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Originally Posted by icarus
It's not really been discussed, but LWOS is one of the few draft lists to rank Dal Colle ahead of Draisaitl. Commandant, can you elaborate?
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Draisaitl is very good... I mean I have him top 5, so I don't want this to be too much of a slight on him, but the skating needs a little bit of work.
As for Dal Colle, his hands are fantastic. The things he can do stickhandling wise are incredible. Literally one of those guys who can stickhandle in a phone both. Add to that the skating, size, and shot, and I've got him at the head of the second tier.
To me there are three clear tiers.
Top 3
and then 4-8
9-11
The top 3 three is not much difference between Ekblad, Reihart, Bennett
then a drop
4-8 again not much difference. (Dal Colle, Draisatl, Ritchie, Nylander, Ehlers)
then another drop
9-11 Perlini, Fleury, Virtanen.
So while I have Dal Colle ahead, the difference from 4-5 is razor thin.
The biggest difference I have with other rating services is that many see Draisatl with Bennett, Ekblad and Reinhart, and I'm just not seeing him at the same level as those three.