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Originally Posted by Saqe
The new GM of Columbus Jarmo Kekalainen said couple of months ago that Barkov reminds him of Olli Jokinen... with the exception that he is, quote: "significantly more complete player at his age than Olli was". If you consider that OJ was drafted third overall, I donīt really get it why Barkov is not considered to go even first in the entire draft.
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In other years, with a thinner group, he would be. But this year, there are several studs. Barkov's skating isn't as good as MacKinnon's. Drouin is special as well. And Jones is a stud.
All 4 of those guys go ahead of Yakupov if they were up last year. Ryan Murray would probably be in the 6-10 range this year.