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Originally Posted by Johnny Rotten
I thought that was pretty funny myself (but I still looked up the Halifax game last night to see if I was missing something.)
On a related note, how does MacKinnon compare with Hopkins, Hall, etc. at the same age? I think he's right up there.
An Oiler friend of mine has told me a couple of times this past year that he would have rather have had MacKinnon than Yakupov if Nate were available last year.
I know this post probably reads like something that should be found on last night's post-game thread with the rest of the doom and gloom, but if the wheels really do fall off for the Flames this year, and they do draft number one, it will be interesting who they'd pick: Jones or MacKinnon.
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MacKinnon is young for his draft year. Pretty much 2 years younger than Yakupov, a year younger than Jones. I don't know if he'll put up the same kind of career points as RNH, though.
I think he'll definitely be better than Hall and Yakupov. He reminds me of Seguin, but with elite skating ability. He'll be the most entertaining player, and he's not soft.
I'm starting to believe Jones will be first overall, though. Still, if we do finish last (
), odds are we wouldn't pick first anyway.
The top 4 for this years draft is off the charts. I might be tempted to take Drouin first if we didn't already have Sven and Gaudreau.
And if we're bad this year, we'll likely be bad next year. For the 2014 draft, Sam Reinhart plays a similar game to RNH, and Aaron Ekblad is already a man amongst boys.