Well prospects can impress and show they are better than their draft position. See Gaudreau after several years of development. Draft position means very little after a few years or even after a year.
However Tuulola just got drafted this year. He hasn't had any hockey to play to show he's better than a late rounder. It's hard for him to out perform his draft position when he's only just been drafted. I think the people making the draft position argument are only making it because he's a fresh draft pick. That same argument won't be valid next year. But this summer? I tend to agree that it should be hard to rate him ahead of Dube and Fox because the Flames did not rate him ahead of those two. After the first three rounds I'm not sure the order is as meaningful but I don't think Tuulola should be rated ahead of Dube, Parsons or Fox
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