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Originally Posted by GreenLantern
You got any sources for this? I watched this kid play quite a few games this year and he is head and shoulders above a lot of his peers. Including embarrassing on more than one occasion top 4 projected D man Duncan Siemens.
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I should correct myself: Mark McNeill's stock stratospherically rose throughout his draft year. By the month of the draft he was on most people's radar as a first round pick. The week before the draft some people had him as high as 13 or 14 (I seem to remember some having him in their top 10). I can't find my source as its buried in all the heaps of 2011 draft info, but I distinctly remember Dreger or someone of that ilk quoting a scout who projected McNeill as a Wayne Primeau defensive forward.
I admit he looks good on paper as a 6'2" centreman, but looking at his junior stats it concerns me when a player that physically dominant plateaus statistically as McNeill has. We already have Nemisz in our system who I think is a very similar prospect, and further along in his development despite recent setbacks.