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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Please back this up. There is as much hyperbole from the Nichushkin supporters as there is fear-mongering from the other camp.
Like The Yen Man said, why take on the risk when there are other great players to draft?
And I want to build a good team, not simply draft players.
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Even with the KHL factor degrading his ranking, Nichushkin is still ranked 4-5 on a lot of lists.
Scouts say the top 3 picks in this draft would all have gone 1st overall in last year's draft, ahead of Yakupov.
So Nichushkin is a guy who, without the Russian factor, would probably go #1 overall in a more typical draft year.