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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
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It's not about our defensemen, it's about Chabot.
The first defenseman named the WJC tournament MVP and CHL defenseman of the year. He's not some random good defenseman with the tools to be an NHL player, he's got top pairing upside and beyond.
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Also Chabot has no weakness in his game that could hinder him becoming an NHL player. Andersson has had conditioning issues and Fox is an undersized defenseman. Only reason why they were not first round picks, their production was certainly enough to be drafted that high.
As for Valimaki, if he progresses the next two years the same way Chabot did after his draft year then he will be a similar quality prospect. Certainly not impossible but it has to actually happen before he gets as highly touted as Chabot is among experts.