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Originally Posted by polak
What?
1. Matthews
2. Laine
3. Puljujärvi
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The rest.
Is this not the consensus?
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No, not everybody sees it that way.
"Let’s focus on the positive for now.
The top tier is probably a two-man group of Auston Matthews (who we all knew heading into the year would be in this discussion)
and Patrik Laine (who has seemingly overcome his maturity and coachability issues from previous years to let his wondrous natural gifts take over).
It can certainly be argued that any of the three members of Red Line’s second tier — Jesse Puljujärvi, Matthew Tkachuk, and Jakob Chychrun — should be included in with that top pair. Each has been impressive enough at times to be considered among the elite."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...c2d51df83a39fd
Redline sees it as a top tier of 2 with a slight drop off to the other 3. Basically that top 5 is great.