Kevin Forbes
Registered User
the thing with prospects is they aren't proven/established NHL players
that's why there is a cut off
to include players who for one reason or another aren't proven NHL competitors
one of these reasons could very well be an injury
due to injury, Horton is not a proven NHLer
due to Russian troubles, Zherdev is not a proven NHLer
when we were deciding the cut off, we figured if a player has played 65 games, then we could safely say he is an NHLer. If not, then some questions still remain and so he still remains a prospect
It's a balance, we wanted to include as many players as possible, while not moving our focus from covering players in junior/Europe/the minors/college to covering rookies and even sophomores in the NHL
that's why there is a cut off
to include players who for one reason or another aren't proven NHL competitors
one of these reasons could very well be an injury
due to injury, Horton is not a proven NHLer
due to Russian troubles, Zherdev is not a proven NHLer
when we were deciding the cut off, we figured if a player has played 65 games, then we could safely say he is an NHLer. If not, then some questions still remain and so he still remains a prospect
It's a balance, we wanted to include as many players as possible, while not moving our focus from covering players in junior/Europe/the minors/college to covering rookies and even sophomores in the NHL