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Originally Posted by dammage79
The offense is enough to offset the defense. There's no doubt the kid is as gifted as they come offensively. Can he become a more rounded 200ft player? Yeah. Question is, how much better can he be?
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That's what makes the draft so difficult. You can look back on drafts and ask why an established NHL start player slipped in his draft year and it's usually always due to concern at the time about stuff like size and effort. Then again sometimes the guys that are on the smaller side or one-dimensional don't make it in the NHL for those specific reasons. There's certainly a bit of luck involved. Still when a junior player produces at a special level, I think you have to take that into strong consideration relative to their perceived weaknesses.