I think Sven at #3 is too high. I went with Granlund, who is younger than Sven, and had a better year last season. Easy choice to put him ahead of Sven. Poirier was in consideration as well.
You could argue that Sven was mishandled last season and you might be right but that should hurt his ranking and not help him.
What did Sven show us last season:
1. Was unable to play the off-wing in the AHL. So he is basically limited to only play the LW.
2. Injury prone.
3. Lacks a high level of hockey IQ and skating at the NHL level.
Saying all that I haven't given up on him but he a lot of negatives against him last season. On the other hand Granlund improved as a prospect.
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