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Old 12-23-2025, 11:44 AM   #228
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Originally Posted by Five-hole View Post
Two years ago you'd have to flip the names, though. Celebrini was expected to be first overall but not a generational player; McKenna was. A lot has changed recently.
I'd say it's more like 2 months. Heading into the year, McKenna had the most productive D-1 year since Crosby 23 years ago. Better than Bedard. Better than McDavid. He was generational talent in everyone's eyes until questions started being asked maybe 6 weeks ago at most?

Hope it's just a blip for the kid.

Interestingly, his season is mirroring Hagens' draft year in a lot of ways. Hagens ended up going 7 after the hype train crashed. He was no mckenna in terms of hype though so I doubt he drops out of the top 5, but if he does go top 5, it won't be based on his draft year to this point.
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