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Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire
The stats really suggest Richie could be an elite talent in the NHL. Unfortunately, unlike many of the already-established players he's being compared to, intangibles like conditioning and consistency will certainly play a factor. Again, this kid is not nearly as useless as Flames fans are making him out to be.
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When I see him, I see a player that might become a 15-20 goal guy 40 point guy in the NHL who has to play physically to stick. Basically Dustin Penner meets Zach Kassian. A 2nd/3rd line winger with a little upside.
That's fine to acquire, but at #4 with Draisaitl, Bennett, and Reinhart on the board, all of whom play a more significant and important position, to me that would be a very bad move. Even according to the same chart, all 3 of those guys are better in all aspects except Reinhart scores slightly less and puts up slightly less primary points per game (puts up .5 PPG higher though)
I'll be the first in line to say I was mistaken if Ritchie becomes a 70 point monster, but as it sits, you have 3 very low minimal risk players that all figure to become 1b Centers at least, with a mid to mid/high risk RW. You can gamble with the RW, but you would be gambling, verses taking a safer project-able center.