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Forum: Armchair-GMJul 18 at 12:37
Thread: Rookie scoring predictions
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>STLBlues17</b></div><div>Hughes imo is a lot better and will have complete access to the top powerplay with Pettersson and Boeser. Brannstrom is a nice player and will probably be a 40-50 point guy in the future, but I can't see him putting up many points on an awful team with Chabot taking the highly offensive minutes. Glass and Necas are both in similar situations to Robert Thomas last year where they have two good centers ahead of them on the depth chart and won't have access to the high leverage offensive minutes. I could maybe see Glass explode with good line mates, but I'm not sold on Necas. I could totally see Makar score a ton of points and honestly Hughes/Kakko is probably a tossup.</div></div>

I agree with almost every (pretty much every) point here. I think Kakko outscores Hughes because I fully expect him to be a top line immediately with Panarin and Zibanejad. If nothing else, he gets paired with Chytil and Kreider. So from a line perspective I think he's got the better talent around. I don't think Kyrou touches 30 points. If the plan is to place Thomas in a 2nd line center role this season then Kyrou replaces Thomas on that third line. Plus, I don't think Kyrou has the tenacity that Thomas has to make plays happen.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul 16 at 2:56
Thread: Pominville to the Blues
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>dp6154</b></div><div>that's optimistic. Rattie wasn't really a prospect heading into the AHL he just put up numbers there and he had every shot in the world + a parining with McDavid in Edmonton and he still flamed out at a Lehtera like pace. he's probably the dictionary definition of a AAAA player.

Kyrou has actual prospect status because he has observable talent to match his production, it's just a matter of if his game is well rounded enough to carry his production to the NHL and play good enough defense while doing so yet. No need to rush him. Blues fans should know how important it is to understand the difference between AHL success and NHL success right now after Rattie and years of Allen starting, it's time to remove the prospect delusion glasses</div></div>

Rattie was thought of as a very sound prospect. He was never grade A or B+ status but was thought of as a B or B- player. Put up really good numbers is junior and had a good shot and decent speed. Blues kept signing free agent after free agent and he didn't get really established. The one year he started to show promise in 13 games just to get sent back down later.

Development makes all the difference in the world. He wasn't developed properly. He didn't have the pure speed that Kyrou has, no question. But he wasn't terrible.