Really hard choice already.
I think Gillies, Ortio, Granlund, Ferland, Hickey, Kylington, Andersson and McDonald are all defensible picks. Personally I think Hickey is way ahead of Kylington right now but I can see why some believe Kylington wins the ceiling part of the equation. Hickey just had such a strong year in college, I believe he should shoot up our rankings this year and go in the next few picks.
All the goalies look to have #1 potential but I hate putting goalies super high given how long they take to develop and how many don't pan out. And which one goes first? I kind of view them as being fairly close.
Should I rate Ferland the highest given my love of power forwards and my belief they are quite rare? He is very likely to make the NHL and does have a big upside. I guess that's how I have to vote here.
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