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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
But many players taken after him had much better NHLes, including some WHLers. Cristall comes to mind. Barlow, Musty, Perreault, etc. better as well. Perrault in particular was miles ahead in that category.
Even with your projections for Honzek, he'd still have worse production than Perrault and Cristall did this past year.
At the end of the day, I didn't like the Honzek pick because other players had first line potential. Some of them, based on stats, were even probably first line players.
If Hozek is a top 6 or middle 6 player, then that's barely worth a 16th OA pick in a strong draft.
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I like Cristall too, but in the dub it is Bedard, Benson, Cristall. Those are the draft eligible players that were better PPG players and even strength PPG players in the entire league. Hard to compare across different leagues.
I like Barlow but he is already a man. Having seen him live twice in the OHL, he looks like a 20 year old. He is listed at 190 lbs, but I suspect he is already over 200 lbs. How he develops when other guys gain the same amount of strength as him is a big question.