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Originally Posted by Hockey_Ninja
I truly hope whoever we pick goes back to Junior or Europe or wherever they played last year (unless it was Mackinnon or Drouin who we won't be getting). No need to rush players in who aren't fully ready. I want this rebuild to be done properly and rushing our prospects in is not the right thing to do.
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Despite Barkov being born late in his draft year, I've heard that he's as NHL ready as MacKinnon or Drouin, and a lot having to do with his hockey sense and size.
If you'd be willing to promote Nate right away, then you should have no problem with Barkov either. Outside those 4 guys it's a different story, however.