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First Round Pick
Wait.......... whaaaaaaaat??? Everyone knew he would score nearly 80 combined goals, be a WJC all-star forward, CHL leading goal scorer all while being picked at #20??? What does that mean to everyone else picked ahead of him then? Sorry but I disagree 100% with this statement. If everyone knew that, I wouldn't have been able to get him 15th in my draft, and most others on the forum probably had similar drafts.
You can't discount the stars if they score a ton and receive a ton of ice-time. We aren't doing it with Drouin for example. We didn't do it with other junior players in the past. That's what the stars should get - monster ice-time. They also play all the toughest minutes. And to anyone who plays hockey, playing half the game at that level is going to limit your overall offensive effectiveness to some small degree, as you are being put out there without the same linemates. You're expected to be the guy when your linemates are third and fourth liners who aren't anywhere near your same level. And if Babcock has said he wants to see him as a top-6 forward in camp... the evidence is too overwhelming for me to say that he hasn't exceeded his draft expectations.