What a difference a year makes.
At the beginning of this season, more than a few experts considered Red Deer Rebels defenseman Mathew Dumba the best blueliner available in this year's NHL draft class.
By early April, though, Dumba had fallen from many of those same scouts top-10. So what the heck happened? More to the point, where does Dumba rank now?
To help answer those questions, we spoke to two veteran talent evaluators who watched the physical, smooth-skating 17-year old go a long way towards restoring his reputation at last month's IIHF Under-18 World Championship in the Czech Republic, where Dumba captained Canada to the bronze medal and became the first defenseman to lead the tournament in scoring.
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Grant Sonier
Grant Sonier has scouted for six NHL organizations over the past 13 years, most recently for the Atlanta Thrashers during the 2010-11 season. He is a special contributor to ESPN Insider.
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Victoria Matiash
Victoria Matiash has served as a Fantasy Hockey columnist for ESPN.com since 2007, and contributor to NHL Rumor Central since 2010. She lives in Toronto.
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