So this nominee thing

This is my first year of HUT, I've looked back to the best of my ability on this sub, trying to figure out how this works but I would appreciate some input or predictions. 4649

It seems like the nominee cards were fundamentally just base cards 5 years ago with more synergies?

I'm asking because I'm not going to be interested in any of the winners at forward (for the NHL contingent, anyway), and was hoping this meant a Kaprizov upgrade as a nominee, but I don't want to get my hopes up too high. Are they merely going to be discount fodder for the legit TOTY team, or will they have residual value IYO?