[Caged Great]

^ probably. The problem is that a vast majority of players don't just magically find that upper tier level of skill if they aren't showing flashes of it during their Junior career. Any one player can come out of nowhere to be an awesome player, but that is rare. Usually when you see a big guy rated in the lower half of the top ten, it's a mirage. If they are legit, they'd be rated in the top 3. You see guys like Pouliot that have some skill + size and get drafted high (in Pouliot's case 4th overall ahead of Price and Kopitar), but don't find that gear and either miss entirely like Hugh Jessiman or become depth guys like Pouliot.

I am all for guys with size, but skill is more important when picking in the top 15. For example, I really liked the Hunter Smith pick last year because he has size and skill and if he doesn't translate to a top 6 forward down the road it's not a big deal because he's a late 2nd rounder. It's just too difficult to find high end skill outside the top 10 (Players like Gaudreau, Nyquist, Palat etc being exceptions) to risk it on a maybe.

I like Crouse more than I do Ritchie, it's just really difficult to justify picking him when there are about 10 guys that have that higher tier.