I don't think I'm downplaying him at all. He's a very good defensemen.Hero of Tragedy said:Goodness...talk about improperly slamming a guy just to hype up yer guy. Give Stuart some credit here.
All I know is that Kalinin is just about right there with Stuart at present time. If people think Stuart will be better because he has a "more enticing" package, than that's fair. I'd be lying if I said I didn't favor one young player over the other because I see something in one or the other.
But present time, forget about the time Stuart made that really nice no look outlet pass that made you say "wow he will be special soon" or something. And you have two fairly close players. Stuart taking off his first few seasons and tapering off, and Kalinin being toyed around with Ruff his first few seasons only to take off when getting ice time the past 1 1/2 seasons.
Someone said it was lewd to say others were close to Stuart. Well it's lewd to say they aren't. That's the jist of my posts. I didn't even bring Regehr into the equation.
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