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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
He was never as hyped as Puljujarvi is now. Granlund went 8th overall and wasn't in his drafts top tier. Puljujarvi is in an elite top tier of a strong top end. They just aren't comparable at all in terms of upside. And that's not hype talking. Puljujarvi has everything you want in a prospect, size, strength, game breaking speed, elite skill. Granlund always had questions on his size and his mediocre skating. Only his skill was elite. He was far from a complete package like Puljujarvi, Laine and Matthews are.
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He wasn't as hyped in his draft year but he certainly was in the draft + 1/2 seasons.
That is when there were thoughts of him being the top prospect not in the NHL, and as a guy who would have been a top 5 pick if the draft had been re-done a year or 2 later, especially after a pretty good World Championship performance for a gold medal winning Finland team