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Originally Posted by Itse
I'm going to take professional scouting rankings over your word on that. They put Juolevi and Sergachyov at about the same level. (With Juolevi seemingly ranked a bit higher more often even.)
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I'm not claiming to be a scout. I'm just pointing what we know (like Juolevi is 180lbs and plays a pretty common style, even if he's effective at it, and Sergachyev is 205lbs and plays a slightly more uncommon style due to his physical engagement).
Hockey IQ matters, I don't want a Darnell Nurse I want a Rasmus Ristolainen. But Sergachyev's hockey-sense has been described as "high-end" too.
And again, my primary point is I'd much rather take a forward, because high end forwards so rarely slip into later rounds, whereas availability of high-end defensemen are a
safe assumption in later rounds. Every draft produces a handful of later picked defensemen who would go top 5 in a redraft, very few produce such forwards. Shayne Gostisbehere was undrafted in 2011 but would go top 3 in that draft. Jonas Brodin was a top 10 pick in that draft but is he a guy you would trade 6th overall for? Not I.
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Besides, Juolevi actually had more points per game in the same league than Sergyachov, so if it's point you're worried about, I don't know what makes you say the latter is actually better in that regard.
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Sergachyev had 0.851 PPG, 1.00 PPG in the playoffs. The Spitfires scored 252 goals.
Juolevi had 0.737 PPG, 0.846 PPG in the playoffs. The Knights scored 319 goals.
So that claim is incorrect. Sergachyev outproduced Juolevi while playing on a less offensively talented team. Further, Juolevi had 0.158 goals per game, Sergachyev had 0.254. Sergechyev scored 61% more goals-per-game in the same league.