YOUR team's most overrated prospect
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Sabres75
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Canuck-wise I would go with King. Cherry picked him for Calder once but now seems injury prone (terrible concussion last year) and plateaued out as a decent minor leaguer.
League-wise I go with Colaiacova. Guy is consistently in top 20 prospects but is undersized and has none little in AHL.
League-wise I go with Colaiacova. Guy is consistently in top 20 prospects but is undersized and has none little in AHL.
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I know that many of my compatriates will disagree with me on this, but for the Isles I'll go with Robert Nilsson. He had better numbers before he got drafted, and since he was picked, he's shuffled around between three different teams in two European leagues, complained about icetime, and was banished to the third or fourth line on those clubs for lack of production.
If he signs before next week's deadline for '03 picks, I'll be surprised. I don't see him coming to North America any time soon. This guy has bust written all over him. Call it another Mad Mike brain fart.
If he signs before next week's deadline for '03 picks, I'll be surprised. I don't see him coming to North America any time soon. This guy has bust written all over him. Call it another Mad Mike brain fart.
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I do disagree. I actually think that Nilsson has become underrated becasue of the fact that he's been shuffled to several different teams. It's not because he's a bad player, it's because he's been on teams that care about winning and not developing someone elses youngsters. He still has skill, don't worry about that. A poor WJC nonwithstanding, he is not a bust yet.DisplacedIslander said:
The Isles most overrated prospect would have to be Justin Mapletoft. I see no evidence that he can ever be a contributor in the NHL.
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nomorekids said:I see a lot of names being selected that I haven't EVER heard being "overrated." I think some cop-out picks are being made, here
Definitely agree with that. Seems like a lot of people are going out on a limb with their team's 10th prospect or so...
As a CBJ fan, I'll concur with a fellow Jackets poster of mine here.
Dan Fritsche.
Talented, but he's got shoulder's of glass. He can't put in a full season in junior, methinks he'll have problems in the NHL.
danny steward omg this player sucks i dont mean that people in hf forum overrated him but i read an article on canadiens.com that said how good he was . Did the scout of canadiens see the same guy as me . I hate steward ........... 
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Milan Michalek :
You just can't have 3 reconstructive surgery on the same knee and still be a top notch prospect. Might be a second liner caus of talent only but when arthrosis is gonna jump into that knee, good luck for just even walking!
You just can't have 3 reconstructive surgery on the same knee and still be a top notch prospect. Might be a second liner caus of talent only but when arthrosis is gonna jump into that knee, good luck for just even walking!
KallioWeHardlyKnewYe said:
Don't know much about Fritshe, but that sounds like a description of Benoit Brunet in his porcelain days...
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King Henry I said:
I don't believe Mapletoft counts as a prospect anymore, but I agree with you on him being a bust. Papineau seems to be on his way there too.
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salzy said:
He put up some points, but he wasn't that impressive. McGrath excels at no one aspect of the game and has plenty of weeknesses. With some departures in Kitchener you would expect his numbers to go up this season, but I anticipate they'll go down. He's not a catalyst type of player, that's why he rarely stands out.
I agree totally Boomhower - he'll have a tough time becoming an NHL regular. Just the fact that so many have defended him is proof that he's overrated. He was a fourth round pick for a reason. The first half of last last all we read around here was how Detroit got such a steal because McGrath was one of the OHL's leading scorers. Well; there are Himefarbs and Brands that finish among league scorers every season in the OHL - it doesn't mean they're future NHLers.
McGrath doesn't possess the physical abilites to be a factor on a good NHL team's top two lines - nor their checking lines. If he ends up making the Red Wings roster three or four seasons from now it will be because they are cellar dwellers. Somehow with Ilitch at the helm I doubt that will happen.
McGrath doesn't possess the physical abilites to be a factor on a good NHL team's top two lines - nor their checking lines. If he ends up making the Red Wings roster three or four seasons from now it will be because they are cellar dwellers. Somehow with Ilitch at the helm I doubt that will happen.
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Why?nomorekids said:I see a lot of names being selected that I haven't EVER heard being "overrated." I think some cop-out picks are being made, here
Every prospect you who think is overrated had to ne named for a first time before it become a popular pick. Just alot of first times.. nah actually.. it's a cop out cause you don't agree.
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Baron Von Shark said:
yeah, hes been barely getting that many points in the Q, and hes been doing it for like 3 or 4 years
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MrMastodonFarm said:
No, because generally to be "overrated" a player needs to have some hype...or be rated at *all.*
Nice try at being a smartass, though. You get a little better at it each time.
A Flames poster has stated Tim Ramholt is his pick for being overrated. On a scale of 1-100 for hype he gets about a two. But there he is, he is a guy who beleives Ramholt with his upside might be overrated because of his inability to come over to North America.. but Ramholt gets no hype.nomorekids said:
So maybe because when someone doesn't share your views on things it isn't a cop out.
clefty
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I think there was a time there when Maxime Talbot was getting overrated. A couple of people on the Pens board had him making the team 'last' season right out of juniors, probably getting a little excited over his numbers and the accolades. He's a fine player, defensively he's going to be spectacular, but he needs some polish.
I'm going to play Devil's Advocate and also name Ryan Stone. He's a fine player and an excellent prospect, but when I read the name Rick Tocchet as being synonymous with Stone, I get a little apprehensive of peoples expectations.
If you visit Wilkes-Barre's message boards (don't do it, though) you'll see how some grossly overrate Andy Chiodo.
I'm going to play Devil's Advocate and also name Ryan Stone. He's a fine player and an excellent prospect, but when I read the name Rick Tocchet as being synonymous with Stone, I get a little apprehensive of peoples expectations.
If you visit Wilkes-Barre's message boards (don't do it, though) you'll see how some grossly overrate Andy Chiodo.
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MrMastodonFarm said:
Tim Ramholt isn't a pick I take issue with. People know who he is, most believe he has NHL upside. If a fan feels he's overrated...that's justified. However...if I were to say, "Zbynek Irgl is the Preds' most overrated prospect" or "Preds fans TOTALLY overrated Mike McKenna," it would be a cop-out pick.
Blue Jackets:
Pascal Leclaire. We're still justifying why we took him ahead of someone like Ruutu. An average NHL goaltender at best... NOT the future of our franchise (see: Denis)
Pascal Leclaire. We're still justifying why we took him ahead of someone like Ruutu. An average NHL goaltender at best... NOT the future of our franchise (see: Denis)
Hadoop
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There are a few cop-outs no doubt.
To rectify that an additional guideline should be made that whoever you list as your team's most overrated prospect should be one of your TOP 5 prospects.
To rectify that an additional guideline should be made that whoever you list as your team's most overrated prospect should be one of your TOP 5 prospects.
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