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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Agreed. There seems to be a bias among fans that big = less talented and less intelligent. It is ridiculous.
If any one of Ekblad, Reinhart or Bennett fall to 4th, then it is an absolute no-brainer to take them.
If not, if it comes down to Draisaitl, Dal Colle or Ritchie, I will leave it up to the scouts as to which one they like.
These are 18 year old kids. It isn't an exact science. Ritchie has all kinds of NHL potential. If they decide to draft him, they will then have to harness that potential. There are lots of NHL stars that had the 'inconsistent' label in junior.
The way some fans get these absolute ideas in their heads is crazy sometimes. A is absolutely better than B, who is absolutely better than C.
Show me one draft in history - one - where the players turned out to be as good as their draft order suggested.
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Especially after 98% of the CPers have never seen Ritchie play more than one game. They are basing their opinions on comparisons to other older NHL players. I don't know how you can base your facts on things like this. Ritchie has been compared to Dustin Penner so people think he is lazy and will hurt himself while at a pancake breakfast. Well Dustin Penner has 2 Stanley Cup rings...so there's that I guess.
Come on people, lets let the scouts do their jobs and draft who they feel is BPA. 18 year olds are so hard to judge, so we should leave it to the people who get paid to do for a living. Our scouts have been doing a good job in picking talent the last few years.
Can everyone gaurantee that Dal Colle or any other prospect will be an all-star? No.