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Originally Posted by dbaz
(Post 7800669)
doesnt matter who they are or what they were in juniors. only thing matters is if they can translate it to the nhl. they couldnt. thats why you see busts and surprises fromt he late rounds because the players themselves have to learn how to develop by themselves too along with management overseeing them. is the progression of columbus's prospects any of nash's fault ? was naslund to blame because jason king couldnt become anything better than a temp fill on the sedin line? simply its not, columbus doesnt know that allowing prospects more time in juniors and ahl helps them. they constantly rush their prospects and fail because of it. a large if not all of columbus's problems come from the gms/ownership. nash is a shooter not a playmaker think of a james neal type of player. hes a big elite power forward but without someone who can be a good playmaker hes tapped out at 60-70 by himself. if he goes to a team with that playmaker hes got more points and youll be changing your opinion
| +1. Drafts are can be a total crapshoot, even in the upper first round. 2 words: Patrik Stefan.
To anybody who thinks a top 10 pick not making the big leagues is the fault of the captain, or any other player on the team, really? It's the management/coaches/minors that develop the kids.
Not to mention CBJ have had a number of promising young goalie prospects who had a good year or stretches of a decent year, then rode them and broke them or shipped them off to get abused before they were ready for the big time.
You don't often get a big body, speed, power, brains, and great hands in one package. I'm a huge Nash fan. Does he deserve 7.8M? I don't think his market value is far off; sure there are some players who make less and provide more but you can argue they are underpaid, there are also players who are paid much more than they are worth so once again it can go both ways. | 