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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Yeah, what's your point?
Domi was ranked higher on most scouting lists than Horvat and was always ranked ahead of him until after the Memorial Cup. One good week and Horvat's rank jumped - he was over-picked at 9.
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Yeah, and how do you say that doesn't still happen?
So your argument is that Bennett would be picked over Horvat because of his PPG, right?
So wouldn't Domi be picked over Horvat because of his PPG too? That obviously didn't happen.
Size, KHL flight risk, bad interview, who knows why the Canucks didn't choose the other players but all we can safely say is that they skipped over them. The simple fact is the 2013 had a lot of talent, and a player ranked as the 6th best North American by CSS fell down to 24th. I'll gladly take Bennett over Horvat any day but I'm not so sure you could say that about the Canucks and I'm far less sure that the Flames would take Monahan over Bennett for reasons I already said.
The 2013 was a great and talented draft by all accounts, it was going to come down to preference (maybe even need in regards to Nurse and Edmonton) once you fall below the 6th pick, in my opinion. I'd say the Oilers still pick Nurse because they want a defenseman and Bennett isn't that clear of an upgrade, it wasn't like MacKinnon had fallen to them. So 8-12 is where he would have gone in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
What is your point/ That doesn't make him a comparable to a guy that was #1 overall by CSS.
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It's great that he was, but that only goes to show they were wrong. Ekblad and Reinhart, while maybe not in a tier completely above him, were far greater favourites at that number 1 spot. That's also the 2014 draft, the 2013 had easily more depth and arguably higher talent.
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
It just doesn't. You're making an empty, speculative argument, ignoring the facts.
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Speculative argument? On a hypothetical situation? You don't say...
You brought up Horvat's PPG, it's obviously the Canucks didn't draft him for that. You're bringing up CSS rankings while ignoring that if we went by them that Horvat would have been a late first round pick.