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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
If you go back and read certain scouting agencies they started to see it as a top tier of two (Matthews and Laine) and then another tier. I argued for that in the draft thread. Some fans on here liked Puljujarvi 2nd best but I think a lot of scouts saw Laine closing the gap to Matthews with his insane playoffs in Finland and making it a two horse race that Matthews would likely win because he plays centre.
I can go back and find some quotes if you don't believe me but IMO Matthews and Laine had clearly stepped to the front.
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That's how I remember it. It was debatable with AM and Laine, but there was a clear drop off between Laine and everyone else. Puljujarvi was thought of as the clear #3, and then guys like Juolevi and Tkachuk after that.