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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Ekblad is easily better than all of OEL, Brodie, Subban, Letang, Weber, Josi, Burns, Vlasic, Pietrangelo. NOT Duncan Keith though. On my list Ekblad is easily a top 5 defenseman in the league right now. Scoring more than 36 points does NOT make you an elite defenseman. Playing the toughest competition and dominating them does. That's what Ekblad does, and then he goes down to the other end and adds plenty of offense for an elite shutdown defenseman.
As for the rest of your post, you're talking in circles now.
List of Exceptional Status junior players: John Tavares, Aaron Ekblad, Connor McDavid. These are the only examples we have of guys that had this status who have transitioned to the NHL. I would say that all of them have become superstars without any hesitation.
Phaneuf is an EXAMPLE of what can happen to a guy that everyone is sure to be a superstar. I don't think it's a particularly good comparison, and I never made the comparison in the first place. Know who you're arguing with because I never made any connection between the two.
If a player is already exceptional their first year in the league, do you expect them to progress a lot? No? Then why would you expect Ekblad to be so much better than what he was back then?
I honestly don't even know why I bothered responding to you.
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I see you left out Sean Day. Of course he hasn't transitioned to the NHL, and likely never will. You also forgot Spezza.
Anyways, you are free to your opinion on Ekblad, but you are certainly in the minority