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Originally Posted by MarkGio
Well 25th overall is still pretty "highly touted". That's 185 spots more than the worst player in the draft, relatively speaking. Teams have historically dropped the ball in the top 10, and in fact, it usually happens every year, despite how players are touted.
I can appreciate needing to take risks, have complimentary players in your line-up, and even wanting size and truculence, but that's not what the top 10 picks are for. Top 10 picks are for impact players. If the scouts like Tkachuk because he goes into the corners and puts up numbers (as a beneficiary of good linemates) that's fine to have him high on your list, but he's a sloppy skater, which is one the most important things for a sport carried out on ice surface, and he's also experiencing a high degree of inflation. Not a safe investment.
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I'm not saying Nemisz wasn't highly touted, I'm saying he wasn't as highly touted as Tkachuk. 25th overall to being projected to go between 4-8th overall is a huge difference and IMO not comparable at all.