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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Great prospect for sure. Just nowhere near the level of guys I've seen previously who were contenders for #1. Maybe that is just a result of this being a weak draft. I expected him to be extremely impressive. But he was nowhere near the level of guys like Mackinnon or Drouin last year. I guess that's to be expected as last year was supposed to be one of the best drafts in a while. I think he's definitely behind Mackinnon, Drouin and Barkov at the same age and probably behind Lindholm and Monahan too.
Like I said, probably just a victim of my expectations.
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If you teleported Monahan from last year into this draft, he would go 1st overall. This draft doesn't have the flash that last year had. Ekblad is likely closer to Nurse potential wise than he is Jones. #1 this year is more like starting the draft at #6 last year.