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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Well let's look at it
1. Celebrini - kid looks fantastic. Better than I thought he would. Might be a better player than Bedard overall. So you take him
2. Levshunov - too early to write him off but never thought he had the same level of upside.
3. Sennecke - tough. Might take him over Zayne
4. Lindstrom - too many injuries. Take Zayne
5. Demidov - looks fantastic. Probably take him
6. Iginla - winger. Take Zayne.
7. Yakemchuk - Just not as good as Zayne. Take Zayne
8. Catton. Centre which matters but probably a 2nd line centre. Take Zayne
And then you hae Silayev, Dickinson and Buium in play after Zayne. I take Zayne over Silayev and Dickinson (stats are impressive but I just don't think offense comes nearly as naturally to him) but not necessarily Buium. But Buium has signability concerns perhaps.
So i think I would place Zayne at #5ish with Macklin, Demidov, Sennecke and Buium/Levshunov maybe ahead of him.
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My list would be similar. For Zayne, so much is going to come down to how his game translates at pro level. His stats piling up was almost a foregone this year. I'd like to see him make another Mem cup run, but his conditioning and defensive game development would also be a big part of how he'd turn into a successful pro.
His ceiling is maybe 2 or 3 from his draft year, but the floor is lower than a lot of the other top 10 picks, IMO.