Sweet jesus, I am convinced people only come here to argue the slightest things sometimes...
@keepcalmandbergeron
Your description was clear enough and I understood exactly what you were getting at with it from the start.
I don't necessarily agree with half the comparisons but then again its purely opinionated so who gives a flying ****......
Quoting: Canadianape
Scouts and Analysts use projections to compare and contrast similarities in play styles. such as this guy................. plays like this......... guy. no analyst or Scout in the history of the league has come out and said I think this guy is gonna be the next Kucherov or Rinne or Doughty. that's a great way to destroy your credibility because 99% of the time that player is not gonna reach that projection.
also to the point of projection I do truly see them as a complete waste of time because there are hundreds of instances when a player is touted to be the next big thing and then fails miserably and also the other way around where a player becomes a top player in the league after going tin the 7th round at the draft. a projection is completely opinionated and as an analysis tool, completely useless. however if you are going to make a projection atleast make them somewhat realistic. Ex. Studnika and Frederic do not have the potential to be Ryan O'rielly or David Backes
could you imagine if a hyoung guy walked into the team ho drafted him and the first thing he is told by everybody is we expect you to be the next kucherov. talk about ridiculous expectations
So its ok for an analyst to "compare and contrast similarities in play styles" but not for OP? All he's doing is projecting if a players potential is fulfilled and based on the style of play currently, this is potentially what he thinks they will be. No where does he say " Gabrielle is the next Gallagher and will be 100% for sure". He's simply giving his opinion on what he hopes a player can be. There is no waste of time here except for your opinions of how he shouldn't be wasting his time doing this. You have that backwards, YOU shouldn't be wasting YOUR time if you don't agree with the premise of the AGM. Not him. You aren't giving constructive criticism.
Once again so you say these projections are useless but if you do use them, at least make them realistic? Oh ok so YOUR OPINION is what can makes it realistic? See where that is very
hypocritical?
So stop with psycho-analytical babble and read the description again:
Replacing Prospects with Current Players(ceiling projections)
"Borrowed this format from jassan28, thought it would be
fun. In most cases I've tried to find players of the same position, handiness, back-round, style, draft position and progression.
Keep in mind this is my take on their ceilings and I realize only a small portion will realize their full potential."
For Christ's sake, you don't go to an art gallery and argue an artists own interpretation of his work.