And again...yes, unfortunately for you, it is a valid reason. Because, again, the last prospect me and most people didn't know too much about that were chosen by the Habs AND did something was Mark Streit. That's 12 years ago. So yes, as amateurs and armchair as we are, proof is in the FACTS. And what the **** are you talking about....he is not an obscure no-name? Even Koberstein was in the CSS rankings last year...did it make him NOT obscure? Yes, he was an obscure prospect, you don't need to be a 32 year old Japanese player to be called unknown. You just need to get some WTF moments by us and even scouts that know him.
Oh my god! He was a finalist in Mr. Hockey award!!!!! Hey David Fischer WON the award!!! What a player! Here are other WINNERS, not FINALISTS, but winners of this trophy since 2000! Marty Sertich, Gino Guyer, Nate Dey, Tom Gorowsky, Brian Lee, Kyle Rau, Justin Kloos, Grant Besse, Avery Peterson.....The only players that made a name out of themselves that won the trophy: McDonagh, Bjugstad, Leddy, Paul Martin. Those are the WINNERS. Would love to see the finalists how they all did.... That's 4 guys in 15 years. We'll see what Tufte does. So WINNING the trophy means so much. Imagine being a finalist. Nothing wrong to be obscure. There are obscure players that did do well in the end. But if you want to talk about FACTS......well facts suggest that since 2004, it didn't happen.
By the way, I hope you didn't think I was going to be sad because you called me not knowledgeable. Don't worry. I know. Yet again, my non-knowledge tells me that the obscure players that we picked since 2005....nobody played a role for us. Sorry...THAT is a fact. But hey, it only takes one right? I'll still follow them immensely and be proud if they happen to succeed. We'll see about that. Though the extra knowledgable scouts, you know the ones that know who I see as obscure prospects, well they ALSO make TONS of mistakes. From round 1 to round 7. So I will never be ashamed of making mistakes while the ones who are paid the big bucks, keep making mistakes year after year after year.....
By the way, not saying I'd pick everytime the best player. Not saying I didn't make mistakes with people I knew. Not even sure what your point is....I'm just stating that as far as I'm concerned, the players that were chosen and that I didn't know about....did NOTHING since 2005. That's all.