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Originally Posted by MrMike
We all knew Mackinnon was going to be who he was going to be.
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Nah. We thought he'd be a good first overall pick - as opposed to just so-so first overalls like Nugent-Hopkins or Ekblad. But even very good first overall picks have the potential to turn into very-good-player-but-not-superstar calibre guys. And it looked like Mackinnon would be one of those too; he had seasons of 38, 52 and 53 points before breaking out at 23. That's why he was on such a cheap contract.
To suggest that we knew when he was drafted that he'd get to a point of "borderline best player in the NHL" is 20 20 hindsight.