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Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
I don't think people are assessing Brodie properly for fear of overrating him. Truth is, he has a lot of potential. He's not limited to Brian Campbell levels. Don't get me wrong, he probably won't ever reach his full potential but there's nothing glaringly obvious holding him back from being another Duncan Keith or the like. I'd say the chances are extremely small of him reaching that potential, but he's not undersized, he's a great skater, seems to have a head for the game offensively. If he can develop defensively and bring his offense to the NHL, he could be a top 2 guy.
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Duncan Keith has at times been a top 5 defenseman in the league for the past 3 seasons. No way does Brodie come close to projecting to that level.
The thing holding him back from playing turning in to that player is that at no level has he shown any indication of coming close to a top 5 defensemen in the league.
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Originally Posted by Caged Great
From what I've seen of him, RHN is basically at best Tanguay or in that ball park. Good player, but not exceptional. None of the players in this draft are in that exceptional category. A lot of decent 2nd/3rd liner types but definitely no superstars. Larsson looks to me like Roman Hamrlik. Solid at both ends but not spectacular, a solid #3 but not someone you'd jump for joy at. Even the goalies suck badly this year which is unusual.
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RNH potential is way beyond that of Tanguay. At worst that is what he turns into. He has the potential to easily be as good or better than Duchene and looks like a guy that is easily a top line player.
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Originally Posted by Caged Great
It's just a personal opinion, but I think McNeil has a high potential to bust. He does have size, but from what I've seen he seems to be a similar type of prospect as Nemisz. It seems a little redundant to get the same type of player when it looks like Nemisz might top out at David Moss' level.
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Again I disagree. McNeil looks like a guy that has very little potential to bust because he should be a 3rd line guy at worst for many teams. For a pick that should go arund13-20 that is a pretty decent return if you can get a second line center potential with 3rd line center almost assured. He may not have the top line potential of some but I would take him over a lot of flashy guys who seem to be top 6 or bust with bust being a heavy favorite (i.e. Armia or Zmendjbidnbsdafbasdjkfbhasdk)