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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
You don't like Ritchie, so you completely down-play his abilities and worth, and keep doing so for MONTHS even though his ceiling is extremely high.
Someone then goes on to post what he thinks about MDC whom you love, and this is your reply?
I wonder why people often gang-up on you here?
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I don't love MDC. I don't love Draisaitl either. I'm really not a big fan of this draft after the two Sams and Ekblad.
But I keep hearing that the comparable for Ritchie is Lucic, who by most accounts, is the best power forward in the NHL.
People shouldn't be expecting Ritchie to become the best power forward in the league. If
everything goes right for him, he could become a 60 point winger in the NHL.
I simply don't see the value at 4th overall there. Yeah, if we could get Lucic 2.0 with the 4th pick, that's great. But the odds are against him.
It's just as likely, probably moreso, that he becomes another Brian Boyle or Zack Kassian.
I just don't see any sort of justification over taking him over the elite playmaking ability of Draisaitl or the hands and shot of MDC. He doesn't fill a positional need for the franchise either.
Never mind taking him over one of the Sams or Ekblad.