The Coming Thing: On NHL Readiness

Over the course of reading this column, not to mention hockey writing in general, you'll encounter a lot of talk about what we like to term "NHL readiness" – as in, "Ryan Murray was the most NHL-ready defenseman in the 2012 draft." But that readiness can be an elusive concept, and one that isn't always represented in the stats.

So what makes a player NHL-ready?

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