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Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt
Watched enough MacKinnon on what team and in what league, on what line?
MacKinnon is a great talent but people on here acting like Monahan isnt even close to better are just speaking off their jr careers and numbers / highlights.
I think we will look back at the 13/14/15 drafts and MacKinnon, Ekblad and McDavid/Day wont be the best players. Just my gut feeling.. You always have amazing players in every draft and theres just as good a chance the top pick doenst become the top player as there is a chance that some 2nd/3rd/4th rounder + (ala Weber) develops more post draft than the top rated players did pre-draft. In my opinion the Oilers best player is Eberle and he wasnt a 1st overall. He plays better than their 1st picks on a nightly basis.
People love buying hype...not saying MacKinnon is hype but I am shocked people are already calling him a generational talent and the best player of the draft, the flames gm's would take him for Monahan in a trade etc...you guys put way too much stock in junior career. And this comes from a BIG MacKinnon/Drouin fan.
I loved watching them play and they are young stars but who knows who will be or is better suited to the NHL game.  |
I hardly, if ever post anymore, usually a lurker at best. But this post, specifically the bold/underlined portion slightly bugs me. McDavid is special, while "anything can happen", if things stay status quo, he's very special. Crosby special. And considering the Flames realistic outlook this, and the next couple years, there is a solid shot at us (GOD willing, please!!!!) getting McDavid.
So please keep that in mind before we go overboard and start proclaiming Sean as Connor McDavid quality here, and this is coming from a guy who has a Monahan jersey on the way, not hating on Sean at all, he's amazing too... but McDavid is on another level.