The Winter Soldier
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Obviously all players have to refine their game, but a player scoring on a 1 on 2 is on the d and the goalie. Barzal is good and they have similar attributes, but Marner is a way better goal scorer, Barzal is clearly in the tier below Marner and Strome, and it was shown in pretty much all pre-draft rankings and how the actual draft went. If Leafs passed on there pick, Marner he wouldn't slip to 16th, he probably doesn't get past Jersey or at worst the Sharks. There was a clear consensus top 5 pre-draft, while Barzal was in that 6 to 12 grouping.
You claim Marner who has put up points at 2 ppg clip for 85 games should be a 3rd line center on the Canada WJC? When Marner was the best player at the WJC summer camp, a higher pick, considered a better prospect by practically every major source, should be behind Barzal because of Barzal's amazing WJC-U18 tournament where guys like Dzierkalis and Bracco played at a similar level.
Citing Bracco 's points is fine, but also putting context into them is better. Matthews and Tkachuk were on that same team. And had as many or more points. I am not sure what your point is? I think most here would not put Leafs prospects Dzierkalis and Bracco in the same class of Barzal by comparing raw under 18 stats.
Are you claiming you are saying Dzierkalis and Bracco are just as good as Barzal?
BTW this is a Marner thread and maybe this conversation should be taken elsewhere. But since you went in this Dzierkalis and Bracco direction. I wanted to respond once before this gets off course.
In the end if you want to critique Barzal, you may want to use other examples. Let's go to the Barzal thread and not do it here.