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Personally, out of the 2003 draft I would rather have the following players ahead of Michalek:
Fleury (Brodeur's style)
Staal (Francis's style)
Zherdev (Kovalev's style)
Horton (Gurien's style)
Phaneuf (Steven's style)
Suter (Suter's style)
Coburn (Pronger's style)
Praise (Weight's style)
Carter (Sundin's style)
Then it's between Michalek and Vanek, it all depends on how Vanek does, he's more of a hit or miss prospect, he could be the next Marian Hossa, or he can bust out.
I love Michalek, he's a great prospect, but I just don't see him becoming an offencive force in this league (I could be wrong), but if I'm right, he'll be a Bobby Holik type of player with more speed which is amazing, but not as great as the prospects I named (I could be wrong again).
But back to this thread, I would rather have Michalek over Richards.