They've been around for 7 years and have one decent draft pick (Hague). Cotter, Doro, Briton, Chakya, Demec.... none of them have shown anything more than being JAG at best. They've drafted terribly. Guys like Cormier are Korczak are nothing special in the least.
Your line about finding a team who's drafted as many prospects is one of the most laughable thing I've ever read considering their depth has been tested and they've basically gotten nothing from their drafted players. You either don't know what you're talking about or you're one of those insufferable Knights fans who think they do nothing but find future Hall Of Famers.
There's a reason their farm system has been voted in or near the bottom five of the NHL.
Not sure what to tell you, if you blindly disagree. Because of ratings?? Who’s ratings? You do understand those ratings are basically wrapped around how many teams have the most recent 1st and 2nd Round picks, no?
Drafting and development goes much further than some random ratings. Ask Arizona, Buffalo and Ottawa how they feel about being ranked so high for the last 20 years??
If you don’t think those players I mentioned are NHL prospects, not sure what you’re looking at. They were rated just like this last year, and traded one for Barbashev. Some have already played NHL games, and are performing well in the AHL.
Vegas isn’t rated high overall, because they don’t have a bunch of 1st and 2nd round picks in recent years. That's where ratings come from. They have several that will play in the NHL though, that teams will be interested in. People who do this stuff for a living don’t pay attention to ratings on websites. Many teams don’t even have a Chayka or Korczak in their system.
Where they’ve been drafting, those are 4-6 year development players. They’re right on schedule. Not every player is playing in the NHL in 2 years. And certainly, if you look at the prospects traded every deadline, they’re much closer to those players I mentioned, than the names people throw around on this site.
Guarantee you, we see more prospects, most people know nothing about, traded this deadline, than prospects they know.. Go back and look at threads like the Meier trade last year. Look at what people were proposing, and what was actually traded, and how many posters were saying, they had no idea who they were, or didn’t like the deal because they weren’t top known prospects.
If you wanna revisit this post in 3-4 years, I’ll be glad to admit I was wrong, if many of those prospects aren’t playing in the NHL. Will you do the same?
