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Originally Posted by MarkGio
Greg Nemisz and the 2009 Windsor spitfires. Thats what concerns me about the Flames and Tkachuk. Tkachuk is on the same line as Dvorak and Marner, both of whom are top 5 players in the OHL for two years in a row. It's hard to distinguish talent from beneficiary of talent. Half of Tkachuk's "playmaking" skills doesn't pan out with different line mates. Half his goals don't go in.
I would much prefer a purely skilled guy like Nylander, who's more certain based on the fact that his brother made the NHL and performed respectably, and Alex is the better of thr two.
Nylander also the last top righty available when the Flames pick
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This has already been addressed in the 2016 draft thread. You may make the argument that he's more of a complimentary player than an offensive catalyst, but you can't compare him to Nemisz. Nemisz is a poor comparable because he wasn't touted as highly even with good stats. Scouts likely figured Nemisz wasn't the offensive catalyst on his line which is why he wasn't even ranked top 10 for NA skaters.
I think that if Tkachuk was riding his line mates coattails like Nemisz he'd be ranked like Nemisz.