Quote:
Originally Posted by Spinach
I'm not at all liking what I've read about Draisaitl. His pace (both thinking and skating) is on the slow side, he's a little soft, inconsistent, a number of scouts are very skeptical about his upside as a #1C. Button just appeared on TSN really plugging him, though. Taking Dal Colle seems like an overdose of LW's.
Virtanen or Fleury sound just as good at 4-6. When the best player available isn't clear, there's nothing wrong with drafting based on need, provided your scouts are high on the guy.
|
I've seen Draisaitl play once in the world juniors and never seen Virtanen... but Draisaitl has 97 points and is 29 points higher than anyone else on his team (40 points ahead of the next highest scoring forward who's been on his team all year.)
Virtanen is 3rd on his team in scoring and has 67 points in 8 more games. Doesn't seem anywhere near close to Draisaitl.