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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Are we at the point of the season where the clear number 1 pick is being over evaluated - feels like it.
The kid had 129 points in 59 games and 38 points in 16 playoff games as a 16/17 year old, I wouldn't read too much into the first 14 games adjusting to NCAA.
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The analysts explain McKenna’s drop. He basically has only one dimension to his game (he’s bad without the puck, not physical at all, and isn’t that great a skater), and he’s not blowing the doors off with that one dimension. He’s producing at about the level Hagens (a #1OA prospect prior to his draft year) produced at.
And scouts are unimpressed with his lack of effort. They like to see players try to address their weaknesses, and when a guy still floats and makes half-assed efforts to back-check and battle for pucks when he’s in his draft year, it raises concerns that’s just who he’ll always be.
Shane Wright was a consensus #1 OA at one point, then he fell in the rankings. In his case, it wasn’t because of lack of effort, but because scouts started to wonder if his mediocre skating would hold him back at the NHL level. And it turns out they were right.