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Originally Posted by kingsfan
Right, because that's a good indicator of future success. Lubomir Visnovsky didn't even interest a team enough to daft him until he was 24. I guess that mean Aki-Berg was way better than him since he had played 230 games by the same age?
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I don't think you know what you are talking about.
Visnovky was voted the best D man in Slovakia in 1999. I think it's a case of him not making himself draft eligible before that.
Because if he had passed through drafts before, he would have been able to sign with teams as a UFA
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Originally Posted by kingsfan
Get Cliche up here and opinions will change, just like they did for King, who was viewed as minor league crap until he got up to LA the second time around. Cliche isn't King, but he is Fraser, at a lower cost.
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Cliche isn't Fraser. Cliche weighs 175 pounds. He can't be nearly as physical as Fraser is. And I am pretty sure Fraser would fare much better in fights.
King was never views as minor league crap. He was a 21 year old the first time he was called up and he obviously learned from his first call up.
The question is....why were two other forwards called up before Cliche? Because Cliche isn't ready.