The draft lottery is preventing me from falling in love with any of the top 5 or 6 guys. I am forcing myself to like them all equally (and it is difficult).
With that being said, I think some people are too worried about Puljujarvi not being able to score goals. He has a very, very nice slap shot that can score in the NHL. Throw him out on the PP, and Gaudreau/Monahan/Brodie can feed him cross-ice passes, and he will make us remember Iginla there.
I definitely am not the expert on the Finns that Henry Fool seems to be - but judging by what he says and then seeing all the youtube videos (horrible way to really get to know a prospect) I would say that Henry really does seem to be bang-on with his comments.
On HF, there is some talk about Gauthier having lower IQ. That may not be horrible for him, as with his size, speed and shot, he should be quite the effective NHL'er. Anyone who watches him closely confirm this? Does he have a bit of 'Jake Virtanen' in him? Difficult to judge IQ on youtube highlight packages where you can't focus on the player for the duration of a game. Even on TV, you often don't get to see anticipation very often, as the camera just follows the puck around. Anyways, that seems like a huge red flag to me if he was Tkachuk's size, but I seem less concerned about it (though I have tentatively ranked him lower in my personal list).
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