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Originally Posted by sureLoss
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Super interesting, I love Brock Otten's work. It's very interesting to note that these people he polled all watch the OHL closely or almost exclusively and they still like Chychrun as the 2nd best OHLer. It wouldn't surprise me if Juolevi, Chychrun and Sergachev were all in the Flames top 8.
Despite them having Nylander #3 there's a few quotes in that section which I think show why some of us think he may not be in the Flames top 6-8.
On Nylander:
"Fair bit of work to do when it comes to consistency and defensive effort however"
"My biggest issue has been that from the Ivan Hlinka Tournament right through to the OHL playoffs is that Nylander, at times, does not play up to his competition level. During the OHL’s regular season, 29% of Nylander’s offense came against the four non-playoff teams. Is it something that can change? I don’t know the answer but it draws my attention."
On HF some people have said his own coach called out Nylander for his defensive effort in the playoffs. This inconsistency, the poor defensive effort and the lack of physical game combined with him playing the least valuable and important position (wing) drops him out of our top 6 IMO.
On the defensemen its super interesting that these OHL watchers seem to have Juolevi as the 3rd defenseman while the consensus lists suggest he's the most favoured one. Again we see that some of the Chychrun believers still believe in his franchise dman potential although others think he may have plateaued. Two people had Chychrun as the top OHLer still ahead of Tkachuk!
1st place votes:
Tkachuk: 15
Chychrun: 2
Juolevi: 1
Chychrun and Brown continue to be wildcards. I've thought for a long time that the Flames may have Juolevi, Sergachev and Chychrun all top 8 and this article reinforces that idea for me.