Vast Ant Dioi
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To be honest, a top 50 that excludes Andrew Ladd but has Robbie Schremp at 23, who was picked 21 spots lower in the most recent draft, is one completely lacking in credibility.
I mean, there are fan polls, and then there are homer polls. This is quite obviously a homer poll. I checked out some of the results and Schremp was getting votes as soon as he was added. Gee, how shocking. Even more shocking: a good number of them were from Oiler fans. Stafford, who in my opinion way outplayed Schremp at the WJCs, didn't make the list. Fritsche, who also outplayed Schremp (though is one year older), is way down the list at #46. People have yet to explain why Schremp's stock has risen so much since his draft but 8 months ago...so much that he's rated higher than guys taken 20 spots before him in the same draft. Oh wait...that's because the only explanation is the Oiler prospect hype machine going full bore. Spare me.
I'd also like to know how Semin is ranked higher than Parise and Carter. Wouldn't have anything to do with the large number of Caps fans on the board, would it? Nah, couldn't be that. I think you'd be pretty hard-pressed to find an NHL GM who would take Semin over either one of those two. Most would take a guy like Getzlaf, Brown, or Olesz over Semin too, in my estimation.
So in other words, you can throw this one out as being completely irrelevant except at marking prospect hype. If you renamed the poll "Top 50 Most Popular Prospects Right Now" you might have some modicum of accuracy. If this is supposed to be some indication of prospect upside, worth, or whatever...
I mean, there are fan polls, and then there are homer polls. This is quite obviously a homer poll. I checked out some of the results and Schremp was getting votes as soon as he was added. Gee, how shocking. Even more shocking: a good number of them were from Oiler fans. Stafford, who in my opinion way outplayed Schremp at the WJCs, didn't make the list. Fritsche, who also outplayed Schremp (though is one year older), is way down the list at #46. People have yet to explain why Schremp's stock has risen so much since his draft but 8 months ago...so much that he's rated higher than guys taken 20 spots before him in the same draft. Oh wait...that's because the only explanation is the Oiler prospect hype machine going full bore. Spare me.
I'd also like to know how Semin is ranked higher than Parise and Carter. Wouldn't have anything to do with the large number of Caps fans on the board, would it? Nah, couldn't be that. I think you'd be pretty hard-pressed to find an NHL GM who would take Semin over either one of those two. Most would take a guy like Getzlaf, Brown, or Olesz over Semin too, in my estimation.
So in other words, you can throw this one out as being completely irrelevant except at marking prospect hype. If you renamed the poll "Top 50 Most Popular Prospects Right Now" you might have some modicum of accuracy. If this is supposed to be some indication of prospect upside, worth, or whatever...