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Originally Posted by JFK
Yamamoto is a late 1st rounder, hardly a high pick. 
I haven't seen much of the Oilers preseason but certainly Yamamoto has put up impressive goal numbers, but that just means you have a good hard talk with him, explain that there is still a lot of progressing to do and "we" (oilers brass) feel there another season of junior isn't anything to be upset about. He turns 19 in a couple days, let him know the door is wide open next year as a 20 year old. |
That's what I would like to see. Who knows though. Oilers did hold back other first rounders like Nurse, Paajarvi, Klefbom, Eberle, so that has been the trend with their picks that haven't been in the top five.
Last forward to jump directly into the NHL from the bottom half of the first round was Perron in 2007. He was a second year draft eligible I believe though.
Pastrnak kind of did it in his draft year, but spent the first 25 games in the minors so it's not the same.
Super rare for it to happen.