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Originally Posted by jg13
Wasn't Chychrun very comparable to Kylington in the sense that they both were trending to be top 5 picks but had serious defensive problems which caused them to fall in the draft? Would be super awesome if we ended up with both that reached their potential
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Chychrun was projected to be second overall in the 2016 draft, but just didn't blow anyone away during his draft year, although there was no primary concern about his game. Meanwhile Olli Juolevi rode a stacked WJC roster (Laine-Aho-Puljujarvi-Juolevi was basically a four-man unit) and a stacked junior team (Tkachuk-Dvorak-Marner-Juolevi was basically a four-man unit) to being the first D taken, where he was clearly not the best D available. I remember thinking I'd be happy with Sergachyev or Chychrun at 6th overall if Dubois/Puljujarvi were out of the conversation, but not Juolevi.