIHOOD he reaches that ceiling is getting smaller and smaller.
Tl:dr, I don't think any of the remaining players have a very high chance of reaching their ceiling, so their most likely outcome should absolutely be part of the conversation.