62 point all-star D Streit is B grade??
Grabovsky and Latendresse were well on their way to great careers before being ruined by concussions.
If our 2015 to 2019 prospects turn out to surpass our 2003 to 2007 pool, I'll be ecstatic... Price, Subban, McDonagh, Pacioretty were the stars. Streit, Latendresse, Grabovsky, the kostitsyn brothers, halak, and Emelin were support players. Latendresse and Grabovsky were lost to concussions, Streit was underappreciated, and the kostitsyn brothers were lost to off ice issues/being involved with substance abuse trafficers.
Of course a lot of prospects didn't live up to the hype. That will unfortunately happen again...
If Caufield becomes pacioretty, kk a forward equivalent to price, poehling a forward equivalent to subban, suzuki a forward equivalent to mcdonagh, brook and romanov surpass streit and emelin, plus mete, juulsen, ylonen, ikonen, harris, struble, etc... provide support, we're in business.
Like i said i don't know if the top 4 of kk, poehling, caufield, and suzuki will reach the heights of the old top 4 of price, subban, mcdonagh, and paccioretty. But i have this recent era as having more depths of high quality.
I don't know what you're talking about with hype right out of the draft. I'm talking about a couple years after the draft. Poehling, romanov, mete, juulsen, brook, ylonen, ikonen, Primeau weren't that hyped straight out of the draft. But they subsequently performed well. Same with Subban, Pacioretty, Latendresse, Streit, Grabovsky, Halak...