Quoting: Salzy
I’m not the only person that thinks Boston has a bottom 5 farm system, there are plenty of ranking that have them bottom 3, two that come to mind off the bat are the athletics most recent two rankings (pronman and miller if I’m remembering the writers correctly)
The matter of me being only high on Studnicka is an opinion thing that we clearly disagree on and so be it, I respect your opinion and you’re more familiar with them than I,
Boston is good, top 3 in the league easily, that has nothing to do with their prospect pool though
Uhhhhh ya it does. If a team is good, first off it has a dramatic effect on the prospect pool as the team is drafting late, if they aren’t trading away their picks. Second, it effects who is in the prospect pool because if a team sucks, they’re not as many people blocking prospects. Look at JFK, bruins second rounder that i think played 30 games last year, and looked pretty good! But the bruins were a cup contender so they went out and got Coyle, and now JFK has to try to play ahead of Coyle, krejci, and Bergeron? That’s a bit tougher than cracking into the lineup than it would be on a team like the ducks, don’t you think? Similarly, the bruins have a super deep blue line. Guys have gotten called up due to injury, and looked really good. Lauzon and Vaakainanen have looked great in call ups, but are they playing in front of krug, chara, or grzelcyk? Hell no. Those guys are high end established NHLers. If those guys were owned by maybe 20 other franchises, they’re in the NHL right now.
I’m down on a lot of the bruins farm system too, although i think i’ve read a couple of the rankings you have, and, frankly, they’re absolute trash. Some guy just going off point totals on hockeydb. Making a ranking system is pretty tough because it really takes one person that has seen all 30 teams prospects play a lot, and there’s only a few guys on the planet that can say that. The bruins lack a lot of high end talent (although you should add Vaakainanen to your list, he’s right there with studnicka), but they have a lot of quality guys that are NHL ready, albeit probably without the highest of ceilings.