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2020 NHL Draft prospect profile: Vasily Ponomarev is much better than his numbers suggest

Once you get beyond the first round of the NHL Draft, you begin to run out of prospects with high-level abilities. It becomes a matter of selecting players who have one or two traits that can be improved upon. All of them will require more development to get to a point where they can challenge for an NHL spot, and the challenge for a scouting staff is to find players more likely to correct their flaws and let their strengths shine.

There will be players available who have one incredible trait but several below-average talents that limit its effectiveness.