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Originally Posted by Jay Random
I don't think that's the bulk of it: people were underrating Wyttenbach before anybody drafted him, which is why he didn't get picked until the fifth round.
I think a fair number of people look at this kid, see nothing special about his size, his shot, or his skating, and conclude that he has no right to be as good as he is. You hear people talk about prospects who are ‘all tools and no toolbox’. Wyttenbach is kind of the opposite; and as we've seen many times before, a guy with a really good toolbox can make it in the NHL even if the individual tools in that box are only serviceable. He just needs the smarts and the persistence to make the best of them.
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I think a good comparable is Tyler Toffoli - none of the tools are particularly impressive, but he gets it done. In a results business, results matter!