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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
And the issue is those concerns are not new. Those were the concerns people had about him heading into this year. This was the chance to erase those concerns and instead he's amplified them.
What is perhaps more surprising is that his elite puck skills hasn't resulted in production. So the question is, is he even the player driver people thought he was? Or is he a Phil Kessel type of elite offensive weapon, who is really flawed.
This year's WJCs is probably the most fascinating in a very long time. Whoever has the best tourney from the top 4 will likely emerge as the #1 ranked prospect for the draft. Until it changes again!
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He may have chosen the wrong program to highlight his skills. I've read the team he is on is a low offence style.
But in the grander scheme to him it probably doesn't even matter aside from the prestige of being picked 1OA. All 4 top picks will get a max ELC I expect.