I wonder why Blues prospects get so little respect. I remember a few years ago when Nagy, Handzus, and Hecht were still in the AHL and their names would come up as potential trade bait. Noone seemed to respect them then, but now that they are thriving the teams that traded for them, people would be quick to say they are key parts of the teams they play on.
Now today, everyone (except for Blues fans) seems to think that the Blue's current prospects are just trash that will never make it to the NHL. Hopefully the Blues can develop some of these so call "never will be"s into players of Nagy, Handzus, or Hechts caliber.
I'm not sure the past Blues prospects deserved a whole lot of respect. There's a lot more misses than there are hits. Nagy, Handzus, Reasoner and Hecht are now proven NHLers along with Jackman.
There aren't too many others as we discussed in another thread. The new group of prospects still have to prove themselves. If they succeed, then the Blues will receive respect for their drafting by the new regime. But not until then ....
