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Originally Posted by Ashasx

Why? Because this team needs to start creating an identity. Right now, it doesn't have one. There's only Baerschi to be excited for next season.

Nichushkin, a Russian, is not a face you can sell as well as MacKinnon, Jones, Drouin, or Barkov. Additionally, despite many scouts ranking Nichushkin 2nd overall, I've seen many more with these 4 locked in the top 4 in some way or another.

Why risk it? You can either take MacKinnon, who is constantly ranked top 3 (many first overall), who is Canadian, captain material, and will no question play in the NHL next season...

...or you can take Nichushkin, who will most likely wait until the 2015-2016 season to make his debut, is less marketable, and really, doesn't have good numbers in the KHL. And that's without mentioning that he's a winger.

I'm not going to act like I've seen Nichushkin play, but there are way too many red flags for a team in our position.

Why should you care how marketable a player is? None of your arguments are based on the hockey he plays or on the contribution the player will have to the long-term success of the team. Ultimately, I could care less how marketable, Canadian or captain material a player is. I want to draft the best player. There are totally legit arguments that Mack is a better player than Nich. You seem to be, again, putting the short-term interests of the fans against the long-term prospects of the team because YOU want a player that you can cheer for next year instead of potentially a better player that wont play next year.