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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
While that would be amazing, hockey IQ and vision on the ice is almost as hard to teach as size.
Monahan isn't as flashy or skilled as Colborne, but it's that hockey IQ/vision that made him a 6 Overall pick with top-6 upside and a high chance of meeting his ceiling.
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Maybe "not as flashy" (although I'm not entirely sure what you mean by this, nor how Colborne qualifies as "flashy"), but Sean Monahan is absolutely more skilled than Joe Colborne. I believe he was voted the best stick handler in the OHL in his draft year, and topped his own draft class for hand-eye coordination. He hasn't really taken the opportunity to show it at the NHL level yet, but he is a very highly skilled player.