Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
No argument that it is a big gamble but it also shows they're willing to swing for the fence on it.I mean it’s not exactly hard to evaluate 1st overall picks. That’s the part of the draft that’s easy.
Also it’s probably never a good idea to take a winger first overall, unless they have legit generational skill. Pretty sure the only good winger 1st picks ever are Lafleur, Ovie and Kane.
much better off taking one of the centers with no generational talent available.
What I'm saying is that you're off on your first overall comparisons. Slafkovsky is never going to be flashy, ever. He's going to be a bull and the wow moment will come when you see him do something physically that makes you go wow.
Slafkovsky is never going to be a Bedard or Hughes etc. Not his game at all.
I'm just laughing at the surety of a 70 game sample size while ignoring the international play (you know, against top prospects from around the world). This is where the numbers get so fudged to try to shoe-in to a narrative that they simply can't be determining factor especially when other big prospects didn't fire out of the gate immediately.
But yes, much easier to mock because he's a hab. Lulz.