Thursday, August 21, 2008

More prospect discussion

...Sort of. The Hockey News' Mark Seidel has posted some thoughts re: each NHL teams recent draft performance. It's mostly just a general overview and an associated letter grade:

C+, Calgary Flames – Greg Nemisz is a lot like Joe Colborne in that he has the potential to become a big-time player, but the clock is ticking and he hasn’t shown enough consistency yet.

That's about the grade I'd give the orgs drafting since Sutter took over, so seems right. At least the Oilers and Wild got slightly worse evaluations.

Seidel isn't just some schmo like myself posting assessments based on hazy 2nd hand reports and incomplete stats. According to his bio line at HN he "is the chief scout for North American Central Scouting and appears as a host on Leafs Lunch on AM 640 radio in Toronto", so he's likely basing his impressions on some first-hand information. That said, assessing prospects a few months after they're chosen is more art than science, no matter who you are.

hat-tip to PPP.