Not sure who is emotionnally invested. How many games have you seen? I watch all of those guys play except Romanov. Did you?
Who cares where McShane was chosen. Was your question...Tell me which picks that were picked top 2 rounds look bad? Or which picks have bad years? Do you actually know that was is discussed right now is NOT where they will be in 5 years but what we are seeing today? You don't realize that for most players even the ones chosen in the 4th or after that, that the NORM is that a guy who happens to be almost PPG in his draft year happens to be scoring at a higher level than that? That's the norm? Do you not know that? WE are talking about what they should do in juniors. We are talking about what we see now. It has nothing to do with projections to bash whoever.
Why didn't I say the stuff about Romanov? 'Cause I keep saying till we knew he'd make it. Old news. Point was about the fact that chosen where he was, you'd wish some points. But playing in the KHL is a huge accomplishment. Said it 1000 times. You want proofs? Challenge me.
Olofsson statswise is dissapointing. He is. To this day. You ask who has a bad year but I have to talk about what he will do in 2 weeks. And let's see how he does!!!!. Do you hate or not used to people answering your questions?
Gorniak? Who are you talking about? How can you evaluate that his play in the NCAA is just as good as what Milos Roman does? Or what Kurashev is doing? Or what Mac Hollowell is doing? Who are you talking about?
And the basis of my argument was ONLY to prove that if we need to be careful with bad years, we need to stop projecting on good years. We can be happy about it. But if you can't call a player a bust after 1 year....you can't call a guy has a key player when he hasn't prooved it yet.
In the end , what matters is how they develop for what they'Ll do in the NHL. Still, in order to make it, you need stats. From defensive players to offensive players. And you need an upgrade over your draft year. That's the norm.