Elias Pettersson
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- Jan 22, 2014
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I'd say in a weak draft rather than an "average" one. The only recent drafts (past 5-6 years) I can think of where these two would compare as prospects to the top two would be 2012 and possibly 2014 (and no, Ekblad wasn't considered franchise calibre going into the draft before anyone gets on my case about him).
Dubois and Tkachuks draft years compare very well to Seguin and Halls in 2010.
They're both also looking just as good, if not better than nuge, landeskog, and huberdeau in 2011
We don't even need to talk about 2012.
2013 was a crazy good draft year.
You already mentioned 2014
And 2015 had McDavid and Eichel.
So I think Dubois and Tkachuk could have gone 1st or 2nd in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
The only 2 years where they wouldn't be in the discussion is a year that has been one of the deepest drafts in the past decade and a year with two generational talents.