I love Pelletier, but Honzek all day here. Also, shiny new toy has absolutely nothing to do with it. Honzek is a faster, bigger, stronger, better shooting Pelletier. That's why I pick him ahead of Pelletier. Seems like I am disparaging Pelletier, but I am very high on Pelletier too and have been for a few years. I think he will be a future captain of the Calgary Flames. I kind of look at Pelletier as almost a 'Landeskog-Lite' - captain, does everything to win, versatile, etc.,. However, I look at Honzek more like a MacKinnon (or as Conroy mentioned, Rantanen), so I have to rank Honzek higher. This prospect has very little holes in his game, and he is a relentless beast out there.
With that being said, I wouldn't call anyone's picks crazy (unless you are just trying to troll). Morin, Poirier, Yegorov, Stromgren, Suniev, "some other guy" - who knows what happens with development? Sometimes you have players like Emile Poirier who have all the tools to become great players, but their careers get obliterated due to other issues. Sometimes injuries happen and wipe out a player like what happened to Daniel Tkazuk, or even Mitch Wahl for those that remember. Sometimes lower picks just take gigantic steps forward and rise to the top - Gaudreau, Brodie and Ferland all come to mind for me.
These lists are always fun to look back on. What is just as fun is watching people freak out and try to diminish other posters' opinions in the most irrelevant of ways. Just pick the player who you think you should pick in each round, and if you feel up to it, post about why you think this player deserves to be ranked ahead of the remaining player available. That's what I do. Unless you are picking Koumontzis here just for laughs, then there is no wrong opinion. Part of the fun is reading about the perceived strengths and weaknesses of these prospects. What is not fun is reading comments about "You are doing this all wrong, stupid!".
Just pick your guy, and have fun.
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